Join the North Queensland Region in this rewarding temporary opportunity as a Senior Speech Language Pathologist (Clinical).

This full-time role offers the chance to make a meaningful impact while working within a supportive and collaborative team environment.

The position is available until 11 December 2026, with the possibility of extension.

If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you!

Job details

About the Department of Education:

Working for the Queensland Department of Education means joining an organisation that values its people and promotes leadership and innovation. Be part of an environment that respects professionalism and diversity, offers training and development opportunities and embraces flexible careers and work-life balance. Find out more about working with us.

About the Role:

As a Senior Speech Language Pathologist (Clinical) with Early Years Connect, you will connect and build relationships with regional, school and health teams to manage a multifaceted, dynamic workload.

You will require excellent initiative, time management and a willingness to consider every aspect of your work through a cultural lens.

You will work with the statewide Early Years Connect team, an enthusiastic group where collaboration and mutual support are highly valued, and where openness to learning and change is key to achieving results.

Key responsibilities:

Your role will involve walking with communities and schools to support:

• Regional Capability: strengthening partnerships with regional teams to inform school, region and system decision-making and improvement, particularly for schools in vulnerable communities with high First Nations enrolment.
• School Capability: supporting school teams to achieve positive hearing, oral language and literacy outcomes in the early years by embedding culturally responsive, strengths based and data informed differentiation across the curriculum.
• Hearing Pathways: a partnership with Children's Health Queensland ensuring early identification of hearing loss, and addressing the significant impact of hearing loss on learning.
• SLP Capability: hands on, coaching support to promote culturally responsive, evidence informed assessment and support for early years students from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds within a whole school approach.

Please view the role description for a full list of responsibilities.

Submit Your Application:

• Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
• Attach a 2-page written statement in response to the attached role description.

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.

Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

For a full list of the position responsibilities and mandatory requirements, please ensure you download the attached Role Description and Applicant Information Package and follow the instructions.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• Applicant Information Package (PDF, 232KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  NQR690034_26T Role Description (PDF, 319KB)
  Role Description