<ul><li>Up to a 3.5 year tenure to the Position of Leadership</li><li>Permanent teaching appointment at the College</li><li>Commencing ASAP  - 26 January 2026</li><li>8 period time allowance per week </li><li>POL 3 allowance of $8,817 gross per annum</li></ul><p><br /></p><p>Sacred Heart College is a proud, dynamic, high performing school community with strong traditions, a rich history and a deep sense of community and welcome. Our Catholic identity is best exemplified through a program of education that encourages students and staff to pursue the Mercy values of compassion, justice, respect, hospitality, service and courage. The Sacred Heart Way is identified through actions that uphold and advance Catherine McAuley’s vision of the lived Gospel, which is at the heart of our community.</p><p>Strategy 2021 and Beyond articulates our vision of educating girls in the Mercy tradition to make a difference in our changing world. Key elements of the strategy focus on opportunities to reimagine learning that enables members of our school community to be creative, self-directed and critical thinkers, who are inspired to learn, whose natural inquisitiveness is nurtured and who strive for excellence.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The Position</b></p><p>The Literacy Development Coordinator works closely with teachers to provide opportunities for students to develop the literacy skills needed to interpret and use language confidently for learning and communicating within and beyond school. While much of the explicit teaching of literacy occurs in the discipline of English, literacy skills are enhanced through other disciplines when students engage in a range of learning activities with significant literacy demands. The Literacy Development Coordinator will ensure that all discipline areas encompass the ability to use and modify language for different purposes in a range of contexts.</p><p>The Literacy Development Coordinator  plays a key role in leading, shaping and managing the College’s strategic direction by developing practices in the following areas:</p><ul><li>Learning and Teaching</li><li>Development of self and others</li><li>Leading improvement, innovation and change</li><li>Administration and operational management</li><li>Engaging and working with the community</li><li>Please refer to the attached position description and College website for more information regarding this opportunity.</li></ul><p><br /></p><p><b>ABOUT YOU</b></p><p>Passionate about literacy, you will posses a strong drive to create positive opportunities for students. Partnering with teaching staff and other positions of leadership, you will develop and implement a College wide approach to improving literacy in all disciplines and subject areas.<br /></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Key Selection Criteria</b></p><p><b><u>Essential:</u></b></p><ul><li>Tertiary qualifications in Education with evidence of continuous formal learning in a relevant field.</li><li>Experience leading the broad advancement of literacy in a secondary school setting.</li><li>Accreditation to Teach RE or Lead in a Catholic School, working towards attainment or preparedness to commence working towards attainment.</li><li>Ability to create and deliver targeted action plans to achieve outcomes.</li><li>Highly developed written and verbal communication skills.</li><li>Ability to lead others.</li><li>Forward thinking and innovative.</li><li>Understanding of and commitment to positive education practices.</li></ul><p><b><u>Desirable:</u></b></p><ul><li>Experience managing projects and resources.</li><li>Experience in a faith-based setting, and capacity to positively advance the College’s mission and Mercy values.</li></ul><p>This position requires VIT registration and evidence of full vaccination (boosted) against Covid-19. The successful candidate will have relevant background checks conducted by the College.</p><p><br /></p><p>Classification is in accordance with the Victorian Catholic Education Multi Enterprise Agreement 2018:</p><ul><li>Teacher T1-1 to T2-6 plus 10% superannuation</li><li>POL 3 allowance of $8,817 gross per annum </li><li>Salary package up to $15,900 annually<br /><br /></li></ul><p><b>APPLICATION PROCESS</b></p><p>Applicants viewing this advertisement on websites such as Seek must apply via the advertisement on the College&#39;s employment site. The Position Description and supporting documents are also available on the College&#39;s employment site.</p><p><b>Applications must include:</b><br /></p><ol><li>a cover letter addressing each of the key selection criteria above </li><li>a resume</li></ol><p>and can be addressed to Ms Anna Negro, Principal.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Please note, applications sent directly to a member of the College will not be accepted. </i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>APPLICATIONS CLOSE: 9.00AM WEDNESDAY 1 JUNE 2022</b></p>