Community Liaison Officer

Arethusa College is an independent, co-educational school catering for students requiring an alternative to mainstream schooling. We are accredited as a Special Assistance School with campuses located across South- East Queensland

We believe in Doing School Differently, providing an alternate approach to education, and serving students who have been let down by an education system that was not able to flex and adapt to meet their unique needs and circumstances.

Our College prides itself on promoting individual wellbeing and support for all in our community. The College acknowledges that quality education only exists where there are quality educators, and therefore values the contributions made by our staff. Our staff promote self-discipline, believing that the responsibility to change the future lies within the individual and is not found merely inside educational policy or applying unfair discipline.

Mission and Values:

At Arethusa College we Believe, Expect and Celebrate as we see our students move towards achieving their full potential. We Believe in our students; we don’t define them by their past experience but rather their future potential and possibilities. We Expect great things of our students; as a result we raise the bar, we invest and journey with them and we Celebrate our students; because they are absolutely worthy of being celebrated, as they step out of their comfort zones and towards the goals they set for themselves.

The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Liaison Officer to become an integral member of the Arethusa College. The Community Liaison Officer works in conjunction with the College Leadership team and teaching staff and is employed to support the educational achievements and wellbeing of students. The primary duty of the Community Liaison Officer is to work collaboratively with all staff to offer consistently high standards of student and family support in a professional manner whilst supporting the values and ethos of the College.

Personal qualities, social and interpersonal skills:

• Understanding of, and ability to develop, links between the school and communities
• Professional presentation skills with the ability to proactively engage and enthuse both students, parents and other colleagues
• Well-developed computer literacy capacity to work in partnership with classroom teachers
• Organisational planning and coordination skills including the ability to demonstrate flexibility and manage demanding or competing tasks
• Enthusiastic, energetic, flexible with a proactive attitude
• Confident, well-presented and engaging with a personal warmth that engenders mutual respect with staff, parents and visitors
• Flexible and responsive to the needs of the school community and driven to achieve the best outcomes for students

The ideal candidate must be:

• An active member within Communities and possess effective communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to support and liaise with students, staff, and college community members.
• Able to promote and provide an environment of warmth, trust, respect and professionalism with students, families and colleagues, and be an enthusiastic, passionate and a committed member of our College.
• Able to assist in the improvement of educational participation of students to enhance student learning outcomes.
• Able to support teachers to prepare, implement, conduct, monitor and supervise the learning of students congruent with student learning goals
• Able to obtain a Working with Children Blue Card.

Applicants must have an open Drivers Licence and hold a Working with Children Card (Blue Card).

Applications to include a copy of a paid Blue Card (Working with Children) cover letter and a detailed resume.