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Want a Catholic Education Job? Here’s Everything You Need to Know

    Looking for a Catholic education job? A career in Catholic education can provide teachers with good opportunities for career development in a supportive school community. In this article, we explore where to find Catholic education jobs, the pay scale at Catholic schools, how to become a Catholic education teacher and more.  

    Where to Find Catholic Education Jobs 

    If you’re looking for a Catholic Education job, you have a few options on where you can begin your search. The best place for you to do that will depend on factors like your location and the type of job you want. So, with that in mind, here’s where to find Catholic Education jobs.  

    ClassCover Jobs 

    ClassCover Jobs is a jobs platform designed for educators, by educators. By only posting job opportunities in education, we save time for job seekers by simplifying your search to save you having to sift through results from other industries that may not be relevant to you. 

    ClassCover Jobs is also partnered with Catholic Diocese’ right across Australia, including Brisbane Catholic Education, the Catholic Education Diocese of Cairns, the Catholic Education Diocese of Townsville, The Catholic Education Diocese of Wagga Wagga, the Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle and more. Because of this, ClassCover Jobs is one of the best places to start your search for a Catholic Education job, with new roles posted daily.  

    You also have the option of creating a job alert, so when a role that matches your chosen criteria is posted, you’ll be alerted and can be among the first to apply.  

    Browse all Catholic education jobs on ClassCover Jobs 

    Individual Catholic Diocese 

    If you have a specific school or diocese that you are interested in working for, checking their website directly can be a good step in your job hunt. The downside of this approach is the added time it takes to keep checking back – particularly if you are looking at the websites of multiple diocese’.  

    Online Job Boards  

    Another option to find Catholic education teaching jobs is to look on other online job boards. While websites like Seek and LinkedIn can have many job ads, these sites cater to all industries, rather than just focusing on education. Because of this, if you choose to focus your job search here, you may waste time sifting through job ads that aren’t relevant to you.  

    Catholic Education Salary: What Do Teachers Get Paid?  

    The salary for Catholic education teachers varies based on location, as well as factors like a teacher’s experience and tenure. In general, the pay scale for Catholic education teachers ranges from $81,000 – $136,000 for classroom teachers. Highly Accomplished and Lead Teachers can expect to earn more, up to $151,614 in some regions. The best way to learn about the salary for a Catholic Education Teacher is to consult the website for a specific diocese.  

    Check out our salary guide for teachers across Australia

    How to Become a Catholic Teacher 

    While the specific requirements you will need to satisfy if you want to become a Catholic teacher will depend on the diocese, school and year level of the job, there are a few general requirements that will put you in a good position to apply for Catholic education jobs:

    • Be an Australian citizen, permanent resident or have a valid visa  
    • Have undertaken a recognised university degree – in most states this is a four-year education degree or equivalent graduate program.  
    • While many diocese’ don’t require teachers who aren’t specifically teaching religious studies to be Catholic, many do require applicants to have some knowledge of the Catholic religion. For this reason, it’s a good idea to do some research on the specific requirements of a particular school and/or diocese before applying for a job.  

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    Catholic Education Relief Teaching  

    Want to work as a Casual Relief Teacher in the Catholic Education system? One of the best ways to get started is to create a free Teacher Profile on ClassCover. Because ClassCover partners with some of the largest Catholic education diocese’ around the country, you can boost your chances of connecting with Catholic schools in your area.  

    So how does ClassCover work for casual relief teaching at Catholic education schools? There are two main ways to connect with schools and be booked to work.  

    The first way is to connect with schools using Find New Schools. Here you can search for schools in your area and then request to be added to their list. Once you’re connected, that school will be able to send you booking requests when they need a casual relief teacher.  

    The second way to find casual relief teaching opportunities at Catholic education schools is to browse ClassCover Jobs. Many schools post callouts on our platform when they are looking for new casuals to work with.