Faith and Mission Lead

Salary: Executive

Employment Status: Full-time

Eligibility: Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident

Start Date: Negotiable

Application Closing Date: 10 August 2026

Job Number: 507054

About Us

Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn Education Limited (CACGEL) operates in the ACT and NSW, supporting 56 Schools and nine Early Learning Centres (ELCs).

The Archdiocesan Schools Office provides a range of services to the system through four directorates including Faith in Learning, School Operations, Corporate Services and Governance and Strategy.

About the Role

The Faith and Mission Lead position supports the overall mission of Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn Education Limited (CACGEL), which is to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ through the integral human development of students. The role is critical to the successful execution of the 2027-2023 CACGEL Apostolic Action Plan, Grounded in Faith, Growing in Service (to be formally launched on 20 August). At the heart of this plan is faith formation of staff, necessary to ensure that “faith is the breath that oxygenates every other subject” in the curriculum (Pope Leo XIV, “Drawing New Maps of Hope”).

The role is directly responsible to the Deputy Executive Director, Faith in Learning. The Faith in Learning directorate has recently been created by bringing together the current Catholic Identity Team and the Teaching and Learning Team, which previously operated independently in organisational siloes. This restructure is designed to support the design and implementation of a specifically Catholic approach to teaching and learning, ie a “Catholic Curriculum”.

The Faith and Mission Lead provides system-level leadership for the design, implementation and evaluation of faith formation programs and professional learning that strengthen theological understanding, religious literacy, and the enactment of the Catholic curriculum across schools in the Archdiocese. In fulfilling this responsibility, the Faith and Mission Lead will work closely with the Catholic Curriculum and Teaching Lead, ensuring that the right intellectual and spiritual professional learning is in place so that the Catholic curriculum can be given its fullest expression.

The Faith and Mission Lead will lead and manage a committed team in the development and implementation of programs to enhance religious literacy of staff, and especially to assess and address the professional learning needs, in terms of knowledge and pedagogy, of those teaching of Religious Education.

A knowledge of the Catholic Social Tradition and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition is essential as is a demonstrated understanding, capacity and willingness to learn from the work of scholars in the field of the Catholic understanding of the purposes of education. The capacity to form partnerships with outside agencies, including tertiary institutions local and overseas is essential.

Qualifications and Eligibility

• Post graduate qualifications in education and theology
• Practicing Catholic connected to a worshipping parish, supported by a Parish Priest reference
• Accreditation in accordance with Work Teach and Lead in Catholic Education Canberra and Goulburn policy
• Working with Vulnerable People (WWVP) registration and Working With Children Check (WWCC)
• Current Drivers Licence

Application Process

Applicants are required to submit a current resume and a cover letter that addresses the selection criteria as outlined in the Position Description. The position description may be available to view under downloads, or visit the CACGEL job site to view it, and search via title or job number.

CACGEL is committed to workforce diversity and creating inclusive workplaces and welcomes applications from suitable candidates from all diversity groups to support schools and ELCs to deliver quality education outcomes for students.

For further information about CACGEL, please visit the website.