Teacher Assistant - Farm Hand

St Paul’s Catholic Secondary College is seeking a full time temporary farm assistant. This rewarding role supports our teaching staff who deliver Primary Industries and Agriculture programs to our students at our Francis Farm Trade Skills Centre. The position is for the remainder of the 2020 school year and may be extended depending upon the abilities of the applicant. 

The Francis Farm is set on 105 hectares and is located in Kempsey on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales. The farm has a number of enterprises that require the services of a competent and innovative farm assistant. There is a great deal of scope for you to bring your knowledge, skill and creative flair to the role.

We are seeking applications from candidates with an excellent work experience history, high level of integrity, experience, motivation and interest in agriculture for the position of:

TEACHER ASSISTANT – FARM HAND

Ordinary Hours: 38 hrs per week, five days per week, until the end of the 2020 school year.

Some weekend work will be required and will be compensated by time in lieu.

Successful applicant must

 be willing to support the Catholic ethos of the College.

 have a current NSW Working with Children Check Essential selection criteria

 Demonstrated farming experience. A combination of some or all of the following tasks will be highly regarded

o Fencing: Conventional and Electric- Pasture production

o Vegetable production

o Livestock experience: Cattle, pigs, poultry, bees. (husbandry, management and welfare)

 Demonstrated effective communication skills, including oral, written and basic computing skill; email, spreadsheets, word applications.

 Ability to work unsupervised or in a team as required, effectively problem solve, work on weekend rotations, work with young people, be physically fit, well presented, organised and punctual.

 Driver’s license, (manual car & good driving record) 

Desirable selection criteria

 Ability to weld and fabricate, maintain farm water supply, machinery/small plant.

 Understanding of regenerative farming techniques

 Current Farm Chemical Users certification and MR driver’s license

 Applications together with complete personal and professional resume, details of background and experience, service record, full documentation and names, addresses and phone numbers of at least three referees including a current employer.

Applications must be emailed to:

Kevin Lewis – Principal St Paul’s College Kempsey

Email: kmps@lism.catholic.edu.au

Enquiries to: 02 65 62 7200

Applications must be received by 3.00pm Friday 5 June 2020

Child protection legislation requires preferred applicants to be subject to employment screening.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Information on how to Register for Employment in the Lismore is available on the Catholic Schools Office website http://www.lism.catholic.edu.au/employment/employment-information/