Cleaner

Cleaner

Job No: TCE4573

Commencement Date: Monday 26 January 2026

Location: Townsville, QLD.

Salary Range: $31.75- $32.17 per hour pending experience + Super

Join our team as a Cleaner at St Joseph's Catholic School, The Strand!

We’re looking for passionate and dedicated Cleaner to work in a fixed-term, term- time capacity completing 30 hrs per week commencing 26 January 2026 and for the 2026 school year.

In this role, you’ll play an important part in creating a clean, safe, and welcoming environment that supports the learning and wellbeing of every student and staff member. With reliability, care, and strong attention to detail, you’ll help maintain the college’s facilities and grounds in line with established cleaning schedules, safety procedures, and TCE standards.

Guided by Catholic values, you’ll embrace the school’s mission, prioritise student safety and wellbeing, and help create a welcoming, supportive environment where every learner feels they belong.

Set on the tropical coast of North Queensland, Townsville blends the energy of a thriving regional city with the warmth of a welcoming community. With Magnetic Island just a short ferry ride away and the Great Barrier Reef on its doorstep, you can spend weekends exploring palm-lined beaches, vibrant markets, and lively cultural events - all while enjoying the relaxed, outdoors-focused lifestyle that makes Townsville such a rewarding place to live and work.

Townsville Catholic Education has standards of conduct for workers to maintain a safe and healthy environment for children. Our commitment to these standards requires that we conduct working with children checks and background referencing for all staff. The organisation is fully committed to child safety and has a zero tolerance to abuse of children or adults-at-risk.

The successful candidate will require a paid Blue Card before commencement as per the No Card, No Start policy developed by Queensland Government. This position will be subject to a pre-employment medical assessment to support the selection process.

For more information, please review the full position description.

We’d love to hear from you! Please click the “Apply” button and follow the prompts.

Applications close 3.00pm 22nd January 2026.

About us

Townsville Catholic Education provides a supportive, flexible working environment where care for the individual is an important part of our ethos. We employ motivated people who want to work together to produce excellent outcomes for our students. Our staff are recognised as being central to achieving our mission.

We value your hard work and dedication, and we’re proud to offer a range of benefits designed to support you both professionally and personally:

Competitive Salary
Annual Leave at 17.5% leave loading
12.75% Superannuation employer contribution
Access to long service leave after 7 years of continuous service
Salary packaging options
Up to 14 Weeks paid parental leave
Deferred Salary Scheme
…and a range of other great benefits!

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