Salary Range: $105,513- $118,755 per annum pending experience
Tenure: Full Time, Permanent
Commencing Date: 6 October 2025
Closing Date: Monday, 29 September 2025 unless filled prior
Townsville Catholic Education Office, Kirwan supports a diverse region extending from Townsville to the Burdekin and Whitsunday regions in the South, North to Ingham and Halifax, South-West to Winton, and West to the border with the Northern Territory, encompassing Mount Isa and several small, isolated western towns and east to Palm Island.
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.
Townsville Catholic Education (TCE) is currently seeking an experienced and dedicated Senior Software Developer. This is a Full Time, permanent position commencing 6 October 2025.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Develop, test and maintain high-quality software
• Lead or support technical projects and documentation
• Resolve complex issues and drive system improvements
• Mentor developers and contribute to team coordination
• Collaborate across teams and vendors for service delivery
• Stay current with IT standards and best practices
• Uphold Catholic values, safety protocols and professional standards
  For Full details see the Position Description

The Senior Software Developer (SSD) is an Information Technology professional who designs, implements and manages software services within the Information Technology and Services Team (ITS). The SSD is responsible for the creation, availability and reliability of new and existing software solutions to achieve TCE’s strategic outcomes.
Working with key stakeholders, the SSD has a delivery focus to provide elegant software systems to deliver
creative solutions for improved services and outcomes within ITS.
The SSD will work as part of the Knowledge & Applications (KA) team to design, implement and support KA
services across TCE. Additionally, the incumbent will recommend and implement approved changes to improve and create efficiencies in the KA services catalogue.
The SSD reports directly to the Team Leader Knowledge & Applications and may lead small ad hoc teams.
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 persons who will engage in direct and regular involvement with children and young people and/or adults-at-risk. The organisation is fully committed to child safety and has a zero tolerance to abuse of children or adults-at-risk.