AddressAn exciting opportunity exists at Lockyer DistrictHigh School for two highly motivated Administrative Officers (AAEP) to join our team. The positions available are the role of the school's Absentee Officer and of our Accounts Receivable Officer. Both positions being full time 72.5 hours/fortnight. Apply now to be part of our dedicated, high performing, caring team.
About the Department:
The Department of Education are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.
About our School:
Lockyer District State High School in Gatton is the largest secondary school in the picturesque Lockyer Valley; approximately one hour from Brisbane and 30mins from Toowoomba.
The school's administration team comprises of a dedicated, high performing, caring team who are committed to providing a quality service to their clients. Every day, in every classroom, we are supporting all students to become enterprising, resilient, creative, adaptable, confident individuals. To achieve this vision, we provide students with access to a broad range of quality curriculum programs and learning opportunities.
Role:
Your responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
- High levels of communication skills, displaying professionalism;
- The ability to work with a diverse range of stakeholders, members of the school community, students, families, teaching staff and the local community and our dedicated and caring school office team;
- Proven ability to work harmoniously within a team environment;
- Display confidentiality, tact, reliability and sensitivity to students and their families;
- Have the ability to quickly understand our operations, standards and processes.
- Undertake routine activities including client services, student services, correspondence, administration tasks, maintaining school records, processing mail and emails.
Undertake routine activities consisting of customer service/reception (telephone and counter enquiries) arranging appointments;
- Communicating with internal and external stakeholders (eg school & departmental staff, parents, students & community members).;
- Provide information and advice in line with school policies and/or Principal directives;
Processing payments both from external parties and students;
- Invoicing as required and processing student refunds;
- Assisting to address staff finance queries, including financial policies and procedures;
- Support consistent with the duties and responsibilities of the position as directed by the Principal, Deputy Principals and Business Manager.
An ideal candidate will possess:
- Excellent telephone manner and customer service skills;
- Proven ability to work within a team;
- OneSchool and IDattend knowledge is highly desired;
- Knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word;
- Successful applicants must be prepared to undertake a Criminal History Check and hold a valid Working with Children Blue Card.
Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
Interested? To Apply:
- Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
- Attach a written statement (maximum one page) with details of your knowledge, skills and abilities, outlining your suitability to the role.
We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies. ( https://alt-qed.qed.qld.gov.au/working-with-us/induction/department/human-resources/inclusion-and-diversity#:~:text=Pathways%20to%20Parity,participate%20fully%20in%20our%20workplaces. )
