Business Manager - Flying Fish Point State School

Applications are invited for the position of Business Manager at Flying Fish Point State School. This is a permanent part-time position. This role is offered at 0.33 FTE and 24 hours per fortnight.

If you would like to be a cornerstone of our school community, and provide corporate and administrative support to our team, apply bellow!

About the Department of Education

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 Flying Fish Point State School

Flying Fish Point State School has a reputation for its happy and well-behaved children and a cohesive staff. This is supported by feedback from parents and the Parent, Student and Staff Opinion Surveys.

Our supportive school environment is based on respect which is actively modelled and taught by the staff. The children take responsibility for their actions and reflect on the implications their actions have on others - both negative and positive.

We take a proactive approach to the management of student behaviour. The success of this is reflected in the number of School Disciplinary Absences we have had in the last few years. The consistent manner in which the staff embraces and enforces the behaviour management policy is the predominant reason for its success.

The school fosters a warm family environment. With an enrolment of more than 40 students the staff and students know each other very well.

About the Role

• As the Business Manager you will be responsible for the effective and efficient administrative management of the school by providing corporate services and administrative support to the Principal.
• You will work within well-defined guidelines to provide advice and offer solutions to key stakeholders (external and internal) on business related problems (e.g. human resources, finance and facilities management), and have responsibility for autonomously delivering on priorities, seeking expert advice, adapting processes, problem solving and providing solutions according to clear outcomes, with regular guidance by the Principal.

The Business Manager reports to the Principal or nominated delegate.

Responsibilities include

• Operate autonomously to undertake day to day office procedures within well-defined policies (e.g. reception, arranging appointments, correspondence, maintaining school records and general administration); and utilise information and management systems (e.g. OneSchool) to support effective and efficient reporting and administration.
• Undertake the day to day supervision and management of school support staff, including monitoring workloads and performance (working in collaboration with the Principal for any difficult performance management situations); identifying workforce capability requirements; and role modelling performance standards.
• Oversee the signatories/approval of timesheets, leave applications, rosters, and arrange relief for school support staff; and organise, undertake and coordinate the recruitment, induction and training of school support staff.
• Assist the Principal with the preparation of the school budget and administer day to day financial matters (i.e. accounts payable/receivable, corporate card monitoring, reconciliations, banking). Input and export data to/from OneSchool for the Principal, to assist with budgeting and financial management.

Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position. 

How to Apply

• Please attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant previous work history); and
• A 2-pg response to the How you will be Assessed section of the attached role description.

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). 

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