Administration Officer - Emerald State High School

*About us:

Our school is an inclusive secondary school providing quality education for students from Years 7 to 12.

We have a proud record of high academic outcomes and in supporting our young people to achieve their dreams and aspirations.

At Emerald High we believe that by creating supportive, inclusive and positive relationships, we can, in partnership with families, make a difference in the lives of our students. We also believe in maximising our students' potential to enable them to become our future creative innovators and global citizens and in guiding them to achieve lives of meaning and purpose.

Your opportunity:

As the Administration Officer, you will undertake work across a broad range of corporate service activities, including human resource (HR), financial and facilities, and/or undertake a narrow range of duties relating to a specific corporate services function, as well as, assist in identifying and implementing process improvement opportunities for the efficient and effective provision of corporate services to support school operations.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Contribute to the day to day management support staff within the school/college, including identifying corporate service issues, coordinating recruitment and selection, induction and training of support staff and where necessary, provide Injury Management support for staff.
Interpreting departmental and school policies, guidelines and ensuring legislative and procedural requirements are met.
Assist the Principal/Executive Principal/Business Manager in identifying workforce needs including maintaining accurate records, tracking staff data, monitoring staff replacement and ensuring all relevant compliance training is valid and current.
Assist with the daily supervision of support staff by monitoring workloads, identifying workforce skills needs, and highlighting any performance issues to the Principal/Executive Principal/Business Manager, including research of professional development opportunities for support staff.

Desirable skills and experiences:

Ability to interpret and implement departmental policies and procedures to maintain audit compliance, including Certified Agreements
Ability to work as a contributing member of a collaborative team
Ability to work independently and autonomously within defined timeframes
Strong attention to detail and thoroughness in completing all tasks
HR support - managing supply teacher bookings, staff leave recording, fortnightly casual claim entries, reviewing non-teaching staff timesheets
Assisting with school enrolment and attendance processes
Experience with OneSchool and IDAttend preferred but not essential
General office/reception duties, including front office administration, receipting etc.

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 2-page written statement in response to the attached role description.
Attach a copy of your mandatory qualifications/registration outlined in 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.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.*