Business Manager - Chancellor State College

Job Reference QLD/NCR592070/24T
Closing date October 3, 2024
Location Sunshine Coast
Type Full-Time
Contact (07) 5453 3222

About this job

About the Department

The Department of Education is 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 Chancellor State College

Located centrally on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, Chancellor State College is a five minute drive to Mooloolaba, and is a one hour drive north of Brisbane. Our college enjoys a partnership with the University of the Sunshine Coast to deliver world class educational opportunities to all in the Sippy Downs Educational Precinct. This unique agreement offers an incredible richness to our highly regarded programs that are delivering outstanding achievements in the academic, cultural, leadership, community and sporting pursuits of our students from prep through year 12 into university.

About the Role

Responsibilities include:

  • Lead the delivery of school wide corporate services in a large and complex school environment where novel approaches are required to redefine standards, systems and processes to ensure the integrity of organisational operations; plan, direct and manage the schools operational resources in line with school objectives and priorities; collect and analyse information, policies or procedures to understand the status quo and develop/modify broadly based operational policies which help shape, define and implement business strategy; and engage in extensive risk planning and contingency management.
  • Manage the corporate information systems and processes within the school, recommending opportunities to adapt existing approaches and employ technology to drive system improvement. Critically analyse, review and refine systems and processes in line with continuous improvement practices, and shape new policy directions for the school.
  • Lead and manage human resources for school support staff (including the identification of emerging talent, promotion of excellent performance outcomes and mentoring individuals to achieve their professional potential); and provide advice on a diverse range of human resource management practices (e.g. employee relations, recruitment, payroll anomalies, workplace health and safety, performance management, etc.). In collaboration with the Principal, lead change management and provide strategic solutions to human resources issues that are non-routine in nature and achieve long-term strategic impact for the school.

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 2-page response to the How you will/may 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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