Business Manager - Charleville School of Distance Education

Job Reference QLD/DSR682552/26T
Closing date March 30, 2026
Location South West Qld
Contact (07) 4656 8999

About this job

About the School

Charleville School of Distance Education provides quality distance education for students from Prep to Year 10 across rural and remote Queensland. Through online lessons, digital learning platforms and regular field events, the school supports geographically isolated students with engaging learning and strong connections to teachers and peers.

About the Role

Responsibilities include:

  • Operate autonomously in the provision of business services to the school, in an environment that at times exhibits a degree of complexity and frequently requires the interpretation of information and adaptation of processes.
  • Provide a comprehensive range of administrative support (e.g. preparation of reports, and correspondence) and identify problems, conduct research, seek expert advice, recommend solutions.
  • 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. In addition, this role will oversee for school support staff the signatories/approval of timesheets, leave applications, rosters, arrange relief; and organise, undertake and coordinate the recruitment, induction and training of school support staff.
  • Support the Principal with the preparation and administration of the budget, undertaking day to day financial activities (e.g. reviewing school expenditure, managing payroll and purchasing, producing financial reports from OneSchool); seeking external expert financial advice when appropriate; proposing alternatives for managing the school's financial resources; and suggesting courses of action to routine and non-routine financial matters that comply with legislation and policy.

Please view the Role Description for a full list of responsibilities.

About You

The successful applicant must have the skills necessary to perform the responsibilities of this role to a high standard, providing a high level of administrative support, customer service and all general administration duties associated with working in a busy school office. Strong communication, confidentiality and time management skills, as well as the ability to work collaboratively within a team are essential.

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

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.