Business Manager - Crow's Nest State School

Job Reference QLD/DSR692855/26T
Closing date July 6, 2026
Location Toowoomba region
Contact 07 4698 3111

About this job

About our School:

Crow's Nest P-10 State School is located 40 mins North of Toowoomba where the school is the heart of the community. Our dedicated staff are committed to providing an education that is equitable and focused on excellence for all students, ensuring that all students have the opportunity to realise their full potential.

As a school community, we are working on strengthening our school culture through the implementation of the Real Schools framework. This approach supports consistent expectations, positive relationships, and student growth by embedding a shared language and practices across classrooms and the wider school environment.

About the Role:

As the Business Manager you will manage the delivery of a range of corporate services, support educational management activities and lead the development of systemic change by actively supporting the school management team and school community. You will oversee the delivery of administrative, financial and human resources support, including the supervision of lower level school support staff and influencing stakeholders on sensitive issues.

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.

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

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 1-page written statement in response to the attached role description.
  • Attach evidence of the mandatory requirements 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.