About this job
Who We Are:
Mareeba State High School is an inclusive school with a great history of providing opportunities for every student.
We are proud of our academic achievement, extensive curriculum, cultural richness, professional teaching, innovative practices, sporting champions and creative brilliance, all within a disciplined and caring environment.
Step Into Your Next Chapter:
Finance
- Support the Principal in the administration and management of a school budget valued at between approximately between $0.6M and $1.5M for Secondary Schools
- Provide financial management strategies to the school management team to ensure the management and application of school financial activities are in accordance with school operational plans, legislation and departmental guidelines.
Human resources
- Provide advice in the formation of a support staff workforce planning and manage implementation to ensure availability of appropriately trained staff to support the school operations.
- Manage the day to day activities of school support staff comprising recruitment, induction and training, organising vacancy processing, chairing recruitment and selection panels, identify future staff skills requirements and
organise skills development. - Collaboratively implement Managing Unsatisfactory Performance processes and assist with rehabilitation processes for school support staff personnel.
- Work with the principal in leading change within the school support staff team ensuring human resource practices confirm to current standards and practices and that awards and conditions are met for all school support staff.
Facilities/asset management
- Provide facilities management advice to principal, school management team and community.
Administration
- Develop and manage provision of administrative support to school operations in accordance with school guidelines.
Management
- Seeks to understand key work and people issues and opinions by observing activity, reviewing programs and through interactions and analysis to inform planning. Working with the school community, you will accesses the knowledge and skills of people and coordinates the provision and application of resources to support goal achievement.
Leadership - Play key role in leading organisational change within the school by keeping school support staff informed of decisions, procedures and policies that impact on their role and contribution to the achievement of organisational goals.
Communication
- Participate in the decision making activities of the school management team, particularly with regard to providing input about financial management issues and the efficient and effective provision of corporate services to support school operations.
- Liaise with departmental officers and community representatives to ensure the provision of corporate services within and to the school is appropriate and in accordance with equity, probity and legislative requirements.
- Establish and maintain relationships with other Business Managers, internal and external stakeholders, and community representatives to ensure efficient and effective corporate services in a school environment.
Outcomes
- Supports students showing concern for their welfare and development and treating them with respect.
- Working with staff, you acknowledge and affirm effective performance and is supportive of performance improvement.
Accountability
- Promotes corporate services, aligns activities to relevant departmental policy and procedure, utilises experience, knowledge, best practice and historic data to improve business services within the school.
- Identification of the developmental needs of school support staff and coordinate the delivery of staff training and development.
Submit Your Application:
- 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.
ental policy and procedure, utilises experience, knowledge, best practice and historic data to improve business services within the school.Submit Your Application:
- 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.