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 the Role:
As the Executive Services Officer you will:
- Provide efficient, effective and confidential executive and administrative services to the Senior Officer.
- Prepare, coordinate and disseminate relevant information and liaise with a diverse range of departmental clients and community bodies on behalf of regional officers, specific to the function, and in support, of the operation of the regional office.
- Schedule appointments and maintain diaries, receive and assist visitors, identify client needs and redirect telephone calls.
- Take minutes of meetings and distribute to attendees, coordinate room bookings and functions, and organise and provide support to conferences.
- Coordinate and organise travel and accommodation.
- Provide advice regarding office administrative procedures, provide word processing services and produce advanced desktop published documents.
- Undertake work across a broad range of regional services activities to support the region and schools which may include the administration of ordering and payment procedures.
- Use spreadsheets and databases and assist in the preparation of communication material, spreadsheets, reports, submissions, briefing material and correspondence on a range of issues.
- The day-to-day line support of the position rests with the Director, Education Services or nominated delegate.
This position is a Temporary role from 20 January 2025 to 5 December 2025, unless otherwise determined.
The Regional office position location can be based at any of the five Central Queensland regional offices, Emerald, Gladstone, Longreach, Mackay or Rockhampton.
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 2-page response to the "How you 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).
The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.