About this job
Estimated start date: Commencing January 2025
Position tenure: Full Time | Permanent
Weeks worked: Monday to Friday term time, and up to an additional 4 weeks as required throughout the year
Total Paid Hours (per week) & days required: 32hrs week, up to 52 weeks per year including school holidays
Salary level, range or hourly rate: School Officer Level 5 - $38.29 - $40.15 full time hourly rate(School Salary Scale)/(Services Salary Scale)
Employment conditions: Diocesan Catholic Education Employing Authorities in Queensland Single Interest Agreement
St Agnes is a Catholic Primary school within the Holland Park - Mt Gravatt parish. We believe in the value of a high quality education for every child through creating a safe, welcoming and educationally purposeful environment. Our goal is to empower every child to shape and enrich our changing world by living the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We do this through developing engaging, challenging and supported learning experiences offering a diverse curriculum and extra curricula activities. Explore our school website to learn more about us.
We are seeking a Finance Officer to assist the School Leadership Team with a wide variety of administrative and financial tasks to support the financial operations of the school.
Under the direction of the Principal, you will coordinate financial administration activities and provide support to ensure the school delivers on key reporting deadlines.
Duties include:
- Reconciliation of accounts
- Cashier and banking duties
- Data entry
- Report preparation and other office duties assigned as appropriate
Ideally, you will have previous experience in an accounts or finance role.
You will:
- Demonstrate initiative
- Demonstrate excellent attention to detail
- Be a skillful negotiator who is able to liaise with the school’s clients with empathy
- Be highly organised
- Be able to demonstrate sound judgement, confidentiality and discretion
Experience with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and the BCE finance system, Dynamics 365, is desirable.
Applicants are required to address these points in the “letter of application” section of the online application.
To be eligible to be considered for this role you will:
- hold a Paid Employee Positive Notice Blue Card prior to commencement;
- be eligible to work in Australia for the duration of the appointment; and
- have a commitment to and understanding of the ethos and traditions of Catholic Education.
- Have a commitment to Safeguarding
- The Archdiocese of Brisbane has standards of conduct for workers to maintain a safe and healthy environment for children. Our commitment to these standards requires that we conduct Working With Children (WWC) and background referencing for all persons who will engage in direct and regular involvement with children and young people and/or adults-at-risk. The organisation is fully committed to child safety and has a zero tolerance to abuse of children or adults-at-risk.
Please note applications for this role may be considered as they are received, and an appointment made prior to the advertised close date.
Equity and inclusion are at the core of our Catholic values and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce. We encourage and welcome candidates from all backgrounds to apply for this role.
Contact: Bernadette Judd
Contact number: 3349 5130
Contact email: bjudd@bne.catholic.edu.au
Closing date: 30-Oct-2024