About this job
About the Department of Education:
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About the Role:
The School Community Liaison Officer (SCLO) provides quality advice and assistance to parents, carers, and community members across the region. Acting as the first point of contact, the SCLO supports the resolution of concerns and complaints by fostering open communication and building relationships between the school community and departmental personnel. This role requires strong interpersonal skills, empathy, and the ability to navigate departmental policies and guidelines effectively.
Responsibilities Include:
- Listen and understand using empathy and compassion, to initial telephone contact with parents, carers and other community members' regarding concerns or complaints and refer them back to the school to negotiate a suitable outcome.
- Provide advice to parents, carers and other community members on a broad range of departmental policies and guidelines and assist them with their understanding of such policy and guidelines.
- Liaise between the parents, carers and other community members and the school, to achieve a suitable outcome and resolution of relevant issues.
- Foster open effective communication and develop relationships to enhance the likelihood of resolution of concerns between parents, carers, other community members and school personnel.
- Monitor progress and maintain accurate records of paperwork associated with parents, carers and other community members' contact with schools ensuring appropriate finalisation of record keeping process.
- Review progress, report on various projects, trends and action items and undertake investigation, research and analysis of sensitive and confidential matters.
- Maintain a high level of accuracy in correspondence and administrative documents, assisting with the development of efficient and effective record keeping processes and reviews across the Education Services team.
- Encourage an environment across the Education Services team in which high quality services are delivered by continually seeking improvements in administrative systems and processes.
- Assist the Principal Advisor, Regional Services with responsibilities.
Interested? To Apply:
- Attach a brief resume (maximum 2 pages) including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history);
- Attach a 1-page written statement about how your achievements and capabilities meet the requirements of the role.
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