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:
The Senior Finance Business Partner works directly with schools and will:
- Support the development and delivery of financial management training material to support schools.
- Assist with the development and communication of school accounting policies and procedures.
Responsibilities Include:
The position is a key contact for schools in terms of financial policy and procedures. This requires an understanding of financial management practices affecting schools and involves:
- Provide advice and support to school staff regarding financial management issues and opportunities to enable sustainable resource management and investment decisions.
- Deliver contemporary advice to support resource maximisation and achieve the best outcome for clients, complying with all relevant policy, procedures, legislation and standards.
- Undertake proactive analysis of the financial management practices and financial performance of schools to provide advice and undertake interventions in relation to emerging issues and opportunities.
- Coordinate and provide resource material, training, system design, advice and consultancy services to schools in order for clients to develop financial management capability.
- Develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with schools, regions and central office contacts to enable a strong understanding of school business priorities and service delivery objectives to effectively communicate information and financial management requirements to schools.
- Identify financial system and policy enhancements to support effective financial management in schools.
- Monitor the level of financial management competencies within schools to provide targeted training, coaching and development programs.
- Assist schools, or groups of schools, to identify opportunities for sharing administrative, financial and other resources through analysing financial position.
- Model professional workplace behaviour by working collaboratively with colleagues, clients and stakeholders to achieve objectives and standards of excellence in all areas of responsibility.
About You:
To be successful in this position you will have:
- Sound knowledge of contemporary financial management issues and strategies impacting schools.
- Ability to interrogate and analyse school financial management systems - Agresso and OneSchool Finance.
- Ability to deliver training programs relating to school financial management, including in an online format.
- High level communication skills, both written and oral, with ability to influence customer behaviour and implement change.
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 will 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. #LI-PRIORITY
nt 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. #LI-PRIORITY