About this job
About Us
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.
Your Role
As the Senior Finance Officer, you will assume a leading role in:
- The development and management of the school-based salaries and school purchase recoveries, corporate and internal budgets, and the development of complex labour related costings.
- Labour related data management and the provision of analysis and advice in relation to business and financial risk for school-based salaries.
About You
Highly desirable attributes include previous experience:
- Complex budget development, management and reporting
- Complex costing methodology creation and operationalisation
- Advanced Excel including macro development
- Data conceptualisation and analytics
- Collaborative problem solving
- Knowledge sharing and capture, targeted to audience
- Workload prioritisation
Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a basic data analysis activity to demonstrate analytical and excel skills.
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).
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