Business Manager

1 week ago


Sunshine Coast, Australia Education Full time

About our school:


Mountain Creek State High School has an excellent reputation for outstanding achievements in academic, cultural, leadership, community and sporting programs.

We recognise that our students require not only a meaningful and relevant curriculum but also a cleverly designed school structure that better integrates the key elements of good pedagogical practice with a pastoral care framework that best supports young people in a rapidly changing world.

Pastoral care and parent engagement is fostered through a sub-school system providing close monitoring of students in both academic achievement and behaviour management and a safe secure and supportive environment for all students.


Your role:

Responsibilities include (but not limited to):

  • Lead the delivery of school wide corporate services in a large and complex school environment where novel approaches are required to redefine standards, systems and processes to ensure the integrity of organisational operations; plan, direct and manage the schools operational resources in line with school objectives and priorities; collect and analyse information, policies or procedures to understand the status quo and develop/modify broadly based operational policies which help shape, define and implement business strategy; and engage in extensive risk planning and contingency management.
  • Manage the corporate information systems and processes within the school, recommending opportunities to adapt existing approaches and employ technology to drive system improvement. Critically analyse, review and refine systems and processes in line with continuous improvement practices, and shape new policy directions for the school.
  • Lead and manage human resources for school support staff (including the identification of emerging talent, promotion of excellent performance outcomes and mentoring individuals to achieve their professional potential); and provide advice on a diverse range of human resource management practices (e.g. employee relations, recruitment, payroll anomalies, workplace health and safety, performance management, etc.). In collaboration with the Principal, lead change management and provide strategic solutions to human resources issues that are nonroutine in nature and achieve longterm strategic impact for the school.
  • Provide high level strategic advice to the Principal and Executive Management team regarding the development and ongoing management of the school's annual budget in accordance with operational plans and departmental requirements. Manage the school budget (with the support of tools such as OneSchool) to effectively analyse and report on financial performance against agreed objectives through the development of monitoring and reporting systems. Analyse systems and processes to ensure the financial integrity of business operations.
  • Manage significant facilities projects, negotiate with external contractors to ensure accountability for school maintenance, develop and implement initiatives for facilities management, asset maintenance and replacement plans.

Mandatory requirements:

  • When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
  • Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.

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 2pg response to the How you will be Assessed section of the attached role description.


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.
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.
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