Principal Officer, Corporate Services
7 months ago
**About the Department of Education**:
The Department of Education are 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 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.
As the Department of Education enters an exciting phase implementing the education strategy, Equity and Excellence: Realising the potential of every student, we are investing in the capability of educational leaders and teachers through the Education Futures Institute, tasked with empowering educators and leaders to build professional expertise across their careers through high-quality, targeted development opportunities.
**Your Role**:
The Principal Corporate Services Officer will be responsible for:
- ensuring sound financial management and operational activities for the Capability Branch and Education Futures Institute in line with divisional and departmental accountability standards;
- delivering a range of financial corporate services, including budget profiling and reporting, operational financial activities such as journals, SAPA schedules, monthly accruals, invoice payments, purchase order management, cost centre maintenance;
- supporting branch purchasing and procurement activities and provide oversight as the designated purchasing delegate;
- providing strategic and operational advice and support to the Capability Branch leadership team;
- contributing to the preparation of complex reports, submissions, briefing notes and corporate correspondence where relevant;
- The Principal Corporate Services Officer reports to the Manager, Governance & Implementation, Capability Branch.
**The ideal applicant will**:
- have developed skills in finance and purchasing/procurement activities, preferably within a public service setting;
- have high-level written and oral communication skills and be able to engage with a wide range of internal and external high-level stakeholders;
- be able to work in a fast-paced environment, bring high level skills in problem solving, prioritisation and managing competing demands in a timely manner;
- enjoy working within a diverse team to deliver outcomes and make a positive impact in education.
Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
How to Apply
- Please attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant previous work history); and
- A maximum 2-page written response outlining your suitability for the role in response to the attached role description and within the context of the role as described above.
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.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.
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