Admin Assistant

**Overview**: **Work Type**:Ongoing - Part-time **Salary**: Salary not specified **Grade**:Education Support - Level 1, Range 3 **Occupation**:Administration **Location**:Melbourne - Western suburbs **Reference**:1484953 **Location Profile**: - At **Truganina College**, our learners are at the heart of everything we do. We provide a safe, inclusive, and stimulating environment that fosters a strong sense of belonging and pride. Our College motto, **"Inspiring Excellence in Learning to Believe, Achieve and Succeed,"** underpins all our decisions and actions. - Since opening in 2015, Truganina College has grown rapidly and is located in the City of Wyndham, on the corner of Clearwood and Brigalow Drives. The College name honours **Truganini**, an Aboriginal Tasmanian woman who is believed to have spent time in the area. - Organised around the primary and middle years of schooling, Truganina College places strong emphasis on smooth and successful transitions¿from early learning through to senior secondary pathways. We pride ourselves on having a **culture of high expectations**, visible learning, and strong academic growth for every student. - Our teaching and learning programs are centred around the effective teaching of **literacy and numeracy**, supported by high-quality, evidence-informed strategies. We offer a rich and broad curriculum, and our staff work collaboratively to ensure that every student¿s learning needs are met. - The College is designed to promote active, student-centred learning, with environments tailored to support collaboration, critical thinking, problem solving, communication, and teamwork. Our culture of shared practice, distributed leadership, and differentiated instruction ensures that learning is relevant, engaging, and personalised. - Student voice is increasingly central to how learning spaces are designed and how decisions are made, empowering students to take responsibility for their learning choices. - We are proud of our strong partnerships with local kindergartens, schools, health providers, and tertiary institutions, which support both the academic and wellbeing needs of our students and their families. We believe that learning is a shared journey between the College and our community, and we use the language of learning in all interactions. **Selection Criteria**: - SC1 Demonstrated experience to undertake Reception responsibilities with enthusiasm, professionalism and efficiency - demonstrating a concierge style approach to this integral front desk role. - SC2 Demonstrated capacity to communicate effectively with members of the school community including students, teachers, education support, parents and other stakeholders. - SC3 Demonstrated team skills with an ability to develop and support team members - SC4 Demonstrate technical knowledge and expertise relevant to the position, current First Aid Level 2, CASES21 Finance and Administration, and Compass, and the capacity to provide support and/or attendant care to students where necessary. - SC5 Demonstrated high level of organisational skills and the ability to coordinate and prioritise work flow, along with the ability to work to and meet deadlines. **Role**: - [Attendance requirement for this position] - Range 3 is distinguished by the introduction of management responsibility and accountability for the delivery of professional support services. The role will usually impact beyond the work area or professional field. It seeks to gain cooperation of other staff members or members of the school community to achieve specific objectives, such as in school administration, operations or educational programs. - Direction on targets and goals is provided but the position will have some degree of latitude in determining how they are achieved. This latitude will generally be limited by standard procedures and school policy. Deviation from standard procedures and school policy will require guidance and direction from senior management. - The provision of business management responsibilities becomes a feature at range 3. Management of staff to achieve the expected outcomes is a key responsibility. Staff management issues will be resolved with mínimal reference to senior management, although guidance will be required in more complex cases. Senior management will be provided with timely reports and advice, although this will generally be confined to matters relating to the immediate work area, service provision or educational program and is unlikely to impact substantially on whole of school operations. - This is the minimum range for positions that carry a mandatory qualification requirement of not less than four years. Professional student support positions become a feature at range 3 (e.g. therapists, psychologists) where standard professional services are delivered. Professional support and guidance will be close at hand and deviation from standard procedures and school policy will require guidance and direction fro