Admin Assistant

**Overview**: **Work Type**:Ongoing - Full-time **Salary**: Salary not specified **Grade**:Education Support - Level 1, Range 3 **Occupation**:Administration **Location**:Melbourne - Northern suburbs **Reference**:1489024 **Location Profile**: **Lalor Gardens Primary School Profile 2025** **About Us** Lalor Gardens Primary School is a welcoming and inclusive school in northwest Lalor, on Wurundjeri land. Currently at 415 students and 50 staff, we expect continued growth as new housing estates develop. **Teaching & Learning** - Our focus on continual improvement is driven through regular schoolwide Professional Learning, including participation in Professional Learning Communities (PLCs). Teaching teams work collaboratively to plan and rehearse lessons every week. We use centralised planning resources to ensure high level curriculum is delivered school wide. **Programs & Features**: - Single classrooms, straight grades - Auslan taught across all grades - Key curriculum features: **Wellbeing** Our motto, "Learn, Grow, Achieve - Together anything is possible," guides us in developing respectful, responsible, empathetic, and resilient students. As a Gold Standard School-Wide Positive Behaviour Support school, our values are; Learning, Respect, Responsibility, Empathy and Resilience. - We use the Berry Street Education Model to create a calm, supportive environment through strategies like Circle Time, Zones of Regulation, and brain breaks. We deliver an in-class Wellbeing program and a Specialist Wellbeing program where Respectful Relationships is taught. We offer breakfast club daily. - Staff wellbeing is also a priority, supported through PERMAH and professional development. As such, we have a very strong team culture. **Sustainability** Our solar-powered school reduces costs and ensures year-round air-conditioned classrooms. Other initiatives include: Vegetable gardens & mini orchard, Frog pond, rabbits & chickens, and an Indigenous Flora Garden. **Facilities** We are proud of our modern, spacious learning spaces, including: - Full-sized indoor basketball court & performance stage - Smart TV technology in every learning area - Specialist spaces: art room, library, and breakout rooms - Digital technology resources (laptops & iPads) - Kitchen for Breakfast Club & school events - BBQ area, multiple playgrounds & Covered Outdoor Learning Areas (COLAs) - Sports facilities for soccer, basketball, bat tennis, volleyball, netball & down ball - Safe, fully fenced school grounds - Take a **virtual tour** on our website: LGPS Virtual Tour **Join Our Team** If you¿re a passionate educator with strong teamwork skills and a commitment to inclusive, evidence-informed education, we¿d love to hear from you **Selection Criteria**: **Selection Criteria** **SC1** Demonstrated capacity to perform duties consistent with established guidelines and frameworks, including coordinating and supporting others in respect to specific work functions relevant to the role. **SC2** Demonstrated capacity to work and collaborate with others in a team environment. **SC3** Demonstrated capacity to communicate effectively in a team environment, including high level oral and written communication skills. **SC4** Possess the technical knowledge and expertise relevant to the position. **SC5** Demonstrated capacity to provide advice and support to management and other school staff in respect to the work area. **SC6** A commitment to professional learning and growth for both self and others. **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