House Administration Officer, Ongoing, Commencing

Location: Western Region | Melton

Job type: Full time / From 28/01/2025

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Administration/Secretarial

Reference: 1450074

**Location Profile**:
**Kurunjang Secondary College Profile**:
Kurunjang Secondary College is a stand-alone Years 7 to 12 college with a current population of over 904 students.

It is situated in the Western Metropolitan suburb of Melton, Victoria.

The college community is committed to a shared vision of, **_Learn, Grow, Achieve Together_**. The focus is on enhancing student outcomes, particularly in the areas of literacy and numeracy. In addition, our plan is to improve results in our VCE student outcomes and increase the participation of students into tertiary, particularly university, education. This plan is informed by our work in Effective Teaching and Learning, Coaching, the use of a consistent teaching schema, called the Effective Learning Framework **(E.L.F)**, and collaboration through a variety of Professional Learning Teams **(PLTs)**.

**Kurunjang Secondary College Values are**:

- Achievement
- Respect
- Responsibility

Located in the Western Metropolitan suburb of Melton Victoria, Kurunjang Secondary College is a stand-alone Years 7 to 12 college with a current population of over 900 students.

The school is in the second year of its Strategic Plan period. The college community is committed to a shared vision of, **_Learn, Grow, Achieve Together_**. The focus is on enhancing student outcomes, particularly in the areas of literacy and numeracy. In addition, our plan is to improve results in our VCE student outcomes and increase the participation of students into tertiary, particularly university, education. This plan is informed by our work in Effective Teaching and Learning, Coaching, the use of a consistent teaching schema, called the Effective Learning Framework **(E.L.F)**, and collaboration through a variety of Professional Learning Teams **(PLTs)**.

**Kurunjang Secondary College Vision**:
Our vision for the college not only outlines where we hope to see ourselves in the future, but also comprises a declaration of our high-level goals. We have chosen the following statement as our vision at Kurunjang Secondary College: Achieve success for our community through respect, responsibility and collaboration.

**Kurunjang Secondary College's Core Purposes**:
The College has a whole school literacy program through Years 7
- 9 called the Kurunjang Literacy Program **(KLP)**.

The **AVID** (Advancement via Individual Determination) program has expanded to include Years 7 to 10 AVID Elective, Years 7 and 8 Student Success, as well as a whole school approach to Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organisation, and Reading **(W.I.C.O.R)**.

A range of support programs are in place to ensure that the educational, social, and emotional needs of students are met.
The college is structured into sub schools; vertical teams in Years 7-10 and horizontal teams in the Senior School. Each with a dedicated team comprising of an Assistant Principal, Lead Teacher and Co-Coordinators.

Kurunjang Secondary College is a School Wide Positive Behaviours **(S.W.P.B)** school with a designated Behaviour Matrix linked to the college values.

The successful applicant needs to demonstrate capacity to continue to develop a united vision and direction for Kurunjang Secondary College relating to building a culture of cooperation, perseverance and high expectations. The college has three assistant principals that work closely with the principal as a highly effective and united team on a whole school improvement strategy.

**Kurunjang Secondary College's Child Safety Code of Conduct**:

- Applicants are welcome to elaborate on experience they may have working with Aboriginal children and/or communities, children with disabilities and children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds._

**Selection Criteria**:
SC1 Capacity to undertake routine support tasks across a range of functions in one or more work areas within a school environment.

SC2 Demonstrated capacity to communicate effectively with members of the school community including students and the capacity to provide support and/or attendant care to students where necessary.

SC3 Demonstrated proficiency in the use of office systems, software or technical equipment as relevant to the position i.e. CASES21, Compass, Microsoft Office Systems including mail merge.

SC4 Capacity to work cooperatively with a range of people including teachers, education support staff, students and parents.

SC5 Demonstrated capacity to work in a fast-paced environment requiring time management skills and ability to prioritise

SC6 A commitment to professional learning and growth.

**Role**:
**Responsibilities**

The position of House Administration officer will provide high level administrative support to the relevant House Assistant Principal, its staff and students.

This role