Business Services Coordinator

**Office for Early Childhood Development**
**Job reference**: 642961
**Location**: 5000 - ADELAIDE
**Job status**: Long Term Contract
**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone

**Why work with us**:
The Office for Early Childhood Development was created to champion change and to help build a system that gives all South Australian children a flying start to life.

Guided by the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Early Childhood Education and Care, the Office for Early Childhood Development is the steward of the early childhood development system in South Australia.

The Office is tasked with a significant responsibility: bringing together a holistic, connected system for early childhood development across South Australia, with the goal of reducing the rate of children entering school developmental vulnerable. Critical to this is the roll-out of universal 3-year-old preschool from 2026, giving every child access to 2 years of teacher-led, play-based early learning before school.

**About the role**:
The **Business Services Coordinator** is a critical position within the Office for Early Childhood Development, responsible for administering, coordinating, and enhancing various business services. This includes facilities management, business planning, risk management, corporate governance, procurement, and more. You will be integral in ensuring smooth operations and compliance across the organisation, working closely with both internal and external stakeholders to deliver outcomes that align with corporate objectives and best practices. The role will also manage high-level business support services across the organisation, contributing to a safe and productive work environment.

In this role, you will be responsible for the following:

- Supporting the development and implementation of business service processes, policies, and practices aligned with corporate goals, government regulations, and best practices.
- Ensuring smooth delivery of corporate services that meet executive expectations, enhance decision-making, and protect the organisation from risk.
- Providing key insights for corporate accommodation planning and facilities management, while resolving issues in collaboration with stakeholders.
- Contributing to business plan development, strategy reporting, and the evaluation of service agreements that support our corporate objectives and state priorities.
- Collaborating on the development and delivery of risk management programs, identifying and mitigating corporate risks, and offering strategic risk insights.
- Coordinating induction, onboarding, and ongoing business support, ensuring staff have what they need to succeed.
- Proactively contributing to a safe and healthy work environment by reporting hazards, incidents, and injuries.

**About you**:
To thrive in this role, you will bring the following key skills and experience:

- **Discipline Knowledge**: Experience working in government or a related sector, with expertise in business services functions such as procurement, risk management, corporate governance, and planning.
- **Communication Skills**: Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to build and maintain effective relationships with diverse stakeholders.
- **Negotiation and Engagement**: Ability to consult, negotiate, and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels to balance competing demands and drive successful outcomes.
- **Business Improvement**: A track record of identifying areas for improvement and implementing effective strategies to enhance service delivery and business processes.
- **Autonomy**: Ability to work independently with limited direction, using initiative to meet deadlines and address emerging challenges.
- **Time Management**: Exceptional organizational and prioritization skills, ensuring complex tasks are delivered efficiently and within deadlines.

**Application instructions and information**:
Applications should be made through the IWorkForSA website.

Applicants must submit a CV, Pre-employment Declaration, and a cover letter outlining their suitability against the key selection criteria in the attached position description.

**Additional Note**:
This is a full-time 2-year long term contract role (1.0 FTE)

**Remuneration**:
ASO6 $98,478 -$104,165 (1.0 FTE) per annum, plus superannuation.

**Enquiries**:
**Special Conditions**:
The successful applicant is required to gain a Department for Human Services (DHS) working with children check (WWCC) prior to being employed which is required to be renewed every 5 years before expiry. The incumbent will be required to undertake RRHAN -EC (Responding to Risks of Harm, Abuse and Neglect - Education Care) Facilitator Lead (Masterclass) extended course or the online (Fundamentals) course which will be required to be updated every three years.

For all other Special Conditions please refer to the attached Position Description.

**Applications close**: 12/01/2025 11:45 PM