Administration Officer

**About the Department**:
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 with 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.

**About the School**:
Yugumbir State School was established in 1986. Our school enjoys a very positive reputation, with over 1110 students benefitting from our caring and inclusive school culture.Our extensive learning program is based on maximising the academic development of every child, complemented by cultural and sporting opportunities, community leadership and personal development. Our school campus is safe and supportive. Classrooms are positive, orderly, work focussed and digitally rich learning environments where all students can grow and learn with confidence.

**Role**:
The main functions of the Administration Officer role will be, but not limited to:

- Assist with the day to day management of the school staffing by, organising and managing supply and contract placements for both teaching and support staff, under the direction of the Principal, Business Manager or nominated delegate which includes sourcing replacement teaching staff from TRACER for short and long term placements
- Consult or liaise with other departmental officers and community representatives to ensure that corporate services provided to the school meet legislative, policy and procedural requirements.
- Perform duties associated with keeping accurate records of the school/college human resources including staff training records, leave and timesheets.
- Coordinate the recruitment and selection, induction and training of support staff in conjunction with the Business Manager and/or the Principal/Executive Principal.
- Process and monitor staff leave, provide advice to staff on leave processes.
- Assist in and monitor compliance training for school staff including Blue Card processes.
- Process timesheets for Crossing Supervisors and Casual Staff
- Assist in identifying workforce needs, including tracking staff data, specifically replacement and non replacement staff.
- Assist with timesheet recording, management and checking of signatories of all school support staff.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues to develop and manage administrative support to school operations.
- Ad-hoc Administrative and Human Recourses duties as directed by the Business Manager and Leadership Team

Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.

**Interested? To Apply**:

- Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
- Attach a 1-page written statement in response to the attached role description.

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).
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