Business Manager

Shorncliffe State School is seeking a temporary full-time Business Manager to join its administrative team and contribute to the school's vision of embracing learning and life with curiosity and confidence. The Business Manager will be responsible for overseeing the financial, operational, and administrative functions of the school. This role requires strong
leadership, strategic planning, and financial management skills to ensure the efficient and effective use of resources.

If you are an experienced and motivated professional looking to make a meaningful impact, apply now to join our dedicated team.

About the School

Shorncliffe fosters seven core values in all learners, nurturing students to be curious, creative, engaged, independent, resilient, respectful, and kind. Through weekly values lessons and a mindfulness program, social and emotional capabilities are explicitly taught to support student wellbeing. Our staff and community are dedicated to building a safe, supportive environment where every child thrives. With high expectations and a commitment to learning, we develop 21st century competencies such as collaboration, critical thinking, communication, character, creativity and citizenship through real-life inquiries and a locally relevant curriculum. Enriched by programs in Arts, Languages, HPE, STEM and Literature, Shorncliffe empowers students to contribute meaningfully to the world.

About the Role

As the Business Manager, you will join Shorncliffe State School's administrative team in a temporary full-time capacity, contributing to the school's vision of embracing learning and life with curiosity and confidence. In this role, you will manage the delivery of a range of corporate services and support educational management activities, ensuring the efficient and effective use of resources. Your responsibilities will include overseeing financial, operational, and administrative functions, supervising support staff, and providing leadership in strategic planning and resource management. You will also play a key role in leading systemic change, working closely with the school management team and engaging with the school community on complex and sensitive matters.

Your Responsibilities

As the Business Manager, your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Operate autonomously in the provision of business services to the school, in an environment that at times exhibits a degree of complexity and frequently requires the interpretation of information and adaptation of processes.
• Provide a comprehensive range of administrative support (e.g. preparation of reports, and correspondence) and identify problems, conduct research, seek expert advice, recommend solutions.
• Undertake the day to day supervision and management of school support staff, including monitoring workloads and performance (working in collaboration with the Principal for any difficult performance management situations); identifying workforce capability requirements; and role modelling performance standards. In addition, this role will oversee for school support staff the signatories/approval of timesheets, leave applications, rosters, arrange relief; and organise, undertake and coordinate the recruitment, induction and training of school support staff.

Please refer to the attached role description for the full list of responsibilities and mandatory requirements for this position.

Interested? To Apply

• Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should be familiar with your relevant work history).
• Attach a written statement (2-page maximum) to the how you may be assessed section of 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.

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