First Aid

Overview

Work Type: Fixed-term - Full-time

Salary: Salary not specified

Grade: Education Support - Level 1, Range 2

Occupation: Administration

Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs

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Selection Criteria

SC1 Capacity to undertake routine support tasks across a range of functions in one or more work areas within a school environment. Demonstrated capacity to provide advice and support to management in respect to the work area.

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.

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

SC5 A commitment to professional learning and growth.

SC6 Demonstrated capacity to provide First Aid including, monitor and maintain records and supplies.

Role

• Perform technical tasks that require a sound knowledge of technical principles that are used to develop and adapt work methods and make judgements where there are clear guidelines and limited options. This includes use of spreadsheet and google drive.
• Liaise with Assistant Principal, House Leaders, Wellbeing Team and Teachers about student absences, attendance patterns or issues to be followed up.
• Create Compass school events and activities for students with onsite alternative programs, when required.
• Process and maintain all records for internal and external students school suspensions.
• Monitor student absences and providing Heads of House/ Wellbeing Co-ordinators with observations for follow up. This may also include preparation of documentation for referral to the Department of students with significant unexplained absences.
• Maintain an orderly and rigorous student attendance record system including communications with parents/guardians in respect of unexplained absences, record and process absence data.
• Maintain records of students with medical conditions.
• Have responsibility for the school¿s First Aid program including recording student entry/exit and prepare inventories and requisitions for and maintaining all first aid kits.

Responsibilities

• Undertake clerical and keyboard duties in support of the school administration function.
• Provide document preparation support.
• Maintain, enter and retrieve data from the school¿s computer system.
• Prepare correspondence according to school procedures (e.g. sending out form letters).
• Check for simple inaccuracies in forms and correspondence such as spelling, punctuation and spacing.
• Liaise with and provide information to parents, staff and students about school administration procedures and policy, including use of Compass.
• Provide administrative support for specific school programs.
• Specialised support to achieve specific outcomes is a feature of range 2. Typically this will involve accountability for a single function, (e.g. ensuring data is properly maintained) or the operation of a work area (e.g. managing the day to day operation of a school office) under the direction of the principal or another senior manager.

Who May Apply

Individuals with the aptitude, experience and/or qualifications to fulfill the specific requirements of the position.

EEO AND OHS Commitment

Applicants seeking part-time employment are encouraged to apply for any teaching service position and, if they are the successful candidate, request a reduced time fraction. Such requests will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis and will be subject to the operational requirements of the school.

The Department of Education is committed to the principles of equal opportunity, and diversity and inclusion for all. We value diversity and inclusion in all forms - gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for roles within the Department. The Department recognises that the provision of family friendly, supportive, safe and harassment free workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work, diversity and safety across all schools and Department workplaces. It is our policy to provide reasonable adjustments for persons with a disability (see Workplace adjustment guidelines).

Additional support and advice on the recruitment process is available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders from the Koorie Outcomes Division (KOD) via

Child Safe Standards

Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the department's exemplar available at:

DE Values

The department's employees commit to upholding the department's Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. The department's Values complement each school's own values and underpin the behaviours the community expects of Victorian public sector employees, including those who work in Victorian Government Schools. Information on the department values is available at:

Other Information

All applicants are required to submit a copy of:

• Full Academic transcript displaying results and qualifications
• Current VIT registration / WWC registration (whichever is appropriate)
• Please restrict the written application to seven (7) pages. Further to this, include a cover letter, current CV and the names and contact details of three (3) referees, including work, mobile and email details. (All as one attachment)
• THE SELECTION PANEL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CONTACT PERSONS OTHER THAN THE APPLICANT LISTED REFEREES

The two (2) week school holiday period from 22/9/25 to 3/10/25 will be processed as Leave Without Pay.

All applicants are required to submit a copy of:

• Full Academic transcript displaying results and qualifications
• Current VIT registration / WWC registration (whichever is appropriate)
• Please restrict the written application to seven (7) pages. Further to this, include a cover letter, current CV and the names and contact details of three (3) referees, including work, mobile and email details. (All as one attachment)
• THE SELECTION PANEL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CONTACT PERSONS OTHER THAN THE APPLICANT LISTED REFEREES

The two (2) week school holiday period from 22/9/25 to 3/10/25 will be processed as Leave Without Pay.

Conditions of Employment

• All staff employed by the Department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and working arrangements.
• Appointment of successful applicants will be made subject to a satisfactory pre-employment conditions check.
• A probationary period may apply during the first year of employment and induction and support programs provided.
• Detailed information on all terms and conditions of employment is available on the Department's Human Resources website at

Location Profile

SCHOOL PROFILE & VISION

Mount Alexander College or MAC is an inner-city school located in Flemington, 5 kms from Melbourne CBD. It has become the school of choice for families living in the Kensington, Flemington, Ascot Vale and Moonee Ponds Community, with enrolments doubling in the past 4 years. In 2016, MAC underwent significant change, transforming itself into an innovative and progressive school with a focus on student empowerment and student-centred learning. MAC¿s approaches to curriculum provision and pedagogy, student engagement and wellbeing have gained national and international recognition.

At Mount Alexander College our vision is to foster an inclusive and supportive learning environment that empowers students to direct their own learning. We endeavour to create a school that remains connected and engaged with the community and caters for all kinds of success. Finally, we aim to help students reach their full potential as global citizens who, with integrity, can positively contribute to the world.

OUR VISION IN THE CLASSROOM

In fostering an inclusive and supportive environment for our students we must know them, their strengths and their areas for improvement. We use formative assessment to guide our instruction and empower students to direct our instructional choices. Learning at MAC is collaborative, both peer to peer but also students and teachers work together to negotiate the best learning pathway. Our students are connected to each other and the broader world, both through their use of digital technologies and in their access to a global perspective in all their classes. Our classes draw on local expertise and community engagement where possible to allow our students to see how the learning in the classroom relates to their everyday lives. Our students understand themselves as learners, they are informed about their progress, how they have improved and what they need to do further to continue to improve. Our school values are celebrated and embedded in our work in the classroom.

Mount Alexander College is a school where teachers:

• stimulate and support ongoing teacher learning and collaborative teacher research within the school;
• develop and improve the quality of teaching practices of pre-service teachers;
• develop innovative curriculum and teaching resources and practices that are shared across Victorian secondary schools;
• promote and provide credentialed professional learning for teachers in Victoria and elsewhere;
• actively participate within local school networks and partnership arrangements with local tertiary providers;
• take an active role within the local community.

The Mount Alexander College learning environment and curriculum:

• supports a teaching and learning culture that is exciting, reflective, engaging and student centred;
• supports independent thinking and a respect for student work and the work of others;
• fosters a strong sense of identity and belonging;
• caters for an innovative and broad scaffolded curriculum;
• facilitates innovative, evidence based pedagogies;
• incorporates flexible internal and external learning spaces supported with the most current technologies to support learning; and
• enables students to link with and work collaboratively with other schools, tertiary institutions and state, national and international organisations.

At Mount Alexander College we promote teaching and learning that is collaborative, technology rich, reflective, purposeful and personalised that prepares students for our rapidly changing world. Our common instructional model supports the development of a shared language about teaching practice and supports teacher reflection. Jane Pollock¿s GANAG lesson planning schema and the effective implementation of the High Impact Teaching Strategies underpins the teaching and learning cycle at MAC. Staff participate regularly in cycles of inquiry within Professional Learning Teams and in doing so, strive to provide highly stimulating learning that is tailored made to meet the passion and needs of our students.

At Mount Alexander College, we strongly promote our values of Community, Engagement, Excellence and Respect.

Applications close Wednesday 3 September 2025 at 11.59pm

Posted

22 August 2025

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