At Jacobs Well Environmental Education Centre, the Business Manager oversees administrative, financial, and human resources functions, ensuring the efficient delivery of support services.
The role also involves leading support staff and fostering a collaborative, high-performing team environment. As a key contributor to daily operations and the school’s strategic direction, this position is ideal for a proactive, solution-focused professional looking to make a meaningful impact in education.
We encourage you to apply and join a team dedicated to student learning and school improvement.

Job details

About the School:

The Jacobs Well Environmental Education Centre is an Education Queensland facility located 20 km from Beenleigh, near the islands and waterways of southern Moreton Bay. Its diverse natural habitats allow us to offer a unique range of environmental education programs for students from Prep to Year 12, supporting schools in achieving key learning outcomes.

About the Role:

As an AO4 Business Manager at Jacobs Well Environmental Education Centre, your responsibilities 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) response to the "How you will 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.

Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE). 

The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies. 

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

For a full list of the position responsibilities and mandatory requirements, please ensure you download the attached role description and candidate information fact sheet and follow the instructions.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• Applicant Information Package (PDF, 245KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  SER637248_25T - Role Description (PDF, 293KB)
  Role Description