Crow's Nest P-10 State School is seeking an experienced, full time Business Manager to lead the school's financial, human resource, and administrative operations.
This role supports the Principal in ensuring efficient business practices, compliance, and effective resource management within a small, supportive school environment.

Job details

This temporary vacancy is open to Expressions of Interest and any extensions to this appointment will not exceed 12 months.

About Crow's Nest State School:

Crow's Nest P-10 State School is located 40 mins North of Toowoomba where the school is the heart of the community. Our dedicated staff are committed to providing an education that is equitable and focused on excellence for all students, ensuring that all students have the opportunity to realise their full potential.

As a school community, we are working on strengthening our school culture through the implementation of the Real Schools framework. This approach supports consistent expectations, positive relationships, and student growth by embedding a shared language and practices across classrooms and the wider school environment.

Responsibilities Include:

• Operate autonomously to undertake day to day office procedures within well-defined policies (e.g. reception, arranging appointments, correspondence, maintaining school records and general administration); and utilise information and management systems (e.g. OneSchool) to support effective and efficient reporting and administration.
• 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.
• Oversee the signatories/approval of timesheets, leave applications, rosters, and arrange relief for school support staff; and organise, undertake and coordinate the recruitment, induction and training of school support staff.

Please view the role description for a full list of responsibilities.

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.  

Applicants need to be a current Queensland Government employee to be eligible to apply.  

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.  

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 Applicant Information Package and follow the instructions. 

Documents

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

• DSR688021_26E - Role Description (PDF, 334KB)
  Role Description
  
  Applicant Information Package (PDF, 232KB)
  Information Package for Applicants