Description:
About Us:
Gordonvale State High School is a moderately sized high school of just over 850 students. We have a proud tradition of providing high quality educational opportunities across academic, sporting, cultural and citizenship areas. Our vision is for all of our students to reach their true potential, to achieve their individual goals and to make a positive contribution to their communities.
Gordonvale State High School offers a rich curriculum program that values and promotes each student's right to experience success, while at the same time encouraging each student to be responsible, respectful, motivated and confident. The school environment is friendly, supportive and well-ordered with an emphasis on the four strong values of Respect, Quality, Safety and Honesty.
About the Role:
Responsibilities include, but not limited to:
- Provide confidential administrative and secretarial support to the Principal/Executive Principal, including word processing, data base and spread sheet applications and produce advanced desktop published documents.
- Oversee the delivery of documentation presented to the Principal/Executive Principal, schedule appointments, coordinate and organise meetings, conferences, professional development for staff, room bookings and functions, maintain diaries, take minutes of meetings and distribute to attendees and manage the provision of administrative and secretarial support to conferences as required.
- Maintain effective time management practices for the Principal/Executive Principal including coordinating diary appointments, prioritising correspondence, preventing unnecessary interruptions and other calendar events.
- Monitor and screen incoming telephone calls and correspondence to the office and where necessary direct these to the appropriate areas.
- Coordinate the provision of administrative and executive support to conferences and meetings, including organising room bookings, travel, accommodation and registrations.
Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
How to Apply:
- Please attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant previous work history);
- A 2-pg 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).
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