Business Manager
Catholic school community of John XXIII Catholic Primary and St Mark’s Catholic College, Stanhope Gardens.
The school Business Manager is a leadership position within the school critical in supporting the school principal and school leadership team with specialised services in the collaborative delivery of high quality learning and teaching.
Essential Criteria
· Support of Catholic ethos
· Professional qualifications in finance and/or administrative management.
· Demonstrated record of adopting a consultative and innovative approach in the delivery of accounting, financial and administrative management services to customers and a commitment to high service levels.
· Experience using financial applications, software tools and the ability to use these skills to successfully structure, access and use data in a manner to support efficient decision making.
· Experience in identification and deployment of asset management procedures and processes.
· Practical experience in management of maintenance teams, suppliers and contractors.
· Practical experience in debtor’s management.
· Practical experience in monitoring trading shop operations, including preparing of trading and profit and loss statements.
· Demonstrated initiative, especially in relation to problem solving.
· Proven high level skills in written and oral communications.
· Demonstrated experience in management and supervision of a multi-disciplined team.
· Ability to work independently, but also function as an effective team leader and team member.
Salary and Conditions:
The commencing salary is Level 2 Step 2 of the CEO Professional Officer Salary scale currently $83,037 per annum (within a range up to $113,880). Superannuation and leave loading will be in addition to the basic salary. Salary packaging options are available.
Referees
Applicants must provide names and contact details including email address, of three (3) referees, one of whom must be a recent employer, from whom confidential reports may be obtained.
Applications:
Written applications, including a comprehensive Curriculum Vitae addressing the criteria, are to be sent to the Personnel Officer, Catholic Education Office, Diocese of Parramatta, Locked Bag 4, North Parramatta NSW 1750 or by email to by: Wednesday 25 Febuary 2015.
General Application Form
(to be attached with Resume and other Documents)
Position Applied for
Name
Title______
Surname ______
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Christian Names ______
Former Name (If Applicable) ______
Address
Home Address______
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Phone & Email
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How did you find out about this position?
Please complete and return with you application and a full resume to:
HR Officer
Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta
Locked Bag 4 North Parramatta NSW 1750
Email:
Privacy requirements – employment collection notice
Available at: http://www.parra.catholic.edu.au/policy-central
1. When you apply for this position you will provide CEDP (through our schools, Catholic Early Learning Centres
(CELCs), Catholic Out of School Hours Care services (COSHCs) and offices) with personal information.
2. If you provide us with personal information, for example your name and address or information contained on your resume, we will collect the information in order to assess your application. We may keep this information on file if your application is unsuccessful in case another position becomes available.
3. Our Privacy- Statement sets out how you may access and seek correction of your personal information that we hold about you if you are unsuccessful for the position. However, there may be occasions when access is denied. Such occasions would include where access would have an unreasonable impact on the privacy of others. Our Privacy - Statement also sets out how you may complain about a breach of privacy and how we will deal with such a complaint. Our Privacy- Statement is available at: http://www.parra.catholic.edu.aulprivacy.
4. We may disclose this kind of information to the following types of organisations: the Catholic Education Commission of NSW and the Catholic Commission for Employment Relations. We will also disclose this information with your consent or as required or authorised by law.
5. We are required to conduct a criminal record check and collect information regarding whether you are or have been the subject of an Apprehended Violence Order and certain criminal offences under Child Protection laws. We may also elect to collect personal information about you in accordance with these laws.
6. We may use service providers who provide certain services to us and our staff and students including data storage and contemporary online teaching tools. We may provide your personal information to such service providers in connection with the provision of these services. Our service providers may store, or process, data outside Australia, including in the United States, Singapore, Ireland and possibly other countries. We endeavour to find where these providers store their data and update this collection notice as such information becomes available to us. In addition, our email service provider may store and process emails in the United States or in any other country utilised by Google.
7. If you provide us with the personal information of others, we encourage you to inform them that you are disclosing that information to us and why, that they can access that information if they wish and that we do not usually disclose the information to third parties.
8. You may obtain further information from the following:
• For our schools: the school principal
• For our CELCs: the CELC director
• For our COSHCs: the COSHC supervisor
• For our offices: Privacy Officer:
Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta
Locked Bag 4
North Parramatta NSW 1750
T: 9840 5600.
How to Apply
Applicant information
1. Address your formal letter of application to:
Mr Gregory B. Whitby - Executive Director of Schools
2. Supply resume, including Academic Record and employment details
3. Supply response to each essential position requirement criterion
4. Supply details of three (3) referees (numbers and email address), including current employer, from whom confidential reports may be obtained.
5. All application materials to be received by close of business on the due date
6. Send all application materials to:
HR Officer
Catholic Education Office
Locked Bag 4
North Parramatta NSW 1750
7. Those who are applying by email please email:
INFORMATION FOR APPLICANTS
Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta (CEDP) invites appropriately qualified and experienced applicants who are committed to the ethos of Catholic Schools to apply for advertised positions.
CEDP is committed to the principles of merit selection ie selecting the best person for the job and to the core values of the system vision statement, ‘to be open, inclusive and just’.
To assist in selecting the right person based on skills, knowledge and experience, it is important that your application provides all relevant details. Please consider the following information when preparing your application.
Please note: this information is to be read in conjunction with specific documents that apply to every advertised position. They can be found on our website www.parra.catholic.edu.au or by calling the contact person named in the advertisement.
PREPARING YOUR APPLICATION
A selection committee decides who is to be interviewed based on the information that you present in your application.
It is very important that your application is clear and concise, and indicates how your knowledge, skills, experience and relevant work history (paid or unpaid) support your application.
So when applying for a position always include:
1. a completed application form,
2. a brief resume detailing your employment history, education and qualifications, and
3. details of how you meet the individual essential and desirable criteria as stated in the “Position Criteria” document. For example:
Essential Criteria:
Demonstrated ability to deal with staff at all levels of the organisation.
Response:
In my current role, I not only deal with peers providing policy and procedural advice, I also provide financial information and advice to senior staff within my Division, including the General Manager and Director.
LODGING YOUR APPLICATION
The advertisement will state where to forward your written or electronic application, and the date by which it is to be received.
Your application will be acknowledged in writing as soon as it is received.
SHORTLISTING
Approximately one week after the closing date a selection panel of a least three members will shortlist the applications, inviting for interview the applicants who best meet all the selection criteria.
Applicants who aren’t invited for interview will receive an email notifying them that they are unsuccessful.
INTERVIEW
If you are being invited for interview you will receive an email advising you of the time and location. Interview questions are based on the selection criteria and the key accountabilities so be prepared to give examples of your work experience, skills and knowledge, and how these relate to the position you are applying for.
REFEREES
After the interviews are conducted referees will be contacted on the applicant(s) the panel deems most meritorious, so include at least three work referees – ideally from your current employer or supervisor, or the most recent ones.
DECISION
Following the referee checks the selection panel will make a final recommendation on whom to appoint based on the merit of the written application, the performance at interview and the referees’ comments. This is forwarded to the Executive Director of Schools for approval.
Once approved, the successful applicant will be telephoned and a verbal offer made, with a written Letter of Appointment to follow. Unsuccessful applicants are notified by email.
CHILD PROTECTION
Successful applicant(s) will be subject to the requirements of current NSW child protection legislation. For further information on the legislation visit the website www.newcheck.kids.nsw.gov.au . Specific Parramatta Catholic Education requirements will be advised at interview.