The Business Manager at Warwick East State School provides corporate and administrative support to the Principal, overseeing key areas including human resources, finance, facilities, procurement and school administration.

The role requires strong organisational, problem-solving and communication skills to manage competing priorities, supervise support staff, maintain compliance and provide effective solutions to staff, students, parents and the wider school community.

About us:

Situated in the eastern suburbs of Warwick on the Condamine River, our school provides a co-educational primary education from prep to year 6 for about 240 students from Warwick and the surrounding rural area. The school has a long history dating back to 1850, making it the oldest school in Queensland. The National School building, one of the original buildings is heritage listed.

Your prospect:

As a Business Manager, your responsibilities will 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.
- Managing and maintaining accurate records, files, and databases.
- Coordinating schedules, meetings, first aid and appointments.
- 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.
- Prepare minutes of meetings, policy documents, reports, forms, newsletters, prospectuses, memorandums, examination papers, class notes and school Annual Reports; draft, check and process correspondence, with guidance from the Principal concerning correspondence of a non-routine nature.
- Responding to enquiries from internal and external stakeholders in a professional and timely manner.
- Supporting the team with general administrative tasks and office management duties.
- Ensuring compliance with organisational policies and procedures.
- Assist the Principal with the preparation of the school budget and administer day to day financial matters (i.e. accounts payable/receivable, corporate card monitoring, reconciliations, banking). Input and export data to/from OneSchool for the Principal, to assist with budgeting and financial management.
- Assist the Principal with the management and coordination of school resources, assets and facilities (e.g. maintaining the asset register, organising repairs, facilities and grounds maintenance, planning and review of minor works etc.), engage external advice where appropriate and offer problem resolution support.

Experience with all areas of OneSchool including finance and student management is highly desirable. 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.
- Attach a copy of your mandatory qualifications/registration outlined in 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.

📌 Business Manager - Warwick East State School
🏢 Queensland Department of Education
📍 Warwick