Business Manager - Redbank State School

We are seeking an experienced, organised and proactive Business Manager to join our school team and provide high-quality corporate, financial and administrative support to the Principal. This is a key role responsible for ensuring the effective and efficient day-to-day management of school operations across administration, finance, human resources, facilities and resources. The successful applicant will work closely with the Principal and staff to provide practical advice, solve problems and ensure school services are responsive, compliant and well managed. If you are an experienced business professional who can provide strong leadership across the administrative, financial and operational functions of a school, we encourage you to apply. This position is being offered in a Permanent Part-Time capacity (0.83FTE), 60 hours per fortnight.

Who We Are:

At Redbank State School, we are proud to provide a supportive, inclusive and engaging learning environment where every student is encouraged to achieve their personal best.

Celebrating 160 years of state schooling education in 2025, our school is built on strong community values, quality teaching and meaningful partnerships between students, staff, families and the wider community.

We are a small school of 130 students in the Ipswich area and to be an effective part of the team you would need to be a team collaborator who is a good communicator, well organised with attention to detail, have a strong knowledge of finance and possess the ability to manage employees.

About the Role:

Responsibilities include:

• Operate autonomously to undertake day-to-day office procedures within well-define policies (eg. reception, arranging appointments, correspondence, maintaining school records and general administration); and utilise information and management systems (eg. One School) 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.
• Manage the Facilities Maintenance Program including sourcing contractors, ensuring WAAP's are implemented and liaising with QBuild and Regional Facilities staff.
• Assist the Principal with the preparation of the school budget and administer day-today financial matters ie accounts payable/receivable, corporate card monitoring, reconciliations, banking. Input and export data to/from One School for Principal, to assist with budgeting and financial management.

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 2-page written statement in response to the attached role description.
• Attach evidence of the mandatory requirements 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.