This is a permanent full-time position commencing Term 2, 2026
Ocean Reef Primary School is a small independent public school which provides opportunities for team work, direction, and a sense of adventure. Children from Kindergarten to Year 6 learn and grow in a safe, caring learning environment. We provide an educational experience that enables each child to reach their full potential in a continuously changing world.
We believe in creating an environment where every child has an opportunity to reach their full potential. We pride ourselves on our capacity to cater for children's individual differences through an inclusive, collaborative approach to education. Our focus on continuous improvement and explicit teaching aims to elevate each child's standard of performance.
Find out more about our school by visiting Ocean Reef Primary School or Schools Online
The Role
As the Manager Corporate Services, your central responsibility is to provide comprehensive oversight of the school’s critical operations, including financial, physical and human resources. In this role, you play a pivotal part in ensuring the efficient and effective functioning of the school. This includes supervising school support staff and guiding the meticulous administration of financial management, asset maintenance and human resource coordination. Your leadership ensures that all operational processes align with Departmental requirements and contribute to the overall success of the school.
A core aspect of the role is to administer and report on the financial integrity of the school’s business operations. This includes providing informed input into financial planning and budgeting processes, ensuring the ongoing fiscal health of the school. In collaboration with the Principal and Executive Management Team, you will ideally contribute to the development and implementation of the school’s Business and Marketing Plans, displaying a clear commitment to long-term strategic priorities. You would also actively monitor financial performance against these plans, adopting a proactive and results-driven approach.
A key component of this position is the provision of clear, accurate and timely financial updates to the School Board, P&C and Finance Committee on a termly basis. This includes effectively communicating the school’s financial position through the use of one-line budgets and other reporting tools, ensuring transparency, accountability and informed decision-making across governance structures.
Beyond financial management, the role may involve active participation in committees and working groups, ensuring alignment with school-based priorities and broader regional targets. This includes playing an active and valued role within the school’s Cultural Committee, contributing to meaningful dialogue and ensuring that culturally responsive perspectives are embedded within school operations and decision-making.
Highly desirable attributes for this role include a strong working knowledge of Compass, event management and financial systems. Experience in marketing is also highly desirable, including the ability to utilise platforms such as Canva to promote the school through Compass, Facebook and Instagram, enhancing community engagement and the school’s public profile.
A key component of this position is working within the front office as the face of the school. As such, exceptional organisational skills, adaptability and the ability to respond flexibly to changing priorities are highly regarded. The capacity to build and maintain effective relationships with staff, students and parents is crucial, ensuring a welcoming, professional and responsive school environment.
Want to know more?
Full details of the role, selection criteria and training requirements are listed in the attached Job Description Form (JDF).
For more information about this opportunity, please contact Andrew Crosby, Principal on (08) 6206 7900 or Andrew.Crosby@education.wa.edu.au
During the school holidays, please contact Andrew Crosby on 0408 952 859.
Equity and Diversity
We are committed to an inclusive and culturally responsive workforce reflecting the diversity in our schools and the Western Australian community. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, young people, people of diverse sexualities and genders, people with disability, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Explore our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Plan 2021-2025 for more details.
Eligibility
To work with us, you must:
- be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, permanent resident or have a valid visa with relevant work rights for the term of the appointment.
- obtain a valid Working With Children Check before you start; and
- consent to a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check and obtain a current Screening Clearance Number issued by the Department of Education’s Screening Unit before you start.
Additional eligibility and training requirements are outlined in the attached Job Description Form (JDF).
Application Instructions
Apply online in two easy steps:
Step 1: Select Apply for Job
Complete the online application form, including details of two (2) work related referees, preferably one (1) being your current line manager.
Step 2: Attach your documents
Your application should include:
- A CV of up to two (2) pages outlining your employment history and professional learning summary relevant to this position
- A three (3) page statement addressing the following selection criteria as outlined in the attached JDF
- Demonstrated leadership skills in the delivery of business outcomes and sound customer service principles and practices.
- Demonstrated well developed oral, written and interpersonal communication skills and the ability to use effective negotiation skills.
- Demonstrated sound financial management skills, including budget preparation and the ability to interpret and apply financial and accounting practices and procedures.
- Demonstrated sound human resource management skills, including the ability to develop and/or apply human resource management practices and systems.
- Demonstrated ability to provide input into the development, implementation and monitoring of business and marketing plans.
- Demonstrated sound conceptual, analytical and problem solving skills.
It is recommended you have your attachments ready before selecting Apply for Job.
Your application must be received before the closing date and time. Late applications will not be accepted.
For technical support submitting your application, you can call the Department of Education’s Recruitment team on (08) 9264 4127 for assistance.
Advertised Vacancy Number: IPS/SS1035246
Suitable applicants may be considered for similar vacancies arising within the next 12 months following this selection process. This may include circumstances where the successful applicant declines or vacates the position.
The Department applies a four (4) day breach period to this selection process.
Applications close: 4.30pm (AWST) on Friday, 10 April 2026
