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Advertised Vacancy Number: IPS/SS477976
Appointment Pool
Do you have what it takes to make our school sparkle?
Geraldton Secondary College (SC) are seeking to establish a pool for appointments to permanent and fixed term, full-time and part-time vacancies which may arise during the 2017 school year. Placements can be made from the pool at any time for commencements within the 2017 school year.
Suitable applicants will carry out internal cleaning duties, including the maintenance of carpets and hard floor surfaces, toilet cleaning, furniture and fittings, window cleaning, dusting and rubbish removal. They will perform external cleaning duties, including the cleaning of verandahs and covered areas, rubbish removal, cleaning of drinking troughs, window cleaning and removal of cobwebs. They will complete vacation cleaning duties, including the stripping and sealing of vinyl floors, window cleaning, shampooing of carpets, pressure cleaning of verandahs and undercover areas, maintenance of gymnasium floors, and other such duties as required by the Cleaner-In-Charge.
Geraldton SC is storied in history and started life as Geraldton Senior High School in 1939. Since then it has been at the forefront of providing quality secondary education to students from all over Western Australia.
Located next to the city centre in a parkland environment the school is one of the architectural highlights of Geraldton. The school caters for Years 10, 11 and 12 and runs a diverse range of academic, vocational, social and service programs for around nine hundred students.
The total school staff is over one hundred. More than seventy are teachers, while thirty are employed in a wide variety of curriculum and support roles. Geraldton is seen as a desirable teaching location and the staff is highly experienced and motivated.
Students attending the college come from Geraldton and its suburbs, plus surrounding towns and farming properties. The student population represents the multicultural nature of Geraldton with many from Aboriginal or Cocos Island communities. Students are able to board at the school's residential college. The school is served by an extensive local bus service.
While there is a strong emphasis on academics the school also features highly successful programs in vocational education along with workplace training, Aboriginal traineeships and TAFE linked courses.
Students are encouraged to participate in a range of state and national competitions in academic areas as well as music, drama, dance and sport.
The school is highly regarded within the Geraldton community. Meaningful relationships between teachers, students and families are considered vital to the ongoing success of Geraldton Senior College.
Further information about this position can be found in the attached job description form (JDF).
The Department is an equal opportunity employer and encourages people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and persons from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.
For further information about Geraldton Senior College please visit Schools Online
Additional information about Independent Public Schools is also available here
For further job related information:
You are encouraged to contact Christine Collins, Manager Corporate Services, for further information about this employment opportunity, including information about living and working in Geraldton, by telephoning (08) 9965 8400 or emailing Christine.Collins@education.wa.edu.au
Application Instructions
Our aim is to make it easy for you to apply!
Simply select from one of the following options:
- Click on the “Apply for Job” button located at either the top or bottom of this screen. You will be asked to complete a series of questions which will become your online application. It is recommended you allow enough time to complete this process. Further instructions are available on the attached ‘How to Apply’ document.
- Telephone Christine Collins, Corporate Services Manager, on 08 99 658 413 during office hours (Monday to Friday, between 8.30am and 3pm) to request an application form.
- Download the application form below and return it completed to the school reception or by emailing it to Christine Collins@education.wa.edu.au
Applications cannot be accepted after the closing date and time.
If you are having trouble submitting your online application, please contact the Recruitment System Support team on (08) 9264 8666 for assistance
.ELIGIBILITY
Employees will be required to:
- Obtain a current Department of Education Criminal Record Clearance prior to commencement of employment; and
- Obtain or hold a current Working with Children Check.
- Provide evidence of eligibility to work in Australia for the term of the vacancy
TRAINING
Employees will be required to:
- Complete the Department’s induction program within three months of commencement;
- Complete any training specific to this role required by Departmental policy; and
- Complete the Department’s training in Accountable and Ethical Decision-Making within six months of appointment.
The Department applies a ten (10) day breach period to this selection process.
Applications must be submitted before 3.00pm (WST) on Friday, 17 March 2017
PROFORMA AND LATE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED