Advertised Vacancy Number: DOE899947
Appointment Pool
Financial Services are seeking to establish a pool for appointments to permanent and fixed term, full-time and part-time vacancies which may arise during 2024 and 2025. Appointments can be made from the pool at any time for commencements up to the end of December, 2025.
We encourage all applicants with diverse professional experiences to apply.
The Role and our Branch
The Finance and Commercial Services Division is seeking to recruit highly motivated and committed Finance Consultants School Support in the Financial Services branch.
The Finance Consultant School Support will provide support and advice to school end users regarding school finance and accounting operations. You will also be involved in implementing conversions, data analysis, data migration, assessment of financial management in schools, development and application of school accounting procedures and processes and revision of the school chart of accounts. The successful applicant will provide information and problem-solving support to clients with processing transactions in school finance systems that is within the Department’s financial framework to ensure legislative compliance and accountability.
Suitable applicants will analyse financial information and issues and provide resolutions whilst assisting with the development, implementation and review of programs, processes, procedures and guidelines, including services on Ikon (the Department’s Intranet) to support clients. You will identify issues arising from policy changes, financial and taxation reforms and the introduction of new technology or systems whilst monitoring reviews and verifying monthly and biannual school financial data.
The branch also has responsibility for providing school financial systems and management training programs for school staff.
Cultural Diversity
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 a full outline of the role responsibilities and selection criteria, please refer to the JDF.
Your written application will be assessed based on your responses to the following questions (in relation to the JDF):
- What skills, knowledge and experience, would you bring to this role that would enable you to be successful in supporting school staff with financial transactions? (Criterion 2, 3, 5)
- Please provide examples of when you have:
- Worked effectively and professionally with others to achieve a successful outcome. (Criteria 4)
- Applied legislation to a financial task you are undertaking in a school financial system? (Criteria 1)
- Provided training related to financial management in a school. (Criteria 6)
It is recommended that you consider all information contained in the advertisement and any other related information before applying for the vacancy.
All inquiries are welcomed
Please contact Kylie Rimmer, Principal Consultant, Schools Finance Support by telephoning (08) 9264 5024 or emailing Kylie.Rimmer@education.wa.edu.au.
Application Instructions
All applications are submitted online. Select “Apply for Job”, at either the top or bottom of this screen and follow all instructions. It is recommended you have relevant documents completed and ready to attach with your online application. Please allow enough time to complete this process as applications must be received prior to the closing date and time.
Your application should include:
- A maximum three (3) page statement addressing the questions listed above, in context of the role and business needs of the branch
- A CV of up to three (3) pages outlining your employment history and professional learning summary relevant to this position
- The contact details for two (2) work related referees who can attest to the claims made in your written application, preferably one being your current line manager.
After you have submitted your application online, you will receive an email confirming lodgement. If you do not receive a confirmation email, please phone (08) 9264 4127.
If you are having difficulty submitting your online application, please phone (08) 9264 8666 for assistance.
Eligibility and Training Requirements
Employees will be required to:
- hold a current ‘C’ Class Drivers Licence;
- travel to schools and Regions;
- provide evidence of eligibility to work in Australia for the term of the vacancy;
- complete the Department’s induction program within three months of commencement;
- complete the Department’s training in Accountable and Ethical Decision-Making within six months of appointment and every three years thereafter;
- complete the Department’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural awareness online course within 3 months of commencement;
- complete any training specific to this role required by Departmental policy; 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 prior to commencement of employment
The Department applies a four (4) day breach period to this selection process.
Applications must be submitted before 4.30pm (WST) on Friday, 26 July 2024.
Lodgement is system generated. Any submissions at, or after, 4:30pm will not be accepted.
APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED ONLINE
PROFORMA, FAXED, HAND DELIVERED, POSTED, EMAILED AND LATE APPLICATIONS ARE NOT ACCEPTED
