This is a permanent full-time position commencing ASAP.

Financial Planning and Resourcing are looking for a motivated Senior Resourcing Officer to join their School Funding team.

The Role

The successful applicant will assist in the evaluation, development, implementation and review of policies, procedures and strategies and participate in the ongoing identification of funding requirements.

You will also assist with ensuring compliance with the Branch’s and Division’s policies, procedures, and standards; and build alliances with customers, stakeholders, interest groups and across Education Business Services (EBS) to enable development, acceptability, and achievement of designated outcomes.

Public schools in Western Australia operate with a one-line budget and are funded through the Student-Centred Funding Model (SCFM). The School Funding team is responsible for the ongoing maintenance and refinement of the SCFM to ensure its continued improvement and responsiveness to the evolving resourcing requirements of schools. This includes the delivery of a budget in excess of $4 billion to public schools on an annual basis.

This role is tasked with undertaking complex financial modelling and analysis to enable you to make recommendations on the allocation of resources to schools in accordance with the funding allocation mechanism. In this role, you will provide contemporary financial management advice and assist with the detailed preparation of annual budgets to public schools.

The successful applicant will help with evaluating, developing, implementing and reviewing funding related policies, procedures and strategies and participate in the ongoing identification of school funding needs. To be appointed to this role, you will ideally have excellent interpersonal and communication skills to establish effective networks across the organisation.

Professional Benefits

• We are conveniently located in East Perth and our employees enjoy a range of benefits which include:
• 11.5% employer contributed superannuation, increasing to 12% by July 2025.
• Flexible working arrangements are genuinely considered to create healthy work life balance including; working from home or remote, flexible working hours and part-time arrangements
• Generous leave entitlements including annual, personal, long service and parental leave
• Professional development opportunities and study leave/assistance
• Access to salary packaging (in accordance with relevant industrial instruments)
• Become a member with the onsite East Perth Gym 
• Modern end of trip facilities/changerooms
• Enjoy easy access to public transport with the Claisebrook train station just a 5-minute walk away or, take advantage of the free Yellow Cat bus service that stops outside our building entrance. Additionally, various CPP parking locations are within walking distance.

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 Sean Jelinek, Manager, School Funding, on (08) 9264 0196 or email sean.jelinek@education.wa.edu.au

We are committed to building the leadership capability of our people (Building Leadership Impact).

Equity and Diversity

We are committed to an inclusive and culturally responsive workforce reflecting the diversity in our workplaces 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.
• Consent to a National Criminal History Check with the Department's Screening Unit. 
• Obtain or hold a current Working with Children Check

More information about employment eligibility can be found on our website and 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 being your current line manager.

Step 2: Attach your documents

Your application should include: 

• A comprehensive CV that outlines your employment history and professional learning summary relevant to this position
• A maximum three (3) page statement addressing the following selection criteria as outlined in the attached JDF:

2. Demonstrated well developed skills and considerable experience in financial modelling and resource management at a strategic and operational level with the ability to deliver accurate and timely budgets and related financial management services.
3. Demonstrated well developed knowledge and considerable experience in contemporary financial management, including budget preparation, review and reporting in a large/complex organisation.
4. Demonstrated well developed interpersonal and communication skills to undertake consultation, collaboration and negotiation and to build effective relationships with key internal and external stakeholders on financial issues.

Shortlisted applicants will have their skills and experiences in relation to the remaining selection criteria assessed in the further stages of the recruitment process. Remaining selection criteria can be found on the attached JDF.

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: DOE/913256

Applicants assessed as suitable may be considered for similar vacancies that arise in our branch within the next 12 months. This includes circumstances where this position becomes subsequently vacant should the successful applicant decline or vacate the advertised position.

The Department applies a four (4) day breach period to this selection process.

Applications close: 4.30pm (AWST) on Monday, 16 September 2024