About the Opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity for an Administration Officer to join the School and System Improvement team within the School Quality and Performance department at Catholic Education South Australia (CESA). This is a dynamic role where you can make impact in supporting educational improvement. You'll be the main point of contact for schools and external parties on a variety of matters and ensure efficient office operations.

This is a permanent, 0.8-1.0 FTE position.

Your Responsibilities:

• Serve as the first point of contact for schools, external providers, and team members, handling inquiries and coordinating support requests.
• Managing electronic filing systems, ensuring the accurate organisation of School and System Improvement files and resources.
• Provide administrative support to the team, including financial administration, reporting, and event coordination.
• Regularly review and refine administrative processes, contributing to continuous
• Provide support for meetings, including taking and distributing minutes, preparing agendas, and coordinating logistics.

About You:

You’ll be a great fit within the Administration Officer role if you have excellent organisational and planning skills, high attention to details, as well as strong interpersonal and communication skills.

You’ll need:

• Experience in providing a broad range of administrative support.
• Superior level of competency with Microsoft office suite, general office applications, databases and SharePoint.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills, ability to work under pressure, management of competing priorities, attentional to detail and meeting deadlines.
• High level interpersonal and communication skills with ability to work collaboratively with minimal direction.
• Proven ability to analyse, plan, identify and utilise skills and knowledge in depth to effectively apply solutions to a range of challenges.

The successful candidates will be required to undergo our screening process, which includes a Working with Children Check, E-Screen, Applicant Declaration Form and RHAN.

Please refer to the Position Description for more information

Why Join Us?

• Great Team & Company Culture
• Generous leave entitlements including bonus Christmas Leave & Leave Loading
• Study Incentives & Professional Development Allowance

Applications close Monday 7 April 2025, at 9am (ACST)

About Us

We are Catholic Education South Australia with more than 9,000 staff who are Raising Hearts and Minds of more than 54,000 students in 101 Catholic schools. Through our commitment to educational excellence, we provide dynamic, innovative, and personalised learning in a Catholic context, from Early Years to Year 12.

Our schools work in partnership with families to educate and nurture the whole person, helping them to be thriving, capable learners and leaders for the world God desires.

CESA has embarked on a significant period of innovation and change to respond to opportunities emanating from the South Australia Commission for Catholic Schools’ Strategy, Towards 2027: Expanding Horizons and Deepening Practices.

How to Apply

In your application please include:

Cover Letter outlining;

• Your experience relevant to the role.
• What has motivated you to apply.
• What you hope to contribute to the CESA community.
• Your availability

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