About the organisation

Good to Great Schools Australia (GGSA) partners with schools and school systems to support school improvement along a journey from Poor to Fair, Fair to Good and Good to Great.

About the business unit

The Business Services Team is a client focused team dedicated to providing high quality service and support to projects and the organisation.

Working within the GGSA Innovation Framework the Business Services Team is responsible for providing services in Finance, Contract Management, Human Resources, IT, Assets and Facilities, Administration and Workplace Health and Safety.

The team’s current focus is on ensuring strong business management and control by improving, refining and implementing best practice business processes to support the business now and to meet future requirements as the business grows.

About the role

The Senior Administration Officer plays an important role in the financial administration and business services support to the executive, management and business areas. The incumbent will require a strong knowledge of business operational functionalities.

The incumbent is required to exercise a high level of detail and seek to improve efficiencies within processes, develop new processes where needed to create greater efficiency and effectiveness, and contribute to ensuring compliance of all business transactions. The incumbent must apply the same rigour and accuracy to all business documentation and records. This role reports to the Business Services Manager.

Essential criteria

At least 2 years’ experience working as a Administration Officer in a professional organisation with similar functions

Ability to coordinate and support multiple projects concurrently

Diary and calendar management

High level organisation skills with ability to achieve work objectives in a timely manner with the ability to adapt to changing priorities

Experience in coordinating cross-functional team members

Understanding of recruitment processes from screening to induction/onboarding

Strong policy and procedure writing skills

Ability to write strong business cases, briefs and presentations

Exceptional research, communication skills (oral and written) and IT skills (Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint)

Experience managing and administering record and filing systems