Gisborne Secondary College is a large, stand alone, Year 7-12 College with an enrolment of approximately 1100 students. Our large catchment area covers the Macedon Ranges, north-west of Melbourne. Over 70% of our students travel to school by bus and the College is an important social focal point for students from different towns of the region.

Our school has an incredibly strong pathways and transition program, supporting close to 70 VCE units of study each year, over 50 School-based Apprenticeship and Traineeships, and numerous VETiS programs. A comprehensive VCAL program operates, with excellent outcomes for the students involved.

We have also established an excellent reputation in the Performing Arts, a program is now supported by our superb Performing Arts Centre.

The College aims to ensure that individuals feel safe, secure and supported in their learning within a large cohort. We are seen by the community as having a strong focus on student welfare and we have firm links to local support agencies.

Other key features of the College in recent years include:

• A clear and well-developed teaching and learning framework that articulates sound pedagogical practice for all teachers.
• The development and full operation of two Learning Centres for our Year 7 and 8 students.
• A specific Year 9 Program designed to lift engagement and develop adult-like responsibilities
• A three-year Senior School Program that allows all students to accelerate across year levels, and ensures students are better prepared for the challenges of senior school qualifications.
• VCAL program for students in Year 11 and Year 12.
• An extensive VET program, including: Building & Construction, Business, Engineering, Automotive, Interactive Digital Media, Music Tech Production, Equine Studies, and Electrical Industry.
• A strong careers development and pathways program
• A Double-court Gymnasium, in joint use with the Macedon Ranges Shire Council, valued at $4m
• The 216-seat Barcham Theatre housed within the new performing arts complex, refurbished at a cost of $1.3m.
• The use of sophisticated Learning and Student Management Software to track student learning, student wellbeing and engagement and student pathways.
• A 1:1 ‘Bring Your Own Device’ Computer program that provides for computer connectivity for all students across all year levels.

Staff work together in Professional Learning Teams dedicated to building teacher capacity and improving student outcomes at all levels.

SC1 Demonstrated experience and skills in coordinating a specific education support function.

SC2 Demonstrated capacity to supervise the work of other support staff and to develop procedures and guidelines relating to the work area.

SC3 Demonstrated high level oral and written communication skills.

SC4 Possess the technical knowledge and expertise relevant to the position.

SC5 Demonstrated capacity to provide advice and support to management in respect to the work area.

SC6 Demonstrated commitment to professional learning and growth for both self and others.

The primary role of the Daily Organiser includes, but is not limited to the following:

• Scheduling and coordinating CRT's, teacher extras, teacher TIL, PPD calendar and classroom changes (Gisborne Secondary college uses XUNO software for Daily Organisation)
• Administration support
• Accounts payable (CASES21 Finance)
• First Aid room relief

As well as attending to other duties required within the ES range, specific roles will involve:

• Working as a key member of the College Administration team
• Exellent communication and time management skills and the abilty to manage multiple tasks

Daily Organiser

• Administering the daily staff absence system. This will include receiving information directly from staff who will be absent from work
• Coordinating CRT's to cover teaching staff absences
• Maintaining an up to date database of CRT staff information, including availability, resumes and VIT registration details
• Liaison with CRT employment agencies
• Allocating and distributing 'extra' classes equitably to staff, including maintaining a record of same
• Maintaining the staff PPD calendar
• Ensuring all staff are informed of changes to the daily organisation of the College
• Overseeing and liaising with teachers who organise alternative timetabled programs, eg. excursions, incursions, camps etc
• Booking of buses for excursions, camps etc.
• Liaising with HR and Business Managers to ensure that CRT records are maintained and payments arranged
• Maintaining accurate records of staff absences to be provided to the HR Manager for eduPay processing

Administration Support

• Provide support to the staff in the general office during busy times and/or staff absence
• Relieve in the First Aid room to cover breaks and at other times as required
• Accounts payable (CASES21 Finance) and provide support to finance department as required.

Individuals with the aptitude, experience and/or qualifications to fulfill the specific requirements of the position.

A current Employee Working with Children Check and Level 2 First Aid certification are required for this position.

The Department values diversity and is committed to workforce diversity and equal opportunity in schools and all education workplaces. The Department recognises that the provision of family friendly, supportive, safe and harassment free workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work, diversity and safety across all schools and Department workplaces.

Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the Department’s exemplar available at http://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/programs/health/protect/Pages/childsafestandards.aspx

The Department’s employees commit to upholding DET’s Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. DET’s Values complement each school’s own values and underpin the behaviours the community expects of Victorian public sector employees, including those who work in Victorian Government Schools. Information on the DET values is available at http://www.education.vic.gov.au/hrweb/workm/Pages/Public-Sector-Values.aspx

• Candidates are advised that the key selection criteria must be addressed. Visit http://www.careers.vic.gov.au/vacancies/tips-for-applying for guidelines and tips for applying for government positions and addressing key selection criteria.
• The hours of this position are 7:00 am to 3:06 pm Monday to Friday.
• Applicants must have a current Employee Working with Children Check and Level 2 First Aid certification.
• If appointed from outside DET, successful applicants will be required to complete a pre-employment health declaration.
• All DET employees are required to comply with relevant legislation, including legislation regarding the management of Departmental records, the Code of Conduct for Victorian public sector employees and Departmental policies and procedures in the conduct of their employment.
• Standard public service terms and conditions apply. Information about DET's operations and employment conditions can be obtained from the following websites: www.education.vic.gov.au and www.education.vic.gov.au/hrweb.
• To support DET's commitment to its Environmental Management System, DET employees are expected to act in an environmentally responsible manner at all times.

  Applicants wishing to find out more specific information about the role please contact Jon Morley, Principal, through the College email address: gisborne.sc@edumail.vic.gov.au.

This vacancy is to replace an employee on parental absence and is for a period of seven years or until the employee absent on leave returns to duty at the school.