Job description
Agency Department of Education and Training Work unit Gillen Primary School
Job title Administration Support Officer Designation Administrative Officer 3
Job type Full time Duration Ongoing
Salary $66,773 - $71,746 Location Alice Springs
Position number 48057 RTF Closing 26/10/2025
Contact officer Nadine Branagan, Business Manager, on or
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APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY ABOUT YOU, A DETAILED RESUME AND COPIES OF YOUR
TERTIARY QUALIFICATIONS.
Information for applicants – inclusion and diversity and Special Measures recruitment plans
The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates
people with disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment process or
job, please discuss this with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the merit process, go
to the OCPE website.
Aboriginal applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy. For more information on Special Measures plans, go
to the OCPE website.
Primary objective
Deliver professional administrative services, including providing financial and administrative support to the Business Manager, the
Principal, leadership team and teaching staff in a busy and demanding school environment.
Context Statement
Gillen Primary School provides education to approximately 290 students from Preschool to Year 6, 70% of whom are Aboriginal.
The Administration Officer is pivotal in the management of the school's systems, policies and processes. The school utilises the
Student Administration Management System (SAMS) database to record student and school data and information and attendance.
Key duties and responsibilities
1. Deliver professional front office reception duties including answering calls, greeting visitors, scheduling appointments and
providing information to the wider school community.
2. Management of data systems including entry and retrieval of data from the Student Administration Management System and
other school data systems, to ensure the integrity and currency of all manual and computerised student records.
3. Ensuring attendance data is accurate and up to date.
4. Provide administrative support to the, the principal, leadership team, teaching staff and other relevant tasks as directed by the
Business Manager or Assistant Business Manager.
5. Responsible for accurate and timely receipting and banking of monies coming into the school via the front office, and ordering
and maintaining the first aid room, print room and supplies.
Selection criteria
Essential
1. Demonstrated experience in providing a range of administrative functions and the use of various office systems applications
such as SAMS administration management, databases, spreadsheets and reporting.
2. Proven ability to develop and maintain working partnerships with internal and external stakeholders and the wider school
community.
3. Sound written, oral and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with people from diverse
cultural, religious, and socio-economic backgrounds.
1. Ability to monitor own performance and tasks against expected outcomes, deadlines, whilst in a busy, fast-paced work
environment.
5. Current First Aid certificate or the ability to obtain.
Desirable
1. Demonstrated experience in the management of cash and purchasing including receipting and banking monies in accordance
with policies and processes.
Further information
The successful applicant must have no significant criminal record confirmed by a Police Criminal History check and have, or be in
the process of obtaining, a current Working with Children Card and current First Aid Certificate.