Job description
Agency Department of Education and Training Work unit Nhulunbuy High School
Job title Administration/Travel Coordinator Designation Administrative Officer 4
Job type Full time Duration Ongoing
Salary $75,091 - $85,611 Location Nhulunbuy
Position number 38541 RTF Closing 27/11/2025
Contact officer Kiri Deegan 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
Provide high level efficient and effective advice and day to day delivery of office management services to the Head of Boarding
and staff of the Nhulunbuy Boarding facility including managing student enrolment, travel, liaison and supervision services,
community and government liaison and information management.
Context statement
Nhulunbuy High School is a small remote secondary school that caters for students in Years 7 to 12. Within its comprehensive
structure, there is a Middle Years and Senior Years school, with a current student population of 315, of whom approximately 40%
are Indigenous. In 2017, a purpose-built Boarding facility opened for Indigenous students from remote communities across the
Northern Territory. The school has approximately 60 staff which includes teachers, administration, and support staff.
Key duties and responsibilities
1. Provide complex travel services for staff students and families including arranging and booking remote travel, completing
finance processes, managing reimbursement processes through Abstudy and communicating with staff, students and families
travelling.
1. Liaise effectively with all levels of staff within the school, external agencies, and outside organisations in managing student
appointments and attendance including arranging appointment times, communicating details, managing changes, undertaking
student supervision and following up truancy and other matters.
1. Provide student support services including management of student enrolment and data management, Centrelink information
travelling to communities to liaise with students, present to community, support students and families and provide student
supervision whilst travelling.
1. Provide administrative services to the Head of Boarding including preparing and presenting correspondence, managing
information and records and providing reports.
1. Undertake other duties as required by the Principal, Head of Boarding and/ or Business Manager.
Selection criteria
Essential
1. Proven effective executive administration skills, including management of complex remote travel and stakeholder
communication and management, knowledge of Abstudy policies and procedures, office, finance and information management.
2. Demonstrated high-level interpersonal, oral and written communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to interact effectively
with people from diverse cultures and effectively engage with students and their families in a culturally appropriate way.
1. Proven ability to participate as part of a team and work cooperatively with senior management, staff members and peers in
achieving school objectives relating to enrolments and operations and team facilitation.
4. Demonstrated organisational skills of a high order, including an ability to work under pressure and complete tasks within
required timeframes, work independently and flexibly, exercise initiative and high-level attention to detail.
5. Proven ability to utilise a range of computer programs to process travel activities, produce reports, correspondence and
presentations and manage information.
Further information
The successful applicant will be required to hold a current Working with Children Clearance (Ochre Card) notice and travel regularly
to remote communities to assist students and families with enrolment processes and provide information to communities.
There is no accommodation available with this position.