ES1-1 Receptionist / Administration Assistant

Surf Coast Secondary College prides itself on providing its students with the knowledge, life skills and technical prowess required to succeed in a rapidly changing 21st century. The SCSC community is an active, high achieving community and these characteristics are evident in every aspect of our school.

SCSC is strongly committed to the development of contemporary learning and teaching skills and has worked hard to support staff and students to develop the skills required to succeed within a cutting edge learning program. The entire staff at SCSC believes in the premise that the more actively a student participates, the more they will enjoy their studies, which more than often translates into higher grades and greater depth of learning.

As part of the College’s focus on providing its cohort with the most contemporary learning devices, all students at Year 7-9 are equipped with an iPad and Year 10-12 students select from a panel of devices (Macbook Pro, Macbook Air or an Ipad), giving them instant access to school tasks and associated learning material, at the same time honing their technical skills. The high level use of learning technologies within the classroom has seen SCSC be recognised as an Apple Distinguished Program school and has also seen the school feature for the DET Digital Learning branch as an exemplar school in this field.

At the beginning of 2014 SCSC moved to its new home in a state of the art learning and teaching facility in Torquay. The new facility has allowed the college to further explore and implement learning and teaching practices that are truly contemporary. Today’s students need to be able to work collaboratively, research and plan independently, be inquisitive and curious and be expert problem solvers. Students and teachers at SCSC are able to work alongside each other to analyse and evaluate the knowledge available at their fingertips then utilise complex thinking processes to create new understanding. This work is best done in a dynamic and fluid environment and requires students to be able to move between different learning environments. The learning environment at SCSC provides this through a creative flow of learning spaces that allow for a multitude of learning and teaching activities to occur. This is achieved through the provision of a variety of distinct learning environments such as quiet spaces for teacher / student conferencing; tiered theatrettes for presentation style activities; flexible breakout spaces that allow for group and individual inquiry equally and specialist learning spaces to engage in the application of technical skills and competencies.

SCSC also enjoys a number of specialist amenities including an art precinct, performing arts spaces, state of the art science labs, fully appointed materials tech spaces, a stunning food technology area and championship sized gymnasium and fitness studio.

SCSC is keen to attract high performing staff who are committed to supporting students be creative, deep learners with a strong social conscience. SCSC has a high expectation that all staff will work hard to further develop the learning and teaching philosophies of the school and support students to truly reach their academic and social potential.

SC1    Capacity to undertake routine support tasks across a range of functions in one or more work areas within a school.

SC2    Demonstrated capacity to communicate effectively with members of the school community including students, staff and visitors.

SC3    Demonstrated knowledge and/or proficiency in the use of the Cases21 program and technical equipment as relevant to a school environment.

SC4    Demonstrated ability to utilise high level organisational skills within a busy Administration environment to ensure that tasks are completed in a timely manner.

SC5    Demonstrated ability to work effectively as a member of a team to support the achievement of individual, team and school goals.

SC6    A strong commitment to professional learning and growth.

Undertakes routine tasks that are usually carried out under close supervision and direction.  Work that carries some degree of independence will generally involve a limited number of tasks performed on a regular basis where priorities are clear, procedures are well established and direction is readily available.

Work has little scope for deviation. Problems can usually be solved by reference to well documented procedures and instructions and clearly established practices.  Deviation from established procedures will require reference to others for guidance and direction.  Assistance is readily available when problems arise.  An experienced employee at range 1 will exercise limited judgement within clearly defined guidelines and well established practices that relate specifically to the tasks performed.

Does not carry responsibility for the work of others.  More experienced employees will provide basic guidance and advice to others relating to tasks within the work area.

An education support class position supports the educational services being provided to students, but must not include duties of teaching as defined in clause 2.6.1 of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic) or its successor.  Supervision of students cannot be required except where it is an integral part of the employee's position or involves supervision of students individually or in small groups, in controlled circumstances, where the responsibility for students remains clearly with a teacher.

Qualification requirements do not operate at range 1.  Certification requirements may be required to legally perform specific tasks - e.g. driver's licence, first aid, safe food handling.

-    Undertake clerical and keyboard duties in support of the school administration function. -    Provide document preparation support. -    Maintain, enter and retrieve data from the schools computer system. -    Perform reception duties, including the screening of visitors to the school, and arrange interviews as required. -    Prepare straightforward correspondence according to school procedures (e.g. sending out form letters). -    Prepare inventories, requisitions and uncomplicated documents. -    Maintain and update basic written records. -    Obtain basic data or factual information from given sources, e.g. books, reports, manuals, catalogues, tables, forms, etc. -    Check for simple inaccuracies in forms and correspondence such as spelling, punctuation and spacing. -    Make less complex routine entries in records, e.g. stock movement; file movement, accounts, leave. -    Make appointments and maintain diary records. -    Select and use equipment in accordance with school procedures and manufacturer's instructions. -    Receive enrolment documentation and record data.

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