Job Description
About the Department:
The Department of Education is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.
About the Role:
As a part of the team, you will be required to advise and add value to the administration of infrastructure functions and activities from a budget and project management perspective. You will contribute to a variety of other projects and functions specifically supporting our Budget Governance Team to deliver timely, accurate and high-quality solutions and outcomes for clients.
Responsibilities include, but not limited to;
Supporting the weekly governance outcomes with the timely and accurate processing of capital project budget requests and project budget variation requests into SAP.
Project data maintenance such as updating master data, bulk updates, peer reviews, QA processes, and rectifying issues.
Advising our stakeholders through effective communication of governance outcomes and project related information.
Helping stakeholders in the use of SAP to view or update information, ensuring data integrity is maintained, including adherence to audit requirements and data reporting standards.
Participating in the identification and recommendation of system, service and business process changes to provide improvement in service delivery.
What you need to succeed:
While there are no mandatory qualifications, the ideal applicant will be able to demonstrate the following knowledge, skills, experience and personal attributes:
2+ years' experience in working with financial data.
Experience in financial processing in a corporate environment for example WBS creation, budget and cashflows.
Excellent administrative skills and knowledge of MS Suite software.
Experience using accounting software (e.g. SAP) and processes.
Possess high attention to detail and time management.
Good written and verbal communication skills.
Strive for excellence in customer service and continuous business improvement.
Ability to cultivate productive working relationships at all levels of the organisation.
Ability to assist other team members and respect diverse perspectives.
Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
How to apply:
Please submit a brief resume (maximum 3 pages) including contact details for 2 referees (one of whom should be your current supervisor); and
A maximum 2-page written response outlining your suitability for the role, addressing the key capabilities listed in section above in What you need to succeed.
We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE). #LI-PRIORITY LI-PRIORITYThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.
You must create an Indeed account before continuing to the company website to apply
The Department of Education is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.
About the Role:
As a part of the team, you will be required to advise and add value to the administration of infrastructure functions and activities from a budget and project management perspective. You will contribute to a variety of other projects and functions specifically supporting our Budget Governance Team to deliver timely, accurate and high-quality solutions and outcomes for clients.
Responsibilities include, but not limited to;
Supporting the weekly governance outcomes with the timely and accurate processing of capital project budget requests and project budget variation requests into SAP.
Project data maintenance such as updating master data, bulk updates, peer reviews, QA processes, and rectifying issues.
Advising our stakeholders through effective communication of governance outcomes and project related information.
Helping stakeholders in the use of SAP to view or update information, ensuring data integrity is maintained, including adherence to audit requirements and data reporting standards.
Participating in the identification and recommendation of system, service and business process changes to provide improvement in service delivery.
What you need to succeed:
While there are no mandatory qualifications, the ideal applicant will be able to demonstrate the following knowledge, skills, experience and personal attributes:
2+ years' experience in working with financial data.
Experience in financial processing in a corporate environment for example WBS creation, budget and cashflows.
Excellent administrative skills and knowledge of MS Suite software.
Experience using accounting software (e.g. SAP) and processes.
Possess high attention to detail and time management.
Good written and verbal communication skills.
Strive for excellence in customer service and continuous business improvement.
Ability to cultivate productive working relationships at all levels of the organisation.
Ability to assist other team members and respect diverse perspectives.
Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
How to apply:
Please submit a brief resume (maximum 3 pages) including contact details for 2 referees (one of whom should be your current supervisor); and
A maximum 2-page written response outlining your suitability for the role, addressing the key capabilities listed in section above in What you need to succeed.
We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE). #LI-PRIORITY LI-PRIORITYThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.
You must create an Indeed account before continuing to the company website to apply
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