<p>Staff and families at Blue Gum Community School love being part of a small community which offers a wide range of educational services - playgroup (birth-2 year olds); preschool (3-5 year olds); primary/middle/high school (5-16 year olds); after-school and school holiday programs (5-12 year olds). Like a small country town, everyone knows each other's strengths as well as challenges. While our students and educators are at the heart of our work, the school's front office is the keystone - playing a pivotal role in supporting everyone and everything to be successful<br> .<br> Our school is growing... we need a second School Receptionist &amp; Office Admin person.&nbsp;<br> Initial appointment is part-time (3 days per week - Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday -&nbsp;<br> 8am-4pm), but likely to extend to full-time in the future.&nbsp;<br><br> There are 3 key elements to the position:&nbsp;</p> <ol> <li>being the welcoming ‘front face’ of the school, for phone/email/in-person inquiries, internally and externally;</li> <li>maintaining records/data entry (mainly digital) with efficiency and accuracy; &amp;</li> <li>following up on maintenance matters to ensure prompt attention.</li> </ol> <p>Our ideal candidate is a wonderful people person, who relishes new challenges and enjoys working as part of a small team! You will share the Receptionist role, but also manage maintenance matters while your ‘partner’ manages enrolments. Ideally, you will have worked in a small school setting or equivalent. Every day is different, whether you're reponding to phone calls or emails or visitors or 101 questions from students. Bored? Never!</p> <p>Here's our checklist of the professional and personal qualities you'll need in this job: &nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>warm welcoming friendly manner as the front-line person;</li> <li>diplomatic, easy-going and strong ability to work with all types of people;</li> <li>committed to maintaining confidentiality;</li> <li>high level of computer literacy, e.g. a whizz at using Excel;</li> <li>a passion for data and manipulating data, such as creating/maintaining data bases;</li> <li>competent written communicator;</li> <li>use own initiative, rather than wait to be told what to do;</li> <li>solutions-focused problem-solver;</li> <li>think outside the box and relish opportunities to try something new;</li> <li>happy to learn from mistakes;</li> <li>super-organised - love creating order out of chaos;</li> <li>willing to raise concerns directly and honestly, rather than complain to colleagues behind the scenes;</li> <li>when all else fails, great sense of humour!</li> </ul> <p>Please visit www.bluegum.act.edu.au for more information about our unique small community school.</p> <p><strong>Ideal start date: Monday 22 September 2025.</strong></p> <p>Salary range: <strong>$60,000 - $75,000pa (pro-rata) + super</strong>.&nbsp;<br><br> Please provide your CV, including relevant skills/qualifications/experience,&nbsp;<br> plus contact details for 2 referees.&nbsp;</p> <p>Must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident.</p> <p>NB: Blue Gum cannot sponsor overseas applicants.&nbsp;</p>