School Officer

Department of Education; City Of Bayswater; On-site; AUD 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Department of Education in Western Australia seeks a School Officer to perform a range of administrative duties, including attendance support, reception management, and reporting from school databases. You will assist Corporate Services with resources management and provide exceptional customer service in payments and inquiries.

The role may include HOLA administration tasks such as exam finalisation, stocktaking and archive tasks, with opportunities across full-time and part-time vacancies for

Qualifications

• Experience in daily attendance support and reception management.
• Familiarity with school databases and reporting tools.
• Experience with enrolments and attendance procedures (Compass).
• Ability to liaise with staff and external trades and provide quality customer service.

Responsibilities

• Perform daily attendance support and reception duties; prepare notices and correspondence.
• Assist Manager Corporate Services with financial, physical and human resources administration.
• Provide excellent customer service in handling payments and inquiries.
• Coordinate liaison with staff and external trades for faults, maintenance and purchases.
• Support exam finalisation, stocktaking, and archive management as needed.

Skills

Customer service

Administrative support

Tools

Compass

Job description

We are seeking to establish a pool of School Officers for permanent and fixed term, full-time and part-time vacancies which may arise during the 2026 school year and up to the end of Term 3, 2027. Appointments may be offered at any time for vacancies that commence during this period. Hampton Senior High School (SHS) is continuing our improvement focus with a strong culture of collaboration and consistently high expectation of standards for staff and students. A focus of the current Business Plan cycle has been to establish clear and consistent processes across all areas of the school that are not only compliant with Department policy but also examples of best practice across Department schools. We have a range of sustainable community partnerships over many years including local primary schools, the Morley Schools Network, SWANSEA secondary Principals network, Vocational Education and Training (VET) Registered Training Organisations (RTO), TAFE and university partnerships. The Morley Salvation Army operates our Breakfast Club on Thursday mornings. The Bush Rangers W.A. program promotes environmental understanding, conservation actions along with team and leadership development for the cadets. Find out more about our school by visiting hampton.wa.edu.au or Schools Online.

The Role

The School Officer is responsible for completing a variety of administrative duties. These may include daily attendance support and Reception management – preparing notices and correspondence, providing information, advice and collecting documentation where required, and generating routine reports from the school databases. As a School Officer you will assist the Manager Corporate Services in administering the schools financial, physical and human resources. Your role would be to provide excellent customer service in collection of payments, liaison with staff and external trades for faults and maintenance, purchasing, and other Reception and general clerical support. You will ideally have sound experience in procedures for enrolments and attendance, and Compass. Head of Learning Area (HOLA) administration time may also be a part of this role with tasks such as exam finalisation and printing, stocktaking, archive management and excursion follow up and support. Want to know more? Full details of the role, selection criteria and training requirements are listed in the attached Job Description Form (JDF). For more information about this opportunity, please contact Fiona Bode, Manager of Corporate Services, on [phone] or by emailing [e-mail].

Equity and Diversity

We are committed to an inclusive and culturally responsive workforce reflecting the diversity in our schools and the Western Australian community. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, young people, people of diverse sexualities and genders, people with disability, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Explore our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Plan 2021-2025 for more details.

Eligibility

• be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, permanent resident or have a valid visa with relevant work rights for the term of the appointment.
• obtain a valid Working With Children Check before you start; and
• consent to a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check and obtain a current Screening Clearance Number issued by the Department of Education’s Screening Unit before you start.

Additional eligibility and training requirements are outlined in the attached Job Description Form (JDF).

Advertised Vacancy Number: IPS/SS1064499

The Department applies a four (4) day breach period to this selection process.

Applications close: 4.30pm (AWST) on Monday, 2 November 2026.