People, Culture and Risk Manager
Contract Type: Permanent/Ongoing Position Part Time (0.60 FTE)
Applications Close: 13 December 2024
We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced People, Culture and Risk Manager to join our professional Business Services Unit at Trinity Christian School.
<p><strong>Location:</strong> Tuggeranong, ACT<br /><strong>Employment Type:</strong> Part-time <br /><strong>Employment Status: </strong> ongoing<br /><strong>Start Date:</strong> January 2025 <br /><strong>Closing Date: </strong>Friday 13 December 2024</p><p><strong>Additional benefits: </strong>Employee Assistance Program, School fee concessions, relocation expenses, annual Staff Development Award </p><p>Trinity Christian School is an independent Preschool to Year 12 school where students develop spiritually, academically, socially, emotionally and physically through a wide range of learning experiences. We recognise the individual worth of each person and their responsibility to others. Trinity promotes staff excellence and values the benefit that our professional team bring to the school. Trinity offers all the professional advantages of a large and established organisation. However, our distinctive structure enables us to develop and support smaller caring communities of staff and families united by Christian vision, mission and values.</p><p><strong>About the Role</strong></p><p>The position of People, Culture and Risk Manager is a senior within the life of the school. The People, Culture and Risk Manager supports the Principal, Business Manager, Deputy Principal (School Operations) and School Council by providing Human Resource management, developing and maintaining risk management and compliance structures and systems, to protect the interests of the school, promote staff and student safety and wellbeing, legislative compliance, and the culture of the school. The role involves putting measures in place to help protect the health, safety, and wellbeing of individual staff members of the school, the wider community and protecting the school from risks including those of a legal, reputational, financial, political, or operational nature. The Human Resource part of the role extends to managing the Workers Compensation functions, industrial compliance with the agreements that operate within the school as well as the day-to-day Human Resources functions of recruitment, induction, termination, and review of staff. The role operates within the Business Service Unit. </p><p>The tasks of the People, Culture and Risk Manager must be dealt with efficiently and in a manner that is God honouring and consistent with the school’s vision to provide a Christ-centred education in a learning community of Love, Nurture and Service. </p><p>The People, Culture and Risk Manager is responsible for overseeing systems and practices to ensure accuracy, timeliness, consistency, and professionalism. They are to attend to and develop initiatives to improve, simplify and improve accuracy in Human Resource and Risk Management record keeping and management. They must also provide a link between teaching staff and administration. </p><p>The People, Culture and Risk Manager is responsible to the Business Manager and works closely with the Deputy Principal (School Operations), Heads of School, other administration staff, as well as having close contact with suppliers and the wider community. As such, this role requires well developed people and communication skills. This is a part-time position averaged over 42 weeks (8.30am – 4.36pm) with four weeks annual leave and four additional weeks standdown.</p><p>Commencement date and working hours will be negotiated with the successful candidate</p><p><strong>Essential Criteria</strong></p><ul><li>An extensive understanding of school risk, staff and student wellbeing, and compliance frameworks and practice.</li><li>Excellent interpersonal and relational abilities. </li><li>Demonstrated negotiation, collaboration and influencing skills with key stakeholders.</li><li>Advanced written and verbal communication skills including the ability to develop policy, procedures and design and deliver training.</li><li>Excellent judgement, analytical skills, and problem-solving, planning and change management abilities.</li><li>Relevant qualifications in risk, WHS or related disciplines.</li><li>High competence with computer systems.</li></ul><p><strong>Application Process</strong></p><p>Applicants are required to complete the <strong>online application form</strong> at www.tcs.act.edu.au/employment and provide an <strong>Expression of Interest</strong> and <strong>Curriculum Vitae</strong>.</p><p>For further information about the School, please visit our school website www.tcs.act.edu.au</p><p><strong>Position specific queries:</strong> Please contact Trinity HR on 02 6210 7500 or email <a href="mailto:employment@tcs.act.edu" rel="nofollow">employment@tcs.act.edu</a>.au </p>