Hume Anglican Grammar is a multi-campus co-educational Anglican Diocesan School offering education from Prep to Year 12 in the Northern growth corridor of Melbourne.
Hume Anglican Grammar has an open enrolment policy so educates children from many faiths and with a diverse range of backgrounds and abilities.
Since 2011, the School has occupied the Mt Ridley P-12 campus of 10 hectares, this site will ultimately have some 1,400 students. In 2019, it opened an 8-hectare second campus in Donnybrook. Commencing with junior primary, each year additional classes and year levels are added so the campus will ultimately have an enrolment of 1,300 from Prep to Year 12.
In 2023, the School will open its third campus in Kalkallo, as a Primary (P-6) school and as feeder to the Mt Ridley and Donnybrook Secondary schools, it will follow a similar growth pattern to Donnybrook with eventually some 600 students.
This year, the school has 2,287 students and employs some 240 staff - 163 teaching and 77 non-teaching. Currently, the student enrolment at each campus is: Mt Ridley 1,400, Donnybrook 672 & Kalkallo 215.
The school is on a growth trajectory and in 2024 is projected to increase to 2,573 students and ultimately have some 3,300 students (Mt Ridley 1,400, Donnybrook 1,300 and Kalkallo 600) with a corresponding cohort of teaching and general staff on its three campuses with plans for further expansion.
First Aid Officer
Hume now calls for applications for the position of First Aid Officer. This role is a full-time (1.0 FTE), ongoing position that has become available due to the substantial growth of our School. Hours of work are from 8:00am to 4:06pm Monday to Friday commencing as soon as possible.
Reporting to the Assistant Principal – Primary (Kalkallo), the First Aid officer is responsible for the School’s first aid provision to students and first aid supplies. As a member of a highly professional General staff team, the First Aid Officer works collaboratively with team members to ensure effective and efficient administration of First Aid services across both the Primary school.
The First Aid Officer ensures the First Aid Centre is a welcoming, supportive, effective, and efficient environment for students, staff, and visitors. They will also provide some administrative support associated with school attendance.
Upon commencement, this position will be based at the Kalkallo and Donnybrook campuses. However, from 2024, the position will be based solely at the Kalkallo campus. There may be a requirement to travel to other campuses and/or perform part or all of this role at other locations.
Responsibilities include:
First Aid specific duties
- Attending to unwell or injured students
- Communicating with parents to ensure health information is up-to-date and accurate
- Maintaining records of attendance at the Sick Bay, including treatment notes
- Maintaining and updating records of student medical conditions and allergies
- Producing student reports for camps, excursions etc as required
- Maintaining resources, equipment and stocks relating to student health and first aid
- Organising and assisting with first aid training for staff, including asthma awareness and anaphylaxis management
- Ensuring that all staff members receive up-to-date information about students with health issues
- Documenting incidents and notifying the Deputy Principal and the Risk and Compliance Coordinator as necessary
- Ensuring First Aid processes are compliant with current regulations.
Non-First Aid duties
- Maintaining daily student attendance records for the campus
- Following up on student absences as necessary
- Providing additional administrative assistance, as requested by the Deputy Principal.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience
Essential
- Current Senior First Aid qualification
- Ability to exert calm authority in medical emergency situations
- Ability to communicate clearly and calmly under pressure.
Desirable
- Computer skills in the MS Office suite including PowerPoint, Word and Excel
- Knowledge of the SIMON and Synergetic School Management Systems
- Previous work in an educational setting would be advantageous.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- High level interpersonal skills and the ability to work within a team
- Strong organisational and time management skills, with an ability to prioritise tasks, meet deadlines, work well under pressure and manage competing tasks with a high level of attention to detail
- The ability to build and maintain strong relationships with staff, students, parents, and the community.
- Demonstrated interest in ongoing personal professional development.
Salary:
The Hume Anglican Grammar Agreement 2022 classifies this position as General Staff Level 3.
The position is entitled to 5 weeks paid annual leave and takes 8 weeks unpaid. Superannuation is in addition to the salary quoted below. The salary sub-level offered, will be determined by the successful candidates’ relevant qualifications and years of experience.
3.1 $74,030
3.2 $76,251
3.3 $78,539
3.4 $80,893
Hume Anglican Grammar is committed to child safety. As such, the successful applicant will be expected to satisfy child protection screening and adhere to the School’s Child Safety Policy and Child Safety Code of Conduct. These documents may be downloaded from the School’s website.
How to apply:
- Applications are required via SEEK, attaching the Hume Anglican Grammar Application Form.
- Please visit our website for the Application Form and the Position Description (which contains the KSC): www.humegrammar.vic.edu.au.
- Please address your application to the Principal and include the following three separate documents; Cover Letter, Resume and Application Form.
- ***Applicants who do not upload a completed Application Form will not have their application considered. ***
Applications close 4:00pm Wednesday, 29 March 2023
For a confidential discussion or any enquiries please contact the Assistant Principal – Primary (Kalkallo), Mrs Kristen Smith on 03 7019 2900.