Job description
Agency Department of Education and Training Work unit Tennant Creek Primary School, Barkly
Job title Administration Support Officer Designation Administrative Officer 3 96%
Job type Full time Duration Fixed for up to 6 months
Salary $68,005 - $73,070 Location Tennant Creek
Position number 42508 RTF 354850 Closing 14/09/2026
Contact officer Natalie Law on 08 8963 2424 or [email protected]
About the agency https://education.nt.gov.au/
Apply online https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDetails?rtfId=354850
APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY ABOUT YOU, A DETAILED RESUME AND COPIES OF
YOUR TERTIARY QUALIFICATIONS.
Information for applicants – inclusion and diversity and Special Measures recruitment plans
The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates
people with disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment
process or job, please discuss this with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the
merit process, go to the OCPE website.
Aboriginal applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy. For more information on Special Measures
plans, go to the OCPE website.
Primary objective
Deliver professional administrative services, including providing financial and administrative support to the Business
Manager, the Principal and teaching staff in a busy and demanding school environment.
Context Statement
Tennant Creek Primary School is a remote school based in Tennant Creek, which is approximately 500kms north of Alice
Springs. The school has approximately 500 enrolments which is inclusive of FaFT (Families as First Teachers), Pre-school,
Primary, Special Education Learning Centre and Mungkarta Homelands schooling contexts. The Primary School cohort
includes 75% of students who are Indigenous, with 70% coming from EAL/D backgrounds.
Key duties and responsibilities
1. Deliver professional front office reception duties including answering calls, greeting visitors, scheduling appointments
and providing information to the wider school community.
2. Perform data entry and retrieval of data from the Student Administration Management System and other school data
systems, to ensure the integrity and currency of all manual and computerised student records.
3. Provide administrative support to the front office, the Principal, leadership team, teaching staff and other relevant tasks
as directed by the Business Manager.
4. Responsible for accurate and timely receipting and banking of monies coming into the school, and ordering and
maintaining supplies.
5. Responsible for accurate and timely receipting of monies coming into the school and securing and banking these monies
as required.
Selection criteria
Essential
1. Demonstrated experience in providing a range of administrative functions and the use of various office systems
applications such as administration management databases, spreadsheets and reporting.
2. Proven ability to develop and maintain working partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.
3. Sound written, oral and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with people from
diverse cultural, religious, and socio-economic backgrounds.
4. Ability to monitor own performance and tasks against expected outcomes, deadlines, whilst in a busy, fast-paced work
environment.
5. Current First Aid certificate or the ability to obtain.
Desirable
1. Demonstrated experience in the management of cash and purchasing including receipting and banking monies in
accordance with policies and processes.
Further information
The selected applicant must obtain a current NT Working with Children Notice (Ochre Card).
