Finance Officer - St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

Position: Finance Officer
Commencement Date: As soon as possible or as negotiated with the successful applicant
Employment Status: Term-time continuing
Hours per week: 35 hpw
Hourly Rate: School Officer Level 4, hourly rate $37.01 - $38.17 (dependent on experience)
Applications Close: Friday, 8 May 2026

About us

St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School is a co-educational primary school located in the town of Biloela, providing education for students from Prep to Year Six. The school seeks to provide the students with a high quality education, based on the living values of Jesus as expressed in the Gospels. St Joseph’s Catholic School seeks to develop the wholeness of the child in all aspects of his/her growth. These aspects of growth include the physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual and cover a sense of social responsibility and a sense of justice. At St Joseph’s School Biloela, we envisage that our school curriculum will shape and produce critical and creative self-directed learners who strive for excellence, actively participate within their community, and show justice, integrity and compassion to all. 

Your Role

Our school is seeking a vibrant, efficient, and energetic person for the position of Finance Officer. This is a term-time continuing position for 35hpw commencing as soon as possible (as negotiated with the successful applicant).

The Finance Officer will apply a depth of knowledge and a broad range of skills which facilitate the financial management and administration of the school. 

Duties performed include, but are not limited to:

• Practising confidentiality in relation to all aspects of the role
• Providing administrative support to senior management of the school where discretion and judgement are required, including: initiating and handling correspondence (which may include confidential correspondence); monitoring telephone calls; and establishing and/or maintaining working filing systems
• Within a variety of routines, methods and procedures providing significant assistance in the preparation and analysis of; financial information to trial balance; budgets; profit and loss reports; balance sheet reports; trading activity reports; cash management analysis; purchasing control procedures, prepa