Administration and Accounts Officer

Oversee the day-to-day administration, requisitions, settlements, banking and reporting of accounts of the Theatre venues in our Administration and Accounts Officer role. If you have these skills this might be your chance to rewrite the future with us.

• Small supportive team in a unique fast paced environment
• Temporary part time role - 21 hours per week 
• Earn a weekly wage ranging from $732 - $879

About the role

The Administration and Accounts Officer plays a key role in supporting the effective operation of Council's Laycock Street Community Theatre undertaking day to day administration and accounts duties, managing stationary, food and beverage stock requirements, and providing excellent service and support to our clients. 

This position is required to provide quality customer service and create value for the community.

Key activities of this role include:

• Gathering information to reconcile financial/ticket sales data relating to events or shows to build detailed financial summaries for clients;
• Building strong internal relationships with Council's debtors/accounts payable teams to manage end to end payment balancing for tickets sales post performances; 
• Managing stock for the bar and kiosk, ensuring appropriate stock levels are maintained, as well as managing the point of sale system (LightSpeed);
• Providing a range of administrative support to ensure the smooth processing of performances and a high level of client satisfaction.

About You:

• You ideally you hold a Certificate III in Business;
• You can demonstrate sound experience in a similar role with varied administration, accounts and general bookkeeping duties;
• You are capable of working independently, prioritising your workload and managing your time to deliver high quality outputs within given time constraints;
• Providing a great customer experience is important to you, and your positive nature ensures that you can build strong connections with internal teams, as well as clients;   
• You are technically savvy with sound experience across the Microsoft suite, accounting/bookkeeping software and point of sale systems (knowledge of ticketing systems would be advantageous);
• Having a work/life balance is important to you.

Our position description provides more information for you to learn more about this role.

Other important information

• The salary range for this position ranges between $38.2K - $45.8K plus 11.5% superannuation
• This is a Temporary part-time role until August 2025. 
• This role is located at the Laycock Street Community Theatre. 

Council may create an eligibility list from this recruitment process and may utilise this eligibility list to fill other permanent or temporary vacancies.

Extra benefits

At Central Coast Council we provide team members with a range of extras that help them balance their life when they need it. Fitness Passports give access to a range of gyms. Wellbeing leave can be accessed twice a year to tick off something that means something to you - volunteering, health check-ups. And an Employee Assistance Program that offers a range of wellbeing initiatives to help you and your immediate family.

Other extras include:

• Long service leave after 5 years of continuous service
• Free flu vaccination program
• Time provided for you to do annual skin cancer screening, Breast screen and blood donations
• Access to professional development with career development and learning programs through various platforms
• We reward and recognise our staff with our Cheers program
• Novated leasing partnerships. 

Central Coast Council is committed to the goals of equal opportunity employment. We aim to provide a work environment for our employees that fosters equity, diversity and respect.

Council is committed to providing safe environments that protect the physical, emotional, cultural and social wellbeing of children on the Central Coast.

What to know more?

The contact person for this role is Michael Cornford, Theatre Manager. You can contact him on 0448 226 058. 

This position will close for applications at midnight on Sunday 13th October 2024. 

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Location

Central Coast Council is ideally located on the northern fringe of Sydney and just an hour's drive from Newcastle, the Central Coast offers one of the best places in Australia to live and work. The Central Coast is one of the fastest growing regions in NSW, the third largest Local Government Area (LGA) in NSW and the 6th Largest LGA in Australia. 

How to apply

We have put together some additional resources to help you apply for a role at Central Coast Council.

By completing and submitting this online application you confirm that any information that you provide in this application is true and correct and acknowledge that any offer of employment may be withdrawn should the information that you have provided in support of your application be shown to be false. 

You also consent to employment screening checks being conducted where appropriate.  This may include associated checks including reference checks, Working with Children Check, Entitlement to Work in Australia, employment history and an Australian Federal Police Check, as well as substantiation of educational qualifications, industry memberships, previous Central Coast Council employment history and association with professional bodies.

You also acknowledge that you will be required to provide proof of eligibility (including photo identification) to work in Australia if selected for an interview.

To lodge your application, please follow these steps:

1. Answer the on-line questions shown below.
2. Attach your resume 
3. Attach your qualifications and licences.

Once your application is successfully lodged you will receive an automated response sent to your e-mail address. If a response is not received this means that your application has not been successfully submitted and you will need to lodge another application.

If you require assistance to lodge your application please contact our Talent Acquisition team by emailing recruit@centralcoast.nsw.gov.au to discuss what reasonable adjustments you may need. If you are deaf, hearing or speech impaired, you can contact us through the National Relay Service TTY call 133 677 or Speak & Listen 1300 555 727.

Applicants who are selected for interview will be contacted by phone or e-mail. For further instructions please click here. 

You will have the ability to save your application as you go using the 'Save Application' button. You can start an application and return to it later via the automatic follow-up email once you have the time and required information at hand to finalise your application.  

If you don't have access to a computer or electronic device, you can lodge your application at any of Council's Library locations. Pre-book a free 1-hour computer timeslot by contacting your nearest library https://www.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/libraries/our-branches or ask at the enquiry counter.

We will not accept unsolicited resumes or applications being presented by recruitment agencies.