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Tuckshop Convenor- St Therese's School, Bentley Park
Tuckshop Convenor
Commencement Date: Tuesday 28th January 2025
Employment Type: Term time, permanent
Hourly rate: Services Staff - Level 3 - $33.17 to $34.58 per hour
Hours: Monday - Thursday 7:30am - 2:30pm & Friday 7:00am - 2:30pm (33 hrs per school week)
Closing Date for Applications: 8:00am, Monday 9th December 2024
St Therese's School Bentley Park
St Therese's Parish School is an integral part of the Cairns Diocese and the Edmonton Parish. Located just 20 minutes south of Cairns City, St Therese's provides Catholic Education to an area that is currently referred to as the 'growth corridor' of Cairns. The first Catholic school in Edmonton, Edmonton Convent School, was established by the Sisters of Mercy on the 29th April, 1929, with an enrolment of just 30 students. Its original location was on the Bruce Highway in the small township of Edmonton - an area that had been originally established as a sugar-milling town to serve the many surrounding sugarcane farms. Since those early days, the school has undergone many changes in its history and was renamed in 1965 to that of St Therese's School. In 1995, the school was relocated to its current position where it has continued to grow in order to meet the growing enrolment numbers that have resulted from the development of residential areas south of the city. Today, it has an enrolment of approximately 620 students, Prep to Year 6. The school is proud of its rich historical story as well as the modern facilities that are now available to students, enabling a holisitic and quality educational learning environment. 2011 saw the completion of the school master plan following $5.5 million in combined capital projects undertaken as part of the Building the Education Revolution and planned facilities expansion.
About the Role
The Tuckshop Convenor role is to manage the day-to-day operation of the school tuckshop including taking responsibility for the efficient and effective operation of the business in accordance with the policies and procedures as determined by the School Leadership and schools Workplace, Health & Safety practices.
Typical duties performed may include but are not limited to;
- Sale and preparation of food
- Manage the day-to-day operation of the tuckshop including daily opening and closing procedures
- Ordering of stock from preferred suppliers and purchasing of Tuckshop supplies at the best possible cost
- and adjusting selling prices to maintain an appropriate (determined) level of profit.
- Stocktaking
- Ensure quality and quantity of all tuckshop deliveries. Checking of supplier invoices against delivery dockets prior to approval of invoices for payment. Forward all invoices to Finance Officer for payment.
- Management of Flexischools online ordering system and POS to support the tuckshop operations
- Ensure that all POS processing in undertaken in accordance with Finance guidelines and appropriate records of takings are kept
- Cash handling and end of day reconciliations
- Review sale trends and other reporting information to identify potential improvements
- Seek out information about changes to and/or requirements of the daily school programme so as to make any necessary adjustments to the service and support capacities of the tuckshop
- Support special event days and other catered school functions as required
Work Requirements
- Hold a Working with Children Blue Card
- Be fully supportive of the ethos of Catholic Education
- Skills and experience in food preparation and advanced knowledge of food safety and hygiene
- The Tuckshop convenor must attain a qualification in Minimum Competency Standards for Food Safety Supervisors
What we offer
- Annual Leave with 17.5% leave loading
- Access to salary packaging options to maximise your salary
- 12.75% Employer Superannuation Contributions
- Access to long service leave after 7 years of continuous service (portability of Long Service Leave may also be applicable)
- 14 Weeks’ paid parental leave
- Access to Employee Assistance Program
For further information about the role, please download the Position Description 
Retail Supervisor (Tuckshop Convenor) - Level 3 position description
Intending applicants must be fully committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation.
Catholic Education is an equal opportunity employer.
Enquiries;
Kathy Fleming - Principal
Phone: 4081 3400
Email: principal.bentleypk@cns.catholic.edu.au
