Rachel Russell

Oaklynn Specialist School has 221 ākonga and 219 kaimahi. We support neurodiverse ākonga from the ages of 5-21 years old. I'm currently on the school leadership team and lead a team of 6. This involves regular meetings, appraisals and goal setting. I have extensive knowledge supporting all facets of Administrative and School Property duties. I support the Board of Trustees as a minute secretary. I oversee Edpay, Xero and HR tasks ensuring accuracy and aligning segregation duties with regards to Annual School Audit compliance. I am in the leadgroups for Health & Safety, ICT and Manaakitanga. Due to the nature of Special Schools, our kaimahi cover 4 different collective agreements in schools. I am relationship based supporting all new staff as they begin their journey at Oaklynn.

A multi-cultural school based in Kelston that at the time of my employment had a roll of 488. My time at SLRS was focused on change. I successfully implemented an electronic financial management Student Management System that enhanced student payments and increased accessibility of payments for all teaching and non teaching staff with SMS logons. This was done through the Etap system. The changeover from Musac to Xero. Supporting family fun nights with electronic eftpos machines. Liaising with the Ministry of Education, Property Division on 10YPP projects, relocatable modular and roll growth funding.

Successful in Grant applications in 2016,2017 and in 2018 funding a Electronic Signage for the front of the school.

A multi-cultural school based in Te Atatu South that at the time of my employment had a roll of 411. My role at Flanshaw encompassed all facets of Financial Management in Schools and Human Resources tasks. I supported my peers with other duties within a busy school office environment. Including but not limited to: supporting at the front desk, answering phones, supporting ākonga, sickbay and supporting morning tea and meeting setups. I am a team player - I always look for opportunities to minimise time pressures whereas possible