Address- Full-time (35hrs/week) fixed term- May 2024 to 28 February 2025
- Permanent part-time Wednesday to Friday (21hrs/week): March 2025
- Stand alone role then job share starting in March 2025
- Provide broad admin support
- $47/hr + super + leave + EAP + training
- Proud not-for-profit Union located in Cairns
About the Opportunity
The QTU is seeking a highly organised Administration Officer to join our team. You will commence full-time for a fixed-term and then continue as permanent part-time working 3 days a week, Wednesday to Friday. This will begin as a stand-alone role with support provided virtually by other Administration Officers throughout regional Queensland, before becoming a job share position from 5 March 2025.
Your tasks will include:
- Being the first point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, including members and managing stakeholder expectations.
- Providing a range of administration support including diary management, reception, word processing, travel, marketing, and finance.
- Coordinating meetings, events, school visits and workshops.
- Updating and running reports from CRM (training provided).
About You
To be successful in this position you will have:
- Ability to work independently and solo in a small office environment.
- Experience in providing broad administration support at a senior level.
- Flexible thinking to solve problems and multitask.
- High level of verbal and written communication.
- Excellent time management skills to meet tight deadlines.
- Resilience and tact to work with sensitive/confidential information.
- Positive and ‘can do’ attitude.
About the QTU
Established in 1889, the QTU is the registered industrial organisation (or union) representing state school teachers and principals throughout Queensland. The Union is now the professional and industrial voice of more than 48,000 members including teachers, principals and TAFE educators in Queensland state primary schools, secondary schools, special schools, TAFE institutes and other educational facilities.
How to Apply
To apply, click the ‘Apply’ button and submit your resume. For further information contact Trisha Phillips, HR Coordinator on 07 3512 9***.
Applicants must be Australian citizens or permanent residents.
Applications will be reviewed as submitted.
The QTU is an inclusive workplace and encourages people of all abilities, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, diverse cultures, and backgrounds, LGBTIQ+ identities and people of all age groups and genders to apply.
The Queensland Teachers’ Union collects personal information from you for the purpose of your job application during the course of the recruitment and selection process. We usually collect personal information from prospective employees through the application form, from referees or through a recruitment agency. We may disclose your personal information to your referees and other persons you nominate or mention in your application. Where you do not provide us with your personal information, we may not be able to consider your application or engage you as an employee of the QTU.
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