Administrative Coordinator/Pa

Purpose

• This is a key role in a multi-disciplinary office, which operates with a high level of autonomy.
• Provide a Personal Assistant role to the Managing Director – Australia.
• Facilitate administration of Brisbane Office.
• Provide administrative and secretarial support to all team members (engineers and geologists) based in Brisbane Office, and liaise with staff based in the head office in Pittsburgh, USA and other company offices located in Beijing, PRC and Bogota, Colombia.
• The role reports to the Managing Director - Australia.

Key Responsibilities

Personal Assistant:

• Monitor and maintain diary commitments, appointments, upcoming events
• Organise appointments and travel
• Facilitate administration pertaining to Managing Director (i.e. expense claim forms, timesheets, emails, call screening, liaise with current and prospective clients)
• Host clients and international visitors
• Organise networking events: lunch, dinner, sports (e.g. cricket)
• Research and marketing support/coordination

Secretarial, Administration:

• Preparation of reports within given templates and report formats in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel
• All document preparation and typing requirements, e.g. proposals, formal reports, letters, memos, spreadsheets, presentations
• Proofing of reports: format, grammar, spelling
• Provision of assistance to engineers, geologists with report layouts
• Travel arrangements for all staff (in conjunction with a travel agent)
• Minutes of meetings
• Completion of policies and procedures for office and personnel
• Closely liaise with US Head Office with various job tasks and issues
• Monthly financial reporting coordination
• Marketing/LinkedIn

General Office:

• All reception and general daily office duties as required, to support a smoothly functioning office, but also support to consultants travelling for work
• Organise and maintain office stationery supplies, monitor equipment maintenance agreements (e.g., photocopier, internet provider)
• Maintain filing, library and storage systems
• Liaise with suppliers
• Maintain staff amenities (including ordering of supplies and equipment, washing tea towels)
• Premises and equipment maintenance – coordination with building management
• Housekeeping

Book-keeping:

• Maintain accounts payable processes.
• Maintain accounts receivables processes.
• Monthly financial reporting.
• Timesheets

Technical Skills

• Experience in office management, with experience in a consulting/mining/ engineering environment advantageous.
• Microsoft Word - Advanced with minimum 70 wpm (i.e. mail merge, labels, templates, section breaks, tables, headers and footers, table of contents, pictures, find and replace, styles, headers)
• Outlook - Intermediate to advanced (i.e. calendar, appointments, categories, and mailing from contacts)
• PowerPoint - Intermediate to advanced e.g. complex flowcharts
• Excel - Intermediate
• Adobe Acrobat – Intermediate to advanced
• Internet Explorer – Intermediate to advanced
• XERO/WorkflowMax (training can be provided as required)
• LinkedIn

Personal qualities

• Maturity, with a flexible approach
• A sense of humour
• Excellent language skills – grammar, spelling, etc.
• Well-developed interpersonal skills with the ability to work across diverse personalities and cultures
• Initiative and self-drive
• Strong work ethic and high work standards
• Completion skills
• Ability to work with competing priorities both as a team member and autonomously

Terms

• Full-time position from Monday to Friday
• Hours – typically 8:30 to 5:00 pm with 30-minute lunch-break
• An expectation to work extra hours on occasions when required; (i.e. project report deadlines etc.)

Please go to www.jtboyd.com to learn more.

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Please note that this position is available only to permanent Australian residents or applicants who hold the relevant approvals and authorities to work in Australia. Please ensure this information is clearly provided in your application. Closing date for applications 29th February 2024.

At this time no agency applications will be accepted.