Executive Assistant - Mental Health Justice Health Alcohol And Drug Services

Employment Type: Full Time, PermanentClassification: Administrative Service Officer 5 (PN 13661) Salary: $89,114 - $94,120 (Plus 11.5% Super)  Location: Canberra Hospital/University of Canberra Hospital/City Community Health CentreSection: Mental Health Justice Health Alcoholand Drug Services (MHJHADS)Closing Date: 6 March 2024

What can we offer you: 

About the Role:

Executive Assistants play a key role in supporting the operations of the office of an Executive Director at CHS. High performing Executive Assistants provide day to day support to senior staff, including managing their diaries, ensuring they are in the right place in the right time, and have the information they need to perform their role.  More information about the duties of an Executive Assistant at CHS are detailed in the section below.

Successful candidates will be placed in a merit pool to fill current and future vacancies.

The successful candidates may be expected to work at various CHS sites including Canberra Hospital in Garran, the University of Canberra Hospital in Bruce, and the City Community Health Centre. Flexible working arrangements can be negotiated for successful candidates and are dependent on the needs of your Executive Director, however your role as an Executive Assistant working to an Executive Director requires presence primarily in the office environment.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

To Apply: 

Please submit a copy of your CV along with a 2x page response to the Selection Criteria listed in the position description. Only applications submitted online will be accepted.

Your statement of claims against the Selection Criteria should summarise how your skills and experiences would enable you to fulfil the responsibilities of the position. It is therefore in the interests of candidates to present their application in a way that demonstrates significant outcomes associated with each of the criteria, as well as the capabilities and behaviours that underpin them.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our communityOur Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

Canberra Hospital Expansion Project – CHS is constructing a new Critical Services Building called ‘Building 5’ which is a 44,000sqm nine storey building specifically designed to deliver state-of-the-art acute clinical services at the Canberra Hospital. Building 5 is the largest healthcare infrastructure project undertaken in the Territory’s history and it represents the largest clinical and operational change program to ever be implemented by Canberra Health Services. Building 5 integrates with a number of existing buildings at the Campus including Building 1 and Building 2, to facilitate a seamless public thoroughfare, patient transportation and back-of-house logistics distribution.

North Canberra Hospital - As of 3 July 2023 Calvary Public Hospital Bruce transitioned to CHS and became North Canberra Hospital. The transition will deliver a health system networked under one provider and will provide increased workforce opportunities for staff at both CHS sites. The ACT Government will be building a new northside hospital on the existing hospital campus in Bruce to meet the growing health care needs of our community, with construction to commence mid-decade providing more beds, increased services, and increased career opportunities.