AddressWe’re currently searching for a new Executive Assistantto join our growing team in Bundaberg.
This role focuses on providing the members of the Executive Cabinet team with tailored and professional personal and senior administrative support, enabling timely, meaningful, and effective engagement with internal and external stakeholders.
Our Executive Assistant provides coordinated administrative and personal support to senior executives, and high-level escalated administrative support across the organisation, using tact, diplomacy, sensitivity, acute personal and environmental awareness, and well-developed communication, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills in effectively supporting a senior leadership team to reach organisational goals.
This role will ensure the effective and efficient operation of the Executive Cabinet team, supporting senior decision-makers with tools, information, resources, advice, and administrative assistance to fulfil their responsibilities.
The Key Result Areas for this role include:
- Efficient and effective management of the Executive Cabinet team; Professional first and lasting impression of business contact with senior executives;
- Effective relationships with internal and external key stakeholders are developed, fostered, and maintained;
- The meeting of reasonable internal customer expectations on the responsiveness, efficiency, and effectiveness of group travel arrangements; An informed and supported Executive team, equipped to make professional and timely business decisions; and
- Executive support and business intelligence projects are delivered within allocated timeframes; and enhanced relevant knowledge and skills.
This is not an entry-level administrative role, and candidates must be able to demonstrate their suitability to contribute to support the work of our Executive Cabinet team.
As our Executive Assistant, we'll call on your unique talents, skills, expertise, and experience to:
- Provide high-level support to manage the Executive Cabinet team.
- Provide high-level executive support to the Office of Chief Executive Officer.
- Provide high-level escalated administrative support across the organisation.
- Coordinate employee recruitment, onboarding, and offboarding arrangements within the executive portfolio group.
- Coordinate whole-of-organisation travel and accommodation arrangements.
We believe our new Executive Assistant will bring to the role:
- A demonstrated strong work ethic: meaning it is highly likely that our successful applicant is accustomed to the expectations of a high-pressure functional leadership role.
- Experience in providing high-level support to executive leaders in a highly sensitive operating environment, meaning the successful applicant has extensive work history as an Executive Assistant and is just as comfortable and confident negotiating with C-Suite executives as they are working effectively in a small, busy team.
- Professional skills in Windows desktop software: The successful candidate will bring experience in various business software applications, including document and meeting agenda management.
- Professional skills in written and verbal communication: meaning you must be an authentic, polished, and confident communicator, able to respectfully interact with difficult stakeholders in complex and challenging situations.
- Professional time management skills and the ability to set and meet deadlines for others: meaning you will be able to set yourself and others strict deadlines and keep yourself and others on track and motivated.
- An ability to work as a member of a high-output team with multiple deadlines: meaning you are confident to sit with executives at every level and make a real and positive contribution to help support them and their team.
- A demonstrated ability to effectively interact with people at all levels and from varying backgrounds: meaning you will be able to demonstrate exceptional people engagement and collaboration skills, accountability, and high empathy and self-awareness.
Your new career starts here.
For more information on this role, please contact Alan Goodare on 1300 401 111. If you're ready to soar to new heights, then hit the button below marked Apply for This Job. Due to the expectations of this role and the level of executive support required, please provide us with a capability statement/cover letter paying particular attention to the 'Key Results Areas' and 'What our new Executive Assistant will bring' outlining your experience along with an updated copy of your resume, as this will form part of your application. Only applicants required for an interview will be contacted upon submission of this application.
