When you join us at Tonkin, you become part of a team who thrive on delivering exceptional outcomes that put people and our community first.
Founded in 1955, Tonkin is on a strong, sustained growth journey, with a creative and progressive national team working at eight offices across Australia.
The opportunity
The Marketing and Administration Assistant provides marketing, communications and administrative support, as a part of Tonkin’s Clients and Growth team, based in our state-of-the-art Adelaide headquarters.
Joining a fun and hardworking team, you’ll play a pivotal role in helping promote and grow Tonkin’s work as a leading national provider of engineering and environmental services that make a difference to communities around Australia.
This role will potentially suit someone who is early in their career or returning to the workforce after some time out. What’s most important is that you have a growth mindset and like having variety in your work.
In return, you’ll have the opportunity to work with team members who have decades of experience to share, you’ll be empowered to build your skills, and importantly, you’ll be well-supported in a genuinely caring and positive workplace culture.
The key responsibilities of the role will involve marketing, communication and proposals support including writing, document formatting, tender support, event support and graphic design, as well as administrative tasks and office support.
To be successful in this role you will be / possess:
• A tertiary qualification in marketing, communications, design or media (or currently studying)
• High-level writing, editing and proofreading skills
• Advanced skills using Microsoft Word or willingness to learn
• Experience using Adobe Creative Suite or willingness to learn
• Database management and record keeping skills
• Ability to manage and prioritise work and meet deadlines
• Proactive, resourceful and confident in collaborating with colleagues across the business
• Curiosity and an interest in learning about engineering, environmental science and sustainability will help you excel in this role
We encourage you to customise your cover letter and tell us how your skills, experience and qualifications will be a good fit for the role, and why you’re excited to join us at Tonkin. Give us your best marketing pitch to showcase your writing and document presentation skills!
We genuinely support our team members to tailor their work arrangements to help deliver their best results. This can include flexible hours, part-time work and working from home. Feel free to let us know the work arrangements you are seeking.
The Tonkin difference
We know people perform at their best when they enjoy coming to work.
At Tonkin we offer you the opportunity to work with leading industry experts in a genuinely supportive and caring environment. We provide flexibility because we know work-life balance is key. Our high-performing teams are underpinned by trust; empowering you to build your skills, progress your career quickly and work the way that is best for you.
Good people. Challenging projects. Caring environment. That’s Tonkin.
If you would like to join a high performing team who are nationally recognised for technical excellence, finding creative and progressive ways to deliver value for our clients, and putting a human touch into crafting engineering solutions, we look forward to hearing from you.
Take your career to the next level and click ‘Apply now’ to join Tonkin!
For this role, you must have the right to live and work permanently in this location.