Reception/Facilities Support Officer

Kaplan

To create a more equitable world, where all learners can develop, advance, and thrive.

Kaplan is a global educational services company that provides individuals, universities, and businesses with a diverse array of services, including higher and professional education, test preparation, language training, corporate and leadership training, and student recruitment, online enablement and other university support services.

Our company was founded in 1938 in Stanley Kaplan’s Brooklyn, NY home with a mission to help children of immigrants advance their dream of going to college. From those humble beginnings, Kaplan has grown into an enterprise operating in 28 countries and serving nearly a million students and thousands of corporate and university clients.

Role

We are looking for an individual to oversee our front desk, handling occasional calls or meet-and-greet duties, with a primary focus on administrative tasks and facilities support. Join us as an essential member of our nationwide Facilities team by becoming a Front Office/Facilities Support Officer. This is a permanent part-time position, two days a week based in Sydney.0

• 💼 Purchasing and Vendor Management
  

  Manage suppliers by negotiating contracts, controlling costs, reducing risks, and ensuring business needs are met

• ✅ Stakeholder Engagement
  

  Partner with stakeholders to understand specifications, business requirements, and communicate insights

• 📌 Facilities and Asset Management
  

  Source and manage the tools, services, and processes that support the operations of the organization’s office and assets

• 👥 Collaboration
  

  Works with others by being open, clear in communication and listening to achieve goals

• 😎 Social skills
  

  Behaves and communicates effectively in different social situations and with a variety of different people

• ✅ Prioritization
  

  Compares and ranks the relative importance &/or urgency of different tasks to identify the best order of actions