Senior Board Administrator

At HESTA we're a leading national superannuation fund dedicated to people working in health and community services - a growing sector of ordinary people doing extraordinary things, day in day out, right across Australia.

More than 1 million Australians trust HESTA with their money. So together, we invest billions of their savings globally, striving to generate strong investment returns and make a real difference to their financial futures. Our focus is on helping our members enjoy the retirement they've worked hard for.  

• 12 month fixed term opportunity

• Strong partnership - be the right hand person to our Company Secretary!

• Key liaison between our Board and Executives

• Administrative & coordination support to our Board

• Varied and fast paced role, ability to work flexibly in line with business requirements

• Strong coordination skills

The opportunity - ‘Do what you love, and you'll never work a day in your life' #careerswithimpact

Bring your authentic & passionate self to this exceptional role.

With a collaborative and agile style, this role will work closely with the Company Secretary coordinating all Board and Committee meetings and associated activities, ensuring the effective flow of information within the Board as well as providing administrative support to the Board in terms of travel arrangements, organising board meetings & papers, ensuring related regulatory requirements are completed and overall coordination on scheduled Board and Committee meetings.

A visible operator in the Office of the CEO team, you operate with integrity, discretion and insight and have a demonstrated history fostering strong stakeholder relationships.
This is a 12 month full time fixed term engagement.

About you:

• You are a highly organised self-starter with great attention to detail.
• You take ownership of tasks and ensure they are delivered from start to finish and everything in between.
• Your stakeholder engagement skills are exceptional with the ability to communicate effectively and demonstrate initiative and judgement.
• You thrive in a highly structured environment, ensure deadlines are always met, but use your knowledge & experience to determine how this is achieved.

What's in it for you?
We will leave all the ‘work you'll be doing' stuff in the PD but here's a few things that you'll get to enjoy working at HESTA:

• Your leave and time off matters, up to 6 days paid volunteer leave, up to an additional 5 days of leave over the end of year and new year period, access your LSL after 3 years! Take AL at half pay, and purchase up to 2 weeks additional leave
• Your professional development matters, up to $5k per year professional development and up to 8 days professional development leave, HESTA scholarships and free access to a range of premium learning tools
• Your health and wellbeing matters, free annual flu shots and skin checks, incredible social events throughout the year and a comprehensive employee assistance program available 24/7
• Your financial wellbeing matters, 15% super, financial planning support, end of year payment for all Enterprise Agreement-covered employees, incentivised Employee Referral Program and novated lease options

HESTA is a great place to work but don't take our word for it, we were named (again!) Employer of Choice for Gender Equality 2022. 

We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures and abilities. We welcome and support applications from First Nations people, physically, neuro or culturally diverse, LGBTQI+, and people of any age.

We want all candidates to feel safe, included and provided with the best opportunity to thrive, if you require reasonable adjustments during your application or throughout the recruitment process, please reach out to a member of the Talent team *******@hesta.com.au and we'll call you to discuss.

We'll close this position when we find the right candidate, so let's start the conversation.

Please note: Applications via recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position.

Strong partnership role - be the right hand person to our Company Secretary for our Board & Executives

• Flexible hybrid working environment
• Enhanced leave entitlements