Executive Assistant to General Counsel and Company

1 week ago


Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Cochlear Ltd Full time
Executive Assistant to General Counsel and Company Secretary

Job no: 615692

Work type:
Permanent

Location:
Sydney

Categories:
Administration, Oceania, Individual Contributor

About Us
Imagine using your experience to help people around the world to hear again.

We can offer a unique opportunity to join Cochlear, an iconic Australian company, leading the world in implantable hearing solutions.

Our mission is to help more people to hear.

The Opportunity


You will play a pivotal role in coordinating activities for Board members and legal processes to maintain a professional presentation of Cochlear to external stakeholders.

Your skills of organisation, confidentiality, and initiative will be crucial to ensure meetings, events and key processes are executed efficiently and effectively.


_ Your responsibilities will include_

  • Provide coordination support to the Cochlear Board of Directors and Company Secretary through schedule and priority management.
  • Coordination of all Board papers and upload of Board & Committee papers with a high attention to detail and to strict deadlines
  • Arrange all Board related internal and external meetings for the Company Secretary.
  • Contribute to the establishment, maintenance and continuous improvement of internal Company Secretary procedures, processes, and templates.
  • Lodge approved ASX announcements and related ASIC disclosures/notifications.
  • Provide support to the Group General Counsel & Company Secretary, including accurate and uptodate diary management.
  • Coordinate and assist with the preparation of the monthly Legal Board papers and quarterly Audit Committee papers.
  • Organise Legal Team meetings, social events, and offsite multipleday residential conferences.

About You:

Minimum:

  • Demonstrated experience in the provision of highlevel executive and administrative support at a similar senior management level with strong stakeholder management skills.
  • Strong attention to detail and accuracy of work outputs and documentation.
  • Demonstrated ability to deal with issues and deliver priorities under tight deadlines with strong organisational skills and initiative.
  • Ability to influence and work collaboratively with key internal contacts.
  • Experience in dealing with confidential and sensitive issues with a high level of confidentiality, tact, discretion, and judgement.
  • Board and/or ASX Listed administrative experience.
  • Ownership of board admin process.

Cochlear Summary
Cochlear's mission is to help more people to hear. Around the world, more people chose a Cochlear-branded hearing implant system than any other.

Our employees tell us that the number one reason they enjoy working for Cochlear is the opportunity to make a difference to people's lives.

Learn and grow with us as we tackle the most complex challenges in helping more people to hear.

Cochlear is the global market leader in implantable hearing solutions including cochlear implant systems (CI) and bone anchored hearing aids (Baha).

CochlearCareers


At Cochlear we value and welcome the unique contributions, perspectives, experiences and backgrounds of our employees and aim to build a culture that celebrates and leverages these differences, creating a sense of belonging and enabling our people to realise their full potential.

We offer flexible working arrangements, and we understand flexibility is not the same for everyone. We're open to a conversation about what flexibility means for you.

Advertised: 17 Jan 2023 AUS Eastern Daylight Time

Anticipated Application Closing: 17 Feb 2023 AUS Eastern Daylight Time
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