Administrative Assistant

3 weeks ago

Canberra, Australia Australian Capital Territory Full time

Administrative Assistant - Director of Nursing
Full-time Temporary with a Possibility of Permanency

Closes: 31 October 2025

Classification: Administrative Services Officer Class 4
Salary: $84,901 - $91,501 plus superannuation
Position No: 24109 - 02ODN
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 30 September 2025
Contact Officer: Renee Duke onRenee.Duke@act.gov.au

What can we offer you:

- Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
- Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
- Flexible working conditions.
- Access to Employee Assistance Program.
- Access to discounted gym membership.
- Access to onsite Physiotherapists.
- Onsite cafes, staff cafeteria, pharmacy and gift shop.

About the Role:

Mental Health, Justice Health and Alcohol and Drug Services (MHJHADS) provides support to youth and adults via inpatient and outpatient settings, community health centres, justice health facilities and other community settings, including people’s homes. MHJHADS aims to be socially inclusive and operate within a recovery-focused and/or harm minimisation approach.

The Office of the Director of Nursing (DON) provides professional governance for nurses across the division of MHJHADS. The Administrative Assistant position is responsible for the provision of high-level administrative support to the DON. Administrative duties consist of preparing a range of correspondence, diary and inbox management, providing secretariat support to committees, assisting with human resource and financial management functions, research, and initiating action to ensure the timely response to requests.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

Note: This is a temporary position available for a period of ten months with the possibility of extension and/or permanency.

For more information on this position and how to apply “click here”

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website .

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

The new state-of-the-art Building 5 is now officially open at Canberra Hospital. This 44,000sqm, nine-storey facility, the largest healthcare infrastructure project in the Territory's history, delivers cutting-edge acute clinical services. Building 5 seamlessly integrates with existing campus buildings, ensuring smooth public access, patient transportation, and efficient logistics.

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Note

This is a temporary position available for a period of ten months with the possibility of extension and/or permanency.

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