Executive Assistant to the CEO

5 hours ago


Council of the City of Sydney, Australia Vocus Communications Full time

40 Miller St, North Sydney NSW 2060, Australia

Are you looking for an awesome place to work, where you can proudly be your authentic self, and be part of #oneteam?

We are looking for apassionateteam player whoaligns with our valuesand culture, takes pride in their unique contributions, and can challenge the status quo with disruptive thinking. If this sounds like you, come and join us

The Opportunity

Join Vocus in a pivotal role as Executive Assistant to our Chief Executive Officer, based in our North Sydney office. This is a unique opportunity to provide strategic and high-level executive and administrative support, ensuring the CEO’s time, communications, and priorities are seamlessly managed.

As the central coordination point for the CEO’s office, you’ll play a key role in forward planning, managing complex scheduling, and facilitating smooth day-to-day operations. You’ll foster strong relationships across the Executive Leadership Team, Board, and external stakeholders, enabling effective communication and collaboration at the highest levels.

This Sydney-based position offers flexible hybrid working arrangements and the chance to make a meaningful impact in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. Vocus has a flexible working policy, however this role will need to be in the office two days.

What you’ll be doing day-to-day

As the EA to the CEO, your responsibilities will also include,

- Providing a high-level administrative and executive support to the CEO, ensuring their time, priorities, and communications are effectively managed.

- Proactively manage and prioritise the CEO’s diary, using strong judgement to balance priorities, stakeholder meetings, and business demands.

- Coordinate domestic and international travel, managing all related expenses and approvals.

- Prepare and support presentations, board papers, and briefing materials in collaboration with key stakeholders.

- Engage with the Executive Leadership Team, Board members, and external partners, managing introductions, follow-ups, and communications on behalf of the CEO.

- Attend leadership meetings to stay across business priorities and share relevant updates with the wider EA community.

- Manage approvals and workflows on behalf of the CEO, including travel, leave, purchase orders, and executive team expenses.

- Plan and coordinate logistics for meetings, events, and business functions, ensuring all details are executed seamlessly.

- Promote collaboration within the EA and administration community, building strong working relationships across the business and living the Vocus ‘One Team’ value.

- Handle confidential and sensitive information with professionalism, and discretion at all times.

What you’ll bring to this role

- To be successful in this role you’ll have a minimum 5+ years’ experience supporting a C-suite executive, ideally a CEO, in a fast-paced and complex organisation.

- Demonstrated ability to apply strong judgement and make informed decisions when managing competing priorities.

- Exceptional organisational and time management skills, with strong attention to detail and follow-through.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare and edit correspondence, presentations, and reports.

- Strong relationship management skills with the confidence to engage effectively with executives, board members, and external partners.

- Highly proactive, resourceful, and able to anticipate needs with minimal direction.

- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and strong overall business systems capability.

- Discreet, adaptable, and calm under pressure, with a professional approach and alignment to the Vocus “One Team” value.

What We Offer

Working at Vocus will give you rewarding experiences and the opportunity to do extraordinary work. You will enjoy:

- Diverse and dynamic teams with a supportive and inclusive culture.

- Supportive career development plans with comprehensive ongoing training, support, and development opportunities.

- Flexible hours and a hybrid working environment

- Generous discounts on power, gas, mobile and internet; plus, discounts to over 400 retailers.

- Competitive leave options, including anniversary leave, purchased leave, parental leave, volunteering leave, and study leave

- Study assistance programs to excel your personal growth, learning and development.

- Health and wellness offerings, including access to our wellbeing initiatives that can help you from a financial, psychological, and physical perspective.

Working at Vocus is never just a job – it’s personal. We’re crazy about our customers and believe our people are the difference. Our wonderfully diverse team and a vibrant culture define us. We care about the impact we have on our people, our customers, and our communities and are committed to operating as a responsible, ethical business.

We pride ourselves on setting audacious and ambitious goals and believe that we can play our part in changing the Australian telecommunications landscape and make a fundamental difference to people’s lives.

With us, you’ll have the opportunity to lead and inspire teams, work on projects that are shaping the future of telecommunications and become part of a culture that thrives on creativity, encourages new ideas, and provides a collaborative and inclusive environment.

About Us

As Australia’s specialist fibre and network solutions provider, we own and operate 25,000km of secure, high-capacity fibre connecting people, businesses, governments, and communities across Australia to the world. Through our well-known retail brands, we deliver simple and affordable broadband, mobile, voice and energy services with the purpose of Building Critical Connections. Enabling Better Possibilities.

Ready to take the next step?

If you like the sound of this role and think you’d do a great job, but are worried you don’t tick every box, we encourage you to back yourself – we know that diverse groups are less-likely to apply for roles they’re not 100% qualified for, but just as likely to succeed at them

We are a proud equal opportunity employer committed to providing a safe, diverse, and inclusive working environment where all our team members feel like they belong. We know diversity makes us stronger and we encourage applications irrespective of background, age, origin, gender, sexual orientation, identity, or ability.

If you feel comfortable, please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements upon application, so we can make any adjustments required to support you throughout our recruitment process.

40 Miller St, North Sydney NSW 2060, Australia

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