▷ Apply in 3 Minutes: Administration Assistant

Overview

Salary: Level 2, $76,912 - $82,464 per annum (pro-rata) (PSCA 2024)

This is a fourteen (14) month fixed term, full-time position commencing ASAP with possible extension (3 months) and/or permanency

The Role

The Administrative Assistant will provide clerical and administrative support to the work unit, including basic research whilst providing administrative support for meetings and conferences, including organising events and preparing agendas. The successful applicant will prepare, process and deliver correspondence, action routine matters by drafting responses and preparing basic reports whilst maintaining an effective correspondence filing system for corporate information and records relating to projects, initiatives, committees and other activities.

As the successful applicant you will manage incoming telephone calls, visitor enquiries, diary appointments, meetings, interview schedules, emails and other communications.

Professional Benefits

We are conveniently located in East Perth and our employees enjoy a range of benefits which include:

- 12% employer contributed superannuation.
- Flexible working arrangements are genuinely considered to create healthy work life balance including; working from home, flexible working hours and part-time arrangements.
- Generous leave entitlements including annual, personal, long service and parental leave.
- Professional development opportunities and study leave/assistance.
- Access to salary packaging (in accordance with relevant industrial instruments).
- Enjoy easy access to public transport with the Claisebrook train station just a 5-minute walk away or, take advantage of the free Yellow Cat bus service that stops outside our building entrance. Additionally, various CPP parking locations are within walking distance.

Want to know more?

Full details of the role, selection criteria and training requirements are listed in the attached Job Description Form (JDF).

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Megan Sizer, Principal Consultant, Operational Initiatives on (08) 9264 8483 or megan.sizer@education.wa.edu.au.

We are committed to an inclusive and culturally responsive workforce reflecting the diversity in our workplaces and the Western Australian community. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, young people, people of diverse sexualities and genders, people with disability, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Eligibility

To work with us, you must:

- be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, permanent resident or have a valid visa with relevant work rights for the term of the appointment.
- consent to a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check and obtain a current Screening Clearance Number issued by the Department of Education’s Screening Unit before you start.

More information about employment eligibility can be found on our website and in the attached Job Description Form (JDF).

Application Instructions

Apply online in two easy steps:

1. Step 1: Select Apply for Job — Complete the online application form, including details of two (2) work related referees, preferably one being your current line manager.
2. Step 2: Attach your documents — Your application should include:

- A CV of up to three (3) pages outlining your employment history and professional learning summary relevant to this position
- A two (2) page statement addressing the following selection criteria as outlined in the attached JDF:

1. Demonstrated experience in clerical and general administrative duties.

2. Demonstrated experience in purchasing, processing accounts for payment and monitoring expenditure for a work unit.

4. Demonstrated well developed keyboarding and computer skills, including a working knowledge of databases, spreadsheets, word processing and experience using an electronic records management system.

It is recommended you have your attachments ready before selecting Apply for Job.

Your application must be received before the closing date and time. Late applications will not be accepted.

For technical support submitting your application, you can call the Department of Education’s Recruitment team on (08) 9264 4127 for assistance.

Advertised Vacancy Number: DOE993629

Applicants assessed as suitable may be considered for similar vacancies that arise in our branch within the next 12 months. This includes circumstances where this position becomes subsequently vacant should the successful applicant decline or vacate the advertised position.

The Department applies a four (4) day breach period to this selection process.

Applications close: 4.30pm (AWST) on Thursday, 2 October 2025.

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