Group Assistant

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Development Victoria

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Administration/Secretarial

Reference: 585

**About Us**

At Development Victoria, we’re passionate about making Victoria a great place to be. We create vibrant places across our state, through diverse and strategic property development and urban renewal projects.

As the Victorian Government’s development arm, we revitalise iconic public buildings, create important cultural and recreational facilities and repurpose public land, for all Victorians. We also build great homes and communities where people and business can thrive, catering for different budgets, lifestyles, and people - designed to be sustainable and affordable.
- We are an equal opportunity employer that is committed to making employment related decisions without bias or discrimination. We actively encourage sharing of knowledge and best practice across our teams. We respect and value every individual’s unique talent and contribution and harness these strengths to collectively achieve the kind of results we can all be proud of._

We help create a better Victoria.

**The Role**

If you are a recent Public Relations or Marketing graduate or an experienced EA seeking first-hand experience with a large government agency, this could be the role for you

We are seeking a passionate Group Assistant to oversee the day-to-day operations of the Corporate Affairs team.

Reporting to the Corporate Affairs Executive Director, the successful applicant will provide high-level professional administrative and project support including;
- Assisting with the organisation of events, workshops, and conferences.
- Diary management, including arranging appointments and meetings resolving any problems that may arise through conflicts and/or special requests.
- Assisting with the preparation of documentation, reports and presentation materials.
- Raising purchase orders, tracking budgets and processing invoices.
- Arranging travel and accommodation as required.
- Ad hoc duties as required.

**Desired Skills and Experience**:
**About You**
- Tertiary qualifications in;
Business Administration or relevant discipline preferred in combination with experience in the same or similar working environment or;
Recent Public Relations or Marketing Graduate seeking firsthand experience with a large government agency.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage with stakeholders at all levels on complex, confidential and sensitive matters, using tact and judgement.
- Ability to create and edit presentations and communication materials that are of a high standard.
- Strong organisational skills including the ability to coordinate tasks, meet tight deadlines, determine priorities, take initiative and work under limited direction.
- Demonstrated experience in providing timely analysis and advice to senior management in a complex, sensitive and demanding environment.
- Demonstrated ability to use judgement and initiative to assess, analyse and report on critical business issues and identify, recommend, and evaluate options to improve business performance.

**Employee Benefits**
- We drive strong collaboration and support our teams to work virtually and flexibly.
- Professional development opportunities available including;
Study support

Mentoring programs

Opportunity to participate in cross functional working groups that drive diversity and inclusion and sustainability initiatives.
- Novated leasing
- Purchase leave
- Paid parental leave
- Technology salary sacrifice
- Employee referral bonuses
- Health & Wellbeing initiatives such as EAP and mental health and wellbeing leave
- Access to group life & group salary continuance insurance
- Modern onsite facilities

**Application Process**

**_We respectfully request no agency approaches. We will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes being sent to anyone here in our business._