Administrative and Research Assistant

6 days ago

Melbourne, Australia Parliament of Victoria Full time

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Parliament of Victoria

**Salary**: $84,166 - $90,558

Occupation: Administration/Secretarial

Reference: VG/26082024

The Department of Parliamentary Services delivers impartial, professional and innovative services to support Victoria’s elected representatives, the democratic process and the Parliament as an institution. Through our commitment to diversity and equality, we are actively engaged in promoting and maintaining a safe and inclusive work environment where all employees are respected, valued and supported. We seek to recruit the best people, regardless of gender, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation or cultural background. Our team members are the key to our success and bring new and innovative responses to issues and challenges we face in our work in the delivery of quality services to support the work of the Parliament.

**Administrative and Research Assistant**
**Department of the Legislative Assembly**
**Environment and Planning Committee**

We are seeking an experienced Administrative and Research Assistant who possesses exceptional organisational, administrative and written skills to fill a parental leave cover on a full time, 12-month fixed term basis.
- Fixed-term 12 month position
- PoV Grade 3.2, $84,166 - $90,558

**About the role**
Reporting to a Committee Manager, you will provide high-level administrative and research support to the Environment and Planning Committee.

In this varied role, you will provide administrative support to the Committee, organising meetings; preparing meeting materials and taking minutes; maintaining financial and budget records; organising travel and formatting documents and reports. While the focus of this role is administrative, you will also provide research support to the Committee, including preparing correspondence, briefings and reports.

**About You**
You will be a team player with highly-developed communication, administrative, computer and organisational skills. Your ability to work with mínimal supervision to complete tasks within tight time constraints will be the key to your success in this role.

You will have strong written and analytical skills and a proven capacity to undertake research and prepare correspondence, briefings and reports.

**Why join us?**

We offer flexible work, come to the iconic heritage listed Parliament House building or our adjacent modern offices and collaborate with the team one day, work from home the next. The nature and scope of flexible options available will depend on the nature of the position. You are encouraged to discuss flexible arrangements with the hiring manager during the recruitment process.

Your professional development is important to us, that's why we have a dedicated learning and development framework, along with leadership development programs and targeted in-house training.

When you excel at your work and initiate innovative solutions or go above and beyond to demonstrate our values, you will be recognised for your efforts through our reward and recognition program.

For more information about a career at Parliament visit our website.

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