Operational Administration Assistant

**Permanent part-time opportunity - Fixed term 12 month contract with the opportunity to extend to permanent**:

- ** In between school hours**:

- ** Part time work opportunity**

CatholicCare Diocese of Broken Bay has an exciting opportunity for an Operational Administration Assistant to join our growing and supportive team in Brookvale

**About the role**:
As the Operational Administration Assistant, you will provide day to day operational support at our Brookvale family centre located on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. In this role, you will provide quality administrative support and customer service support to our Integrated Services team and clients, contributing to the efficient and effective operating of the programs delivered.

While this role currently is a fixed term 12 month contract, there is the opportunity to extend to a permanent position.

This is an opportunity not to be missed

**Duties**:

- Act as a point of contact for Integrated Services with an empathetic and non-judgmental communication style to our clients, who present with a broad range of challenges and issues.
- Manage expenses, banking, asset management and petty cash process, keeping accurate records and following procedures.
- Maintain supplies, stationery and amenities.
- Organise catering, room bookings and other items relevant to any events, training or meetings as needed.
- Assist in collecting and compiling relevant statistical information for the purposes of the agency and funding bodies as required.
- Other suitable duties as required from time to time to support the service within the skill set, knowledge and scope of the role.

**About you**:

- Demonstrated experience in administrative duties, relevant qualifications desirable.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated professional approach to deal with confidential/sensitive matters.
- Excellent computer literacy.
- Knowledge of the community sector, social welfare and/or child protection legislation desirable.
- National Criminal History Check.
- Working with Children’s Check.
- Current NSW Driver’s License and access to an insured vehicle.

**About us**:
We support families to be happy, healthy and safe.

CatholicCare provides an extensive range of integrated and holistic services to support families, children and young people who may be experiencing difficulty. We are embedded in our local communities with capacity to provide support, advice and referrals to respond to concerns about family wellbeing, parenting, relationship skills, and early childhood development.

Our Family Centres are located in Artarmon, Brookvale, Waitara and on the Central Coast at Tuggerah.

We work with well respected partners to ensure our supports are tailored and individualised to your circumstances.

Through our family centres we provide child and family support, Counselling, Domestic and family violence support and more.

**Culture and Benefits**
We know that changing roles is a big decision, so here is what we can offer you:

- Salary packaging benefits - By choosing to salary package, you allocate a portion of your income to the payment of certain expenses before your income tax is calculated. The part of your income that you allocate to salary packaging can be used for the same everyday items you pay for today, such as your mortgage or rent, groceries and insurance, so you don't even have to change your spending habits.
- A focus on employee well-being, with regular reflective/practice supervision opportunities.
- Access to training and learning opportunities.
- An Employee Assistance Program offering free and confidential counselling and support.
- An additional paid leave day (CatholicCare Day) to be taken at the end of the year.

**How to apply**

**No recruitment agencies please