Office Administrator

**About the Role**:
Our GippsDairy team is looking for an Office Administrator to join our team on a part-time basis - ideally 4 days per week. This is a varied and interesting role that will support our team from an administrative and facilities management perspective but you will also be the “face of GippsDairy” as our first point of contact and will direct queries to relevant people in our team.

This role will utilise your strong organisational skills as well as your ability to support the planning and preparation of many and varied engagements our team in involved in and assist with ensuring we support our farmers and broader stakeholders in an efficient way. You consider yourself an allrounder who can provide administration support across all area’s that our team delivers outputs from communications to extension activities - you enjoy working with different systems and look to plan the week ahead so we can be responsive and effective in delivering our strategic aims.

Here are some examples where you will have an impact:

- Reception and administrative support to the team
- Supporting regional extension officers with their projects
- Proof-reading articles for our inhouse newsletter and communications
- Assisting at events when required
- Overseeing a safe and well run office environment including repairs and maintenance as well as organising new equipment
- Supporting the GippsDairy team in utilising the customer management database - we use Salesforce - and you will represent GippsDairy in a national Salesforce working group

Just as important is your initiative and enthusiasm for:

- Building Relationships: you thrive on interacting with multiple stakeholders, establish rapport easily and impress people with your ability to tailor your communication to their needs
- Giving Support: you understand people and value individuals, you work well as part of a team
- Processing details : you follow procedures, meet timelines and check things
- Structuring tasks: you are able to manage tasks, uphold standards and produce outputs
- Adjusting to change : you think positively, embrace change and enjoy the opportunity to reflect and review.

**About Dairy Australia**:
GippsDairy is one of eight regional teams across Australia as part of Dairy Australia, the national services body for the Australian dairy industry. Our purpose is to support the profitability and sustainability of dairy farming in Gippsland. We do this by providing services that collectively benefit and advance dairy farm businesses and the industry, including investment in research and innovation, learning and capability development, marketing, policy research, market insights and trade development.

**Our Vision and Values**:
At Dairy Australia, our vision is simple, _to be leaders in shaping a profitable and sustainable dairy industry_. Our passionate and talented people share this vision and make an impact each day through their commitment to our values of:

- Farmer First - Farmer needs guide our purpose
- One Team - We work together to achieve great things
- Innovative Thinking - We embrace new ideas and learning as we go
- Decisive Action - We make informed decisions and move quickly to implement

**About your work life with us**:
At Dairy Australia and GippsDairy, we aim to provide benefits that promote the overall wellbeing of our employees. In joining our team, you will be rewarded with:

- Flexible working environment - a blended working environment (at our office with our team in person, combined with at home/ virtual).
- Being a key member in our small supportive and high performing team of experts in their field.
- A caring and innovative culture -we are open to each other’s ideas, we love to innovative, we have integrity and are driven to find the best solutions for our employees and stakeholders.
- You will be provided with a uniform.
- There may be times when you will need to use your own vehicle and claim mileage costs through GippsDairy.
- Salary packaging.