Executive Assistant

**Executive Assistant - Executive Group**

**Churches of Christ, Office of the CEO, Kenmore Campus**

**Permanent, full-time opportunity**

**Imagine working for us**

Our values encourage us to be accepting of differences and embrace all. Our size and variety offer you real choices and opportunities to grow your career.

We also offer:

- Salary-packaging benefits that can increase your take-home pay;
- Five weeks of annual leave and the ability to purchase more;
- Grants (for eligible employees) to assist in formal study;
- Access to online learning platforms to further develop your skills;
- Discounts through our large network of retail partners.

Established in 1930, We are one of Australia’s largest and most diverse not-for-profit organisations.

Active in the areas of children, youth and family services; community housing; retirement living; home care; and residential aged care services, we provide care and compassion to vulnerable people at different stages of their life journey. With over 200 Services in more than 100 communities, we positively impact around 45,000 lives a year.

**About the role**

This is an exciting opportunity based in our beautiful, environmentally-friendly Churches of Christ Kenmore Campus and Community Building with on-site café. This critical role forms part of our Executive Group office.

We are searching for an experienced Executive Assistant to proactively support the Executive Director of Governance, and the Executive Director of Seniors Living. This role forms part of the Office of the CEO, and therefore also offers support to our Executive Director Leadership group.

Your key responsibilities will encompass:

- Organising and managing Executives' diary commitments;
- Arranging and co-ordinating meetings, events and travel arrangements:

- Full meeting management including agenda collation as well as accurate and timely minute taking and distributing actions and decisions from meetings;
- Preparing draft communications, documentation and papers for Board and Committee meetings;
- Providing and supporting in office administration and business management tasks associated with stakeholder and team management.

Indicative total remuneration is upwards from $72,100 commensurate with experience (plus significant salary sacrificing benefits + superannuation).

**About you**

Proven experience in managing the secretariat responsibilities for Board Committees including minute taking, preparing agendas and committee papers, and coordinating meeting cycles and presentations, is imperative.

The role calls for an individual who is highly organised, extremely personable, flexible and agile. You will understand customer centricity and be comfortable conversing and interacting with a range of internal and external stakeholders. Multi-tasking will be second nature, and calm presence of mind is paramount, as is a mind for continual innovation and service improvement. The Executive Group office is bustling and busy, with a high degree of business complexity.

You are highly driven and committed to providing excellent customer service to all stakeholders and thrive on working autonomously. Furthermore, you possess the proven ability to think on your feet and proactively find solutions to issues as and when they arise.

Your qualifications and experience should include:

- Tertiary qualifications in Business Administration or relevant field or equivalent relevant experience;
- Advanced knowledge of information and knowledge management principles and practices;
- Five years’ executive administrative experience;
- Experience working with Boards of Governance;
- Experience supporting an executive position for a not-for-profit or Church denomination is highly desirable.

Importantly, you will be someone who closely aligns with our organisational values of: Unconditional Love, Continual Innovation, Mutual Trust, Wise Stewardship and Safety.
- Under Churches of Christ policy and/or the applicable public health directions, team members are required to be vaccinated for Covid-19. As part of the recruitment processes we ask that you provide evidence that your vaccination meets the requirements of Churches of Christ policy or the applicable public health direction._

**To apply**

**Applications will be assessed as received