Personal Assistant

**Acknowledgement of Country**

CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. View our vision towards reconciliation.

**Role highlights**
- **Support senior leaders in CSIRO’s Space & Astronomy Research Unit**:

- **Utilise administrative skills to ensure seamless daily operations**:

- **Join CSIRO - Australia’s National Science Agency**

**About CSIRO**

As Australia's national science agency, CSIRO is solving the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. Many of our iconic innovations were once considered impossible until someone, just like you, joined us and took on the challenge.

Visit CSIRO.au for more information.

**The opportunity**

**Your high-level duties will include**:

- Manage domestic and overseas travel arrangements.
- Coordinate internal and external meetings or other events, including booking rooms/venues, resources, travel, transport, equipment and catering, managing invitations and attendance, preparing meeting minutes and initiating follow-up action.
- Secretariat for the S&A Diversity and Inclusion Committee
- Manage administrative projects or issues as necessary.
- Assist the Research Unit EO and EA to coordinate material needed for reviews, reports or to respond to information requests.
- Coordinate the procurement of goods and services as directed.
- Communicate openly, effectively and respectfully with all staff, clients and suppliers in the interests of good business practice, collaboration and enhancement of CSIRO’s reputation.
- Work collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary, regionally dispersed team to carry out tasks in support of CSIRO’s scientific objectives.

**Role particulars**

**Location**:Marsfield (Sydney), NSW

**Salary**: AU$73k - AU$93k per annum (pro-rata for part-time) + 15.4% superannuation

**Tenure & work schedule**: Indefinite, Full-time or Part-time (0.8 FTE minimum)

**Reference**:100738

**Essential criteria**
- A relevant qualification and/or equivalent experience in providing secretarial or administrative support to a Senior Manager or Executive in a fast paced and complex environment.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing demands; establish priorities, organise tasks, meet deadlines and escalate issues when required.
- Demonstrated ability to work flexibly and provide a positive contribution in a team environment.
- Demonstrated ability to clearly convey information and ideas, establish effective interpersonal relationships with a wide variety of people and to professionally handle sensitive and confidential information using appropriate judgment and discretion.

**Desirable criteria**
- Experience in using records management systems and SAP.

For full details about this role, and other criteria, please review the Position Description.

**Not sure if you meet all the criteria?**

**Setting you up for success**

**Life at CSIRO and flexible work arrangements**

We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work. We can discuss flexible work arrangements with you during the recruitment process. CSIRO also offers a range of leave entitlements, benefits and career development opportunities. To find out more, visit Careers at CSIRO.

**Inclusion and belonging**

Solving Australia's greatest challenges takes a diversity of minds and lived experiences. We know diverse teams are more effective and deliver more innovative outcomes. As an equal employment opportunity organisation, we are committed to creating diverse and inclusive teams where people feel they belong. We recognise true diversity encompasses all ages, abilities, cultures, faiths, levels of education, genders, sexualities, diversity of thought and much more. We focus on hiring people who share our values of People First, Further Together, Making it Real and Trusted.

CSIRO holds Gold Status for the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQIA+ inclusion, and a Science in Australia Gender Equity Bronze Award.

**Eligibility**

**Child safety**

CSIRO is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people involved in our activities and programs. View our Child Safe Policy.

**How to apply**

**Applications close**

17 August 2025, 11:00pm AEST