Contracts Administrative Officer

$83,283 - $91,103 (G05) per annum, plus 17% superannuation
- Full time, continuing (permanent)
- Based at our vibrant Curtin Bentley campus

**Job Reference**:1043050**

**About the Role**:
We are seeking a proactive and highly organised Contracts Administrative Officer to support the day-to-day operations of the Contracts and Commercial Team within the Research Office. As the first point of contact for the team, you will play a key role in ensuring the smooth delivery of administrative functions and general support services across the area.

In this role, you will coordinate a range of administrative activities and provide comprehensive assistance to staff, helping to drive the efficiency and effectiveness of our operations. You will work collaboratively with other teams across Research Services and Systems, as well as the broader Research Office, delivering a responsive and tailored service to both internal and external stakeholders.

If you are a team player with strong communication and organisational skills who thrives in a dynamic and service-focused environment, we’d love to hear from you.

**Your responsibilities will include**:

- Manage the Contracts Team’s inbox and Research Master submissions, triaging requests, identifying priorities, and tracking actions for timely follow-up.
- Assess incoming documents for completeness and relevance, flag missing information to relevant teams, and compare with previous matters to support decision-making.
- Maintain effective administrative systems and processes to support daily team operations.
- Liaise with key internal stakeholders to coordinate and progress tasks efficiently.

**We are looking for**:

- Experience coordinating a wide range of administrative activities within a busy team or functional area.
- Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining accuracy and meeting deadlines.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively across diverse audiences using diplomacy and cultural sensitivity.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to exercise sound judgment and discretion in determining appropriate actions.
- Experience working in a university or large, complex organisation (desirable).
- Experience supporting contract management processes or working within a contracts or legal environment (desirable).

**Role Requirements**:

- As this is a continuing (permanent) role, you will require permanent work rights in Australia to be considered

**Research Office at Curtin**
**Across all our research areas, we aim to strike a balance between demand-driven research, which solves defined problems for industry and society, and researcher-driven research, which is characterised by a desire to push the limits of understanding.

Our research is broad in scope, encompassing a range of fields in science, engineering, health, society, engineering, health, society, business and more.

**About Curtin University**

**What We Offer You**:
Situated on Whadjuk Nyungar Country, our vibrant Bentley campus includes an art gallery, gym, childcare and medical centre, bus station, accessible parking and endless food options including a supermarket. Aside from the vibrant campus life, we offer more than just a job. Curtin offers a wide range of generous benefits, including additional leave, salary packaging, health and wellbeing services and an array of discounts for retail, travel and much more. For more information, check out our benefits page

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**If this sounds like your next role, please click APPLY NOW and provide the following documents**:

- CV
- Cover Letter addressing the selection criteria in the advert (2 page maximum)

**Applications close: Sunday, 03 August 2025.**
- Curtin reserves the right at its sole discretion to withdraw from the recruitment process, not to make an appointment, or to appoint by invitation, at any time. We reserve the right to remove the advert earlier than the date on the advert._