Executive Assistant

**Employment Status**

Permanent Full Time

**Program**

CEO

**Location**

University Hospital Geelong

**Hours Per Fortnight**

80

**Position Summary**

**Broaden Your Horizons**

Line up your life and career with us at Barwon Health in Victoria, Australia
- An high profile and critical role to further your Executive Assistant career
- Bring your Executive support experience to the largest organisation in Geelong today
- Permanent Full Time OR opportunity to job share
- Centrally located at University Hospital - minutes from the vibrant waterfront

**About the facility***

Barwon Health, based in Geelong, Victoria, is one of the largest and most comprehensive regional health services in Australia, providing the full spectrum from primary care, community services, aged care, rehabilitation, mental health, emergency and acute care and employing over 8,000 staff. Barwon Health has consistently received awards for being at the forefront of high quality health care services to the community and has been highly successful when accredited against the National Safety and Quality Standards. We are the major teaching hospital for the Deakin Medical School and have an active and growing research base.

**About the role**

Barwon Health is seeking a proactive and experienced Executive Assistant for our Corporate Office to provide outstanding and high level support to Barwon Health Executives, including the Chief Medical Officer and Chief Nursing & Midwifery Officer, no two days will be the same. This includes providing effective, efficient and confidential administrative services, which will involve the preparation of correspondence, briefings, providing secretariat support committees, diary management and records management. The Executive Assistant (Corporate Office) will be responsible for the implementation and maintenance of office systems that support governance and functions within the responsible directorate, across the corporate office, and Barwon Health’s Corporate Office. The Executive Assistant (Corporate Office) will provide an efficient and friendly service to all customers.

**About the culture**

You will work with an innovative team who maintain extensive knowledge and experience. You will have support and guidance from fellow team members and management who exhibit our Barwon Health values, respect, compassion, commitment, accountability and innovation.

**Barwon Health Staff Benefits**
- Flexible working arrangements
- Professional development
- Access to employee wellness facility
- Salary packaging
- Social club
- Doorstep to the Great Ocean Road, Bellarine Peninsula and the Surf Coast

**About the Geelong Region, AUSTRALIA**

Sitting within one of Victoria’s six regional health centres, Barwon Health serves the community of Greater Geelong and beyond. Victoria’s second largest city after Melbourne Derived from the local Wathaurong Aboriginal name for the region Djillong, Geelong is thought to mean ‘land’ or ‘cliffs’.
- Enjoy a range of lifestyle choices including inner city, coastal, suburban and rural homes at affordable prices.
- High standard of schooling options throughout the area
- A stone throw from the Surf Coast and Great Ocean Road
- Appreciate beautiful parks, rivers, walks and wineries
- To find out more about the Geelong region, visit our Moving to the Region page on the Barwon Health website.

**Diversity and Inclusion**

At Barwon Health we are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where we value each person’s uniqueness. We embrace diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, whilst providing high-quality health care to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation.

We Barwon Health are proud to be Totally Smoke Free.

**_ This role must be fully vaccinated for Covid -19 and influenza and meet the requirements of the Barwon Health immunisation policy.
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**Selection Criteria**

Essential: Can you please list Barwon Health's values?
Essential: Can you please choose one of Barwon Health's values and describe a situation in the workplace where you have displayed this value?
Essential: Undergraduate Qualification or above/or significant experience in a similar role.
Essential: Proven ability to recognise and discreetly deal with confidential matters, demonstrate integrity of the highest order and exercise diplomatic skills appropriate to sensitive and high level issues
Essential: Ability to meet tight deadlines in an environment characterised by large workloads, interruptions and change
Essential: Proven experience in a similar role or in an Executive office, demonstrating outstanding organisational skills
Essential: Highly skilled in the MS Office suite of products to produce a range of high quality documents, and in particularly using Microsoft Outlook to manage calendars
Desirable: Has previous experience working in a diverse and complex private and