executive assistant

Lifetime Support Authority of South Australia

Job reference: req165

Location: ADELAIDE

Job status: Short Term Contract

Eligibility: Open to Everyone

• Flexible hybrid working environment that provides a great work-life balance
• Work with a great team of passionate, dedicated professionals
• Full-time, Fixed-term Opportunity Until June 2026. Requests for Part-time will be considered.

Let's get straight to the details...

In this role you will be responsible for providing high level, confidential and efficient administrative services to our Director Services. You will provide proactive diary management, coordination of meetings and travel arrangements, accurate preparation of documentation, including briefings and agendas and high level internal and external stakeholder correspondence and engagement.

You will also undertake research, and prepare papers for Executives, draft briefings and correspondence to final standard.

This is a fantastic opportunity to be trusted support to our Executive, and make a genuine impact on our Services Directorate, and by extension to the Lifetime Support Scheme Participants who are at the centre of everything we do.

For more information about the role, please refer to the Job & Person Specification.

The experience we are looking for...

To be successful in our position you will have:

• Significant experience in providing confidential executive support to senior executives.
• High-level written, verbal and interpersonal skills which result in effective and appropriate communication with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders from diverse professional and social backgrounds.
• Ability to assess changing work situations and to recommend procedural and/or administrative changes to meet new needs.

If you don't meet all of these requirements but think you would be great at this job, we'd still like to hear from you.

Now, a bit about who we are...

The Lifetime Support Authority (LSA) delivers the Lifetime Support Scheme (LSS) which funds necessary and reasonable treatment, care and support for people who sustain serious injuries in a motor vehicle accident on South Australian roads, regardless of fault.

As a team, we are passionate about our contribution and committed to our vision: Making a difference in the lives of LSS Participants, who are at the centre of what we do.

Our person-centred approach extends to our people; we offer attractive, modern offices in Adelaide's CBD as well as opportunities to work from home; a dynamic, supportive, and flexible work environment and we value empathetic and thoughtful like-minded people, as much as we value skill set.

Our people are important to us and encouraged to flourish through professional development opportunities. As we grow, so do our people.

Check out the benefits available to you as an LSA employee here and here to hear what our people have to say about working at the LSA.

We encourage you to learn more about the LSA to see the impact working with us has.

Application Instructions: Applications must be submitted online. Please submit your CV and a cover letter (max. 2 pages) addressing the key selection criteria outlined in the Job and Person Specification.

Should you require any further information please direct your query to Kylie Smith on or Email:

Position Conditions: Fulltime or Part-time Term Contract (Until 21/6/26).

Remuneration: ASO4 ($76,561 - $ 80,256) + Superannuation.

Special Conditions

• Appointment will be subject to the provision of a valid Working with Children Check and a satisfactory National Police Check (NPC) that is no more than six months old.
• Some out of hours work may be required.

Diversity & Inclusion

The LSA is committed to a diverse, accessible, and inclusive workplace, to enable us to reflect our community and to achieve better decision and results for LSS participants. We welcome applications from people with disabilities, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, young and mature age workers and LGBTIQA+ people.

Applications close: 17/10/2026 11:59 PM

Flexibility Statement

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.