Executive Assistant

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- **Executive Assistant with the Planning division at DPHI**:

- **Permanent full-time opportunity**:

- **Parramatta office location - flexible arrangements available**:

- **Salary relative to experience and ranges from $93,295 to $102,941 + super**

The Development Assessment & Sustainability team at the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure assess and regulate projects - including those for the state's most significant infrastructure to balance the needs of the NSW community, environment and economy.

Our **Executive Assistant** provides high level administrative support to a senior executive of the Division to ensure the efficient and effective operation of the Division/Branch and support the achievement of operational objectives.

**The Role**

In this pivotal role, you will provide high level secretarial and administrative services to support the executive's contribution to the achievement of agency objectives.

You will, prepare, edit and format confidential briefing notes, ministerial correspondence, other memoranda, working papers, routine correspondence, reports and invoicing, manage diary appointments and daily schedules on behalf of senior executive management and determine urgency of critical or sensitive issues for senior executive attention to enable the timely discussion and resolution of business-critical issues.

**What you will bring to the role**

Exceptional attention to detail, ability to manage and complete constant competing and changing priority requests and demands to enable timely and accurate responses and issues management within tight timeframes and required standards, while also managing high volume concurrent day to day tasks.

**Key knowledge and experience**
- Demonstrated experience within a large complex organisation in a similar role
- Computer literacy skills including Microsoft Office, data management systems and self-service systems (and ability to learn new software systems)
- Ability to provide quality and responsive administrative support and service and assist with the seamless operation

**For more information read the full Role Description**:Executive Assistant

**Join us**

**What's in it for me?**

Join our team for a fantastic culture with dynamic collaboration and genuine long-term career support. We offer flexibility in work arrangements, diverse and fulfilling assignments, and prioritise work/life balance and wellbeing with initiatives like flex leave and access to support programs. Additionally, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcome, respected, and empowered to succeed.

**About us**

The Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (DPHI). To achieve this, we: create vibrant, productive spaces and precincts; manage lands, assets and property effectively and deliver affordable and diverse housing. We strive to be a high-performing, world-class public service organisation that celebrates and reflects the full diversity of the community we serve and builds the cultural capability of our department to improve outcomes with and for Aboriginal people, communities and entities.

We are an inclusive and accessible workplace, where your individual contributions are valued, and where everyone is encouraged to feel a sense of connection and belonging. DPHI supports various employee affinity groups, practices flexible working, offers job share and workplace adjustments.

A recruitment pool may be created for ongoing and temporary opportunities of the same role or role type that may become available over the next 18 months.