Administration Officer

Division: Northern CPPYJ- Location: Newcastle, NSW, AU, 2300- Req ID: 70150**Location - Newcastle**

**Employment type - This is a temporary opportunity to 30.06.2025.**

**Salary - $79,032 to $86,539 per annum + Superannuation and Annual Leave Loading.**

**Your role**

This role will provide crucial high-level administrative support to the Hunter & Central Coast District Allocations Team, with responsibility for various key administrative functions.

**What you'll do**
- Provide a range of administrative and support services, including records management, routine correspondence to support the effective operation of the District.
- Prioritise matters based on level of urgency.
- Assist the Allocations Team in the delivery of high quality, accurate and timely responses, advice and reports to a variety of areas, including the Executive District Director, the Deputy Secretary's and Minister's Office.
- Coordinate and manage records and databases, complying with administrative systems, processes and policies, to ensure that all information is accurate and stored correctly and securely.

**What we're looking for**
- Strong attention to detail - ability to monitor and check work or information while organising time and resources efficiently.
- Effective written and verbal communication that is clear and concise.
- Experience in working in a high-pressure team environment delivering services to vulnerable clients with a high level of communication and relationship skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
- Ability to interpret policies, standards and procedures and act with a high level of integrity whilst maintaining a high level of confidentiality.
- You will be exposed to highly sensitive matters that at times you may find confronting so the importance for confidentiality and self-care is very important.

Download the role description.

**You are strongly encouraged to contact the hiring manager to discuss the role in more detail.**

**What We Offer**

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

- A challenging and rewarding career
- Flexible, autonomous work environment
- 4 weeks annual leave per year of service
- Competitive pay and conditions
- Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
- Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

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**We do work that really matters.**

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It's work that really matters.

**Are you ready to join us?**

Click apply, attach an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) addressing the 2 targeted questions below with a brief outline on how you meet the requirements of the role:
**Targeted Question 1**. Please describe the strategies you use to organise your workload and ensure deadlines are met?

**Targeted Question 2**. Please provide an example of your ability to work independently on a piece of work that required strong attention to detail.

**Applications close: Thursday 17 October at 11:59pm AEST**.

**Got a question?**

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**Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit**

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.

**Other Information**

A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

For more information visit Your recruitment journey on the DCJ website.