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Executive Assistant

At UNSW, we pride ourselves on being a workplace where the best people come to do their best work.

UNSW Medicine is a national leader in learning, teaching and research, with close affiliations to several of Australia’s finest hospitals, research institutes and health care organisations. With a strong presence at UNSW Kensington campus, the faculty have staff and students in teaching hospitals in Sydney as well as regional and rural areas of NSW including Albury/Wodonga, Coffs Harbour, Griffith, Port Macquarie and Wagga Wagga.

The National Centre for Clinical Research on Emerging Drugs of Concern (NCCRED) is a new national entity that supports clinical treatment interventions across the Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) spectrum from prevention to dependence at all levels of severity and for all population groups.

The Centre is made up of a consortium of the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), lead agency, as well as St Vincent’s Health Australia (SVHA), National Drug Research Institute (NDRI) – Curtin University of Technology, and the National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA) – Flinders University.

The Executive Assistant provides effective and efficient high-level administrative support to a range of senior positions within the Centre, including the Centre Director. This position is the first point of contact for the Centre Director and coordinates an extensive range of office and information systems, ensuring that professionalism and confidentiality is maintained at all times.

About the role

• Based St Vincent’s Hospital Darlinghurst (3 days) and Randwick (2 days)
• $88,782 - $94,709 + 17% Superannuation + leave loading
• Fixed Term Contract until 30 June 2022, 35 hours per week

The role of Executive Assistant reports to the Project Officer and has no direct reports.

About you

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Relevant tertiary qualification and relevant experience supporting a senior manager or executive, or equivalent competence gained through another combination of education, training and executive-level administrative experience.
•  Excellent interpersonal and written and verbal communication skills including ability to communicate with and influence diverse internal and external stakeholders across all levels.
• Strong time management and organisational skills, including proven ability to establish priorities, manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated experience working within the health/medicine sector would be advantageous.
• Demonstrated initiative, well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills and proven experience identifying and implementing business improvement activities.
•  Demonstrated experience working on confidential and sensitive matters, with proven ability to apply knowledge and experience to resolve complex administrative matters, with discretion, tact and sound judgment.
• Strong computer skills, in particular, Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, relevant databases and financial software programs, as well as web maintenance/intranet software.

Your application should address the Skills and Experience listed within the position description.

Please apply online - applications will not be accepted if sent to the contact officer listed.

Contact:

Ian Jones

Talent Acquisition Team Lead

T: 0404 809939

Applications close: 11:55pm, Sunday 14 March 2021

UNSW aspires to be the exemplar Australian university and employer of choice for people from diverse backgrounds. UNSW aims to ensure equality in recruitment, development, retention and promotion of staff, and that no-one is disadvantaged on the basis of their gender, cultural background, disability, sexual orientation or identity.