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Executive Assistant - External Relations & Research

Queensland Government
Brisbane Full-day Full-time

Description:

Join us for an exhilarating journey where you can showcase your talents and capabilities, experience and personal qualities to role of Executive Assistant and a great opportunity to extend your skills and experience in professional, efficient and confidential executive and project support.

The Office of the Executive Director, External Relations and Research is seeking an Executive Assistant to join our team to provide confidential executive support, manage day-to-day operations, administer the flow of internal and outgoing correspondence for the business unit, and provide confidential project support including research and coordinating briefing papers, preparing presentations and creating professional templates.

This role is offered on a full-time temporary basis, for a period of 9 months, unless otherwise determined.

About The Department Of Education

The Department of Education are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.

About The Role

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • As you will often be the first point of contact for the team, you will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and be able to liaise with officers and individuals at all levels of the division and the department.
  • You will have the experience to provide confidential executive and project support to the Executive Director and the External Relations and Research team.
  • You will be highly organised and able to work under pressure of time as you will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the team, administering the flow of internal and outgoing correspondence for the business unit via the generic email box.
  • For a detailed description of the duties of the role, and competencies required to undertake the role successfully, please refer to the Role Description.


How To Apply

  • Please attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant previous work history); and
  • A 2-pg response to the How you will be Assessed section of the attached role description.


We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.

Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.

When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.

Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).

The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.

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18 Apr 2024;   from: linkedin.com

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