Administration Partner

at  The Garvan Institute of Medical Research

Garvan Institute of Medical Research brings together world leading researchers and clinicians, collaborating locally and globally, to improve human health. Our mission is to harness all the information encoded in our genome to better diagnose, treat, predict and prevent disease. From the individual patient with rare disease, to the many thousands affected by complex, widespread illness, we are pioneering discoveries across diseases that have the deepest impact on our community.

ABOUT GARVAN

Garvan Institute of Medical Research is an independent Medical Research Institute (MRI) in Sydney, delivering scientific and clinical impact on a global basis and in partnership with organisations that share our vision. We are proud to be one of Australia’s largest and most highly regarded MRI’s.
Our vision is global leadership in discoveries to impact and our enduring purpose is to impact human health, by harnessing information encoded in our genome.
We seek to see our world-class discovery research achieve life-changing impacts, not only for individual patients with rare diseases, but for the many thousands affected by complex, common disease.
Garvan promotes a diverse workplace and is committed to the principles of equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging. We are always looking for culture ‘add’, not culture ‘fit’ and are building diverse teams with great sets of complementary styles and skills to help deliver our important work effectively.

• Partner with assigned client group to support administrative support of Program Directors and Executive members as directed.
• Build and manage effective working relationships with key stakeholders and staff across Garvan
• Oversee local onboarding of new starters including ordering equipment, access to systems, building and/or site orientation
• Arrange travel arrangements, including conference registration, booking fares, accommodation and preparing itineraries for designated Program Directors and external guests
• Provide administrative support to Garvan committees (e.g. Faculty Business Meeting)
• Update relevant policies and procedures, including Confluence administration
• Administer Workday processes as per delegations of authority
• Provide administrative support for strategic and operational projects
• Provide meeting room management and support with other space management (in coordination with Building Operations)
• Oversee Garvan corporate accounts (e.g. Uber)
• Coordinate some key seminars and events
• Other ad-hoc tasks as required