Executive Assistant

at  Australian Human Rights Commission

ABOUT US

The Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) is Australia’s national human rights institution, dedicated to fostering a society where human rights are upheld, protected, and celebrated. We envision an Australia where every individual is valued equally in dignity and rights.

Our mission involves promoting and safeguarding the human rights of all Australians by:

• Advising all levels of government and various public and private organisations.
• Strengthening laws, policies, and practices while providing accessible investigation and conciliation services.
• Engaging inclusively with civil society, communities, and the private sector.
• Raising awareness about human rights and offering educational resources.
• Collaborating with partners to cultivate a culture of respect for human rights across the nation.

We are looking for a highly motivated, proactive, and professional Executive Assistant with extensive experience in supporting Senior Executives or a Chief Executive.
This full-time, ongoing position offers a competitive salary range of $80,634 - $88,798 per annum plus 15.4% superannuation.
We offer flexible hybrid work options to suit your lifestyle.

• Provide diary management, visitor support, travel/accommodation arrangements, database, file and record management, coordination of communication streams such as correspondence, email and telephone calls.
• Deliver supplementary support activities including providing research, briefing documents, advice, reports, presentations and project support as necessary.
• Coordinate the executive support and office management activities across the Commission executives including providing advice, guidance, training, coordination and support to other executive assistants.
• Develop and maintain administrative systems and processes to ensure consistency and quality in executive support services.
• Liaise with teams across the Commission to ensure an effective flow of information.
• Coordinate Chief Executive papers and all associated meeting/event activities including arranging venue, catering, scheduling, providing secretariat support and other logistics support as required.
• Provide budget support to the Chief Executive including processing paperwork, managing digital records, maintaining and acquiring office supplies, and reconciling accounts.