Executive Assistant

at  BHP

ABOUT BHP

At BHP we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success.
Come and be a part of this success
About the Role
Following internal promotion, an exciting opportunity presents for an experienced Executive Assistant to work closely with the General Manager – Infrastructure and Services and wider leadership team, providing executive administrative support. This role will suit someone who is engaging, organised, self-motivated and forward-thinking and who thrives in a fast-paced environment.

Key accountabilities include the following:

• Provide executive administrative support to the General Manager and ensure effectiveness of the leadership team.
• Proactive calendar and email management to enable the efficient organisation and execution of activities.
• Management of day-to-day activities, forward planning, and co-ordination of meetings.
• Actively identifies improvement opportunities and time optimisation solutions to forward plan work.
• Proactively manage information flow and communications, including internal and external calls, requests and correspondence and delegation of other matters to appropriate people.
• Collate and prepare presentations and papers, including collection and interpretation of data from key contacts.
• Co-ordination of site visits, including preparing the agenda, arranging meetings, and ensuring all activities are well planned.
• Project management of key events for the Infrastructure and Services team.
• Oversight of a team of administrators, ensuring accountability of given tasks.

About You
We are looking for someone who is a professional, collaborative, organised and adaptable. Experience in stakeholder management and administration at an executive level for a large organisation is preferred.

The successful candidate will ideally possess the following:

• You will have a proven ability to work autonomously and proactively, establishing priorities and taking responsibility for time sensitive deliverables.
• Your strong problem-solving ability and organisational skills will be an asset.
• Your attention to detail, initiative, and ability to engage with a diverse range of stakeholders will be key to being successful.
• You will be an advocate for enabling collaboration and the simplification of tasks.
• You will possess excellent verbal and written communication skills and can engage with all levels of the organisation.
• You will have excellent skills in the use of Microsoft Office products, with SAP experience desirable.
• You will always maintain confidentiality with correspondence and related material.

Location
You will be based in Perth, Western Australia, in the multi award winning office tower - ‘City Square’. You will have stunning river views from your modern open plan office, state of the art facilities including virtual whiteboards and video conferencing facilities, 550 bicycle racks with ample lockers, showers and change room amenities and a large outdoor terrace with barbecues.

Please refer the Job description for details