The Position
Provide administrative and operational support to the Head of the Australia First Nations Program. The role plays an important coordination and communication function across multiple stakeholders both internally and externally.
Maximum Term Contract – 12 Months (Parental Leave)
Part Time – 18.5 Hours Per Week
Responsibilities include:
- Maintain Head of AFNP calendar including planning and scheduling meetings, prioritising commitments, conferences, teleconferences and travel schedule
- Monitor emails and routing correspondence
- Coordinate whole of Program team meetings – drafting agenda and minutes including follow up actions
- Manage relationships with key internal stakeholders including actioning requests, managing deadlines and troubleshooting.
- Assist in managing Head of AFNP dynamics approvals and acquittals.
- Organise end to end travel management for AFNP Lead Team
- Provide HR support to the Head of AFNP in completing WVA forms
Who we are looking for:
You will need to be self-motivated with strong initiative whilst also having the ability to work within a team.
You will also have:
- Highly developed PA and Office Management experience including the ability to provide administrative and operational support
- Demonstrated ability to organise, schedule and plan and to meet rigid and conflicting demands and deadlines along with the ability to adapt to changed priorities
- Excellent time management and organisational skills
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to produce clear and accurate communications that are appropriate for their intended audience
- Proven computer literacy skills, including use of Microsoft Office suite with attention to detail and a high level of accuracy
- Experience in dealing with confidential material and sensitive matters
- Cert IV or equivalent in Business Administration
Working for World Vision means you are making the world better
It’s not every day that a job comes along that lets you change the world. Working for World Vision means looking forward to turning up at work because you know you’re about to do something meaningful. It means working with 35,000 staff and 3.3 million supporters in 100 countries who will stop at nothing to help children live better lives. Join a team that is bold and courageous, and where job satisfaction goes beyond financial reward.
The selection process
For your information, the interviews will start immediately, and the role may be filled before the closing date.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply.
We embrace diversity, employing people from a variety of cultural and religious backgrounds. We take our Safeguarding responsibilities seriously and we are committed to providing an environment that is safe for children. Our stringent recruitment procedures make sure the safest and most suitable people work with the children in our programs. All successful candidates will undergo all required pre-employment checks which is inclusive of a criminal record check. We provide our staff and volunteers with ongoing supervision, support, and training in their work with vulnerable children and their families. World Vision Australia participates in the Inter-Agency Scheme for the Disclosure of Safeguarding-related Misconduct in Recruitment Process within the Humanitarian and Development Sector.
Who we are
For more than 40 years, World Vision has been partnering with First Nations communities through our Australia First Nations Program. The program is dedicated to helping First Nations communities build on their strengths and achieve their own development goals. Working at World Vision as a First Nations staff means you will be well represented and supported within the team. Through the program’s staff network, you will have a safe space to connect, collaborate and seek advice no matter where you are based.
World Vision is a Christian organisation that empowers everyday Australians to create meaningful change for children through relief, development and advocacy work.
We offer great benefits such as salary packaging, flexible working arrangements, free on-site parking and an onsite café for our employees.
For more information on World Vision and the work we do, please visit our website: https://www.worldvision.com.au/about-us
World Vision Australia is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organisation that is dedicated to transforming the lives of children and communities by tackling the causes of poverty. We are dedicated to increasing opportunities for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people in line with our Reconciliation Action Plan
