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Executive Assistant

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Work type: Permanent
Location: VIC - Metro
Categories: Administration & Operational Support, Communications

We are seeking an experienced Executive Assistant to provide high levels of executive administrative and operational support to the Chief of Private Funding. In this full-time role, you will be responsible for project coordination and communication across multiple stakeholders both internally and externally.

As a clear and confident communicator, you will have the ability to develop relationships with a range of key stakeholders across the organisation, Philanthropic donors and faith based Leaders.

Your main duties and responsibilities will include:

  • Oversee and manage the Chief’s emails, travel arrangements and calendar to ensure efficient time management and prioritisation.
  • Plan and schedule meetings and conferences, ensuring all priority timelines are met
  • Respond professionally, in a timely fashion to all requests from key internal and external stakeholders
  • Collaborate with the C-Suite to support the Leadership Team effectively
  • Maintain strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders ensuring ongoing communications to keep the Chief well briefed and prioritise urgent matters
  • High level of communications both written and verbal with all stakeholders
  • Liaise with the Senior Leadership team, including the WVA Board to ensure seamless coordination and communication

Your skills and experience will include:

To be successful in this role, you will be a seasoned Executive Assistant, preferably with experience in the not for profit space. You will display EA Excellence at all times also thrive in an agile and diverse workforce.

In addition, you will be/have:

  • Exceptional organisational skills, with initiative to solve problems, prioritise workload and manage conflicting priorities and deadlines
  • Strong communication skills (both written and verbal) and organisational skills
  • A proactive self-starter and be able to work with minimum supervision and have a hands on approach
  • Strong relationship building and collaboration skills across all levels of the organisation
  • Ability to professionally influence and challenge stakeholder expectations to ensure Chief and business outcomes are achieved
  • Experience working in a fundraising or philanthropy team environment
  • Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Office skills

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 

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. 

This will be a rolling recruitment process, with shortlisting and interviews being completed as applications are received. Don’t delay. Apply now.

Who we are

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  

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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