Administration Officer - Sydney, Australia - Life Without Barriers

Life Without Barriers

Verified Company

Sydney, Australia

1 week ago

Posted by:

Olivia Brown

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Description

Job no: 501271

Employment type:
Full Time

Location:
Sydney

Categories:
Administration/Customer Service

About the Organisation

Every day, Life Without Barriers provides support and care to children and young people, as we work collaboratively with families, carers, and communities, to ensure they have the environment they deserve to grow.

With a focus on ensuring safety and respect, this is an opportunity to make a positive and meaningful difference in these young lives and help pave a brighter future.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia.

We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people, and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants.

We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

About the Role

Joining our team as an Administration Officer on Bidjigal Country (in our Hurstville office), you'll be tasked with delivering high quality reception and administrative support to our Aboriginal Family Based Care teams.

To be successful, you'll need to be a motivated team player who thrives on building relationships and have a passion for working within the community services sector.

Key Responsibilities

Provide administrative support to the Sydney Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Team
Comprehensive office management inclusive of telephone enquiries, correspondence with internal and external stakeholders, managing office supply and equipment orders
Diary management, schedule appointments, meetings and teleconferences and provide secretarial support to meetings.
Room bookings, coordinate meeting requirements catering, room, equipment & document preparation
Prepare presentations and reports where required
Support the Area Managers to manage carer probity follow up and assistance with onboarding of new staff
Ensure the good order of LWB vehicles and scheduling of maintenance in accordance with Fleet Management Policy and Procedures

Skills & Experience

Must be of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent
Highlevel administrative skills and experience in providing support to staff and clients
Strong written and oral communication, warm and friendly customer service skills
Excellent interpersonal skills to establish a good rapport with the team and provide excellent customer service to all clients and stakeholders.
Effective time management and organisational skills
Demonstrated ability in using Microsoft Office suite programs
Current Driver's Licence.

Life Without Barriers considers that being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent is a genuine occupational requirement as outlined in section 25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act and permitted as a 'special measure' under section 8 of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) and by articles 1(4) and 2(2) of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.

You will be required to provide contact details for a cultural referee who can comment on your knowledge of issues impacting on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities in contemporary society and your ability to communicate effectively and sensitively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

The cultural referee must identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person.

To be considered for and appointed to a position at Life Without Barriers, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID19 with a minimum of two (2) doses or hold a valid medical exemption certificate, in accordance with Life Without Barriers Employee COVID19 Vaccination Policy. You will be required to provide evidence of your vaccination status during the recruitment process._

Benefits

Discover a purpose you can wrap your heart around
Monthly rostered day off
Generous Salary Packaging benefits $15,900 per year, tax free

How to Apply

Applications close at midnight on Sunday 26
th March
2023 AEDT

We are dedicated to playing our part to reduce the spread of COVID19 and bring continuity of care and support to our clients. With this in mind, if you are successful, we will discuss with you an alternative to a face to face interview._

Advertised: 13 Mar 2023 AUS Eastern Daylight Time

Applications close: 26 Mar :55 AUS Eastern Daylight Time