Executive Assistant - Brisbane, Australia - Parliamentary Service

Parliamentary Service

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Brisbane, Australia

2 weeks ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

Do you have excellent word processing, research and communication skills? Do you love working in a changing and diverse environment where you can adapt to different workloads? If yes, then this is the role for you
We are looking for a casual Executive Assistant to join our Members' Executive Support team.

You will be responsible for providing a range of administrative and secretarial services to the Members of QLD Parliament, such as:

Typing, reformatting, and editing questions/motions, speeches/speech notes, media releases and correspondence;
Liaising with Electorate Offices in relation to printing, signing and mailing of correspondence;
General research work e.g. locating speeches, statements, questions;
Delivery of messages within the Parliamentary precinct.

You will be required to work during parliamentary sitting weeks for four days, Monday through Thursday. There are approximately 16 sitting weeks per year. The hours of work on a parliamentary sitting day are from 8.00 am to 5.30 pm.

To be successful in this role, you will need to have:

A professional attitude and a high level of confidentiality and discretion;
Demonstrated ability to prepare to a professional standard correspondence to Ministers, constituents and organisations from Members' brief instructions;
Experience working in a small, selfcontained office environment;
A high level of initiative and the ability to work with mínimal supervision and conflicting priorities to meet deadlines under pressure.

The Suitability Statement (no more than 2 pages) should describe your suitability for the position and focus on the experience, skills, knowledge and abilities detailed in the selection criteria section of the position description.

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