Executive Assistant

About The Role

The Executive Assistant plays a key role in providing executive support for three Commissioners in the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission (MHWC). This involves providing confidential secretarial and administrative assistance and ensuring the effective delivery of the Commission's objectives.

The role reports to the Manager, Executive Services and sits within the Executive Services Team.

About Us

The MHWC is an accountability body in the mental health and wellbeing system established under the new Act and recommended by the Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health System. The new MHWC includes Commissioners with lived experience of mental illness or psychological distress and lived experience as a family member, carer, or supporter.

Further information about our functions are available on the MHWC website.

How You'll Make a Difference

• Passionate about meaningful work and contributing towards the reform of Victoria's mental health system.
• A proactive self-starter with proven demonstrated experience in providing the full range of executive support functions to a senior executive
• Highly collaborative and cool under pressure; adept at juggling competing demands when no day is the same
  
  

Suitable Applicants Will Be Able To Demonstrate

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to write in a clear, fluent and concise manner and engage with a range of different people.
• Experience in providing high-level confidential support to a senior executive, preferably in a statutory authority or similar environment.
• Strong planning and organising skills with the ability to identify processes, tasks and resources required to achieve a goal and identify more and less critical activities
  
  

To learn more refer to the Position Description and Key Selection Criteria.

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What We Offer

• On the job training in a supportive team environment
• The opportunity to perform meaningful work, making direct contributions toward enabling Victorians to be the healthiest people in the world.
• A wide range of growth and development opportunities within the department and wider Victorian Public Service & Sector.
• A strong commitment to work-life balance, including a diverse array of flexible working arrangements.
  
  

How To Apply

Applications should include a resume and a cover letter summarising their skills, relevant experience and what they can bring to the role.

Click the ‘Apply' button to view further information about the role including key contact details and the advertisement closing date.

We are committed to developing and supporting a workforce that is well equipped and highly motivated to provide responsive and quality services to all Victorians. We continue to build an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity of backgrounds and differences to realise the potential of our employees for innovation and delivering services aimed at enhancing the lives of all Victorians.

All roles can be worked flexibly and we encourage applications from Aboriginal people, people with disability, LGBTIQ+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. Please contact us if you require any adjustments to participate in the recruitment process at inclusion@health.vic.gov.au. For more information on our commitment to inclusion and diversity see inclusion and diversity at the Department of Health.

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