The Royal Children's Hospital

Executive Assistant

The Royal Children's Hospital  •  Bairnsdale, AU (Onsite)  •  1 day ago
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Job Description

Join our executive Administration
team and play a key role in supporting Executive leadership through high-level
coordination, stakeholder engagement, and day-to-day executive operations. This
role is ideal for a highly organised professional who thrives in a fast-paced,
people-focused environment.

Organisational Profile

GEGAC is an Aboriginal
Community Controlled Organisation based in Bairnsdale Victoria. Consisting of
about 200 staff, GEGAC is a Not-for-Profit organisation that delivers holistic
services in the areas of Primary Health, Social Services, Elders &
Disability and Early Childhood Education.

GEGAC advocates for the
self-determination of the Aboriginal community by prioritising services that
enhance social, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing, with culture at the heart
of everything we do.

Position
Purpose

The
Executive Assistant provides high-level operational and administrative support
to their allocated Executive or Executive Director.

The role
supports effective Executive Office operations through calendar management,
meeting coordination, briefing preparation, stakeholder liaison, correspondence
management, travel coordination, and Executive office administration.

Core
Function

The
Executive Assistant is responsible for:

·Direct Executive
support.

·Calendar and diary
management.

·Meeting coordination.

·Briefing preparation
support.

·Travel and
logistics coordination.

·Correspondence management.

·Stakeholder communications.

·Executive office
administration.

·Operational support
for Executive workflow activities.

·The role provides
day-to-day operational support to the allocated Executive or Executive Director.

Key Selection Criteria

·Demonstrated experience in Executive
Assistant, senior administration, or Executive support environments.

·highly developed organisational and
time management skills.

·Strong written and verbal communication
capability.

·Demonstrated ability to manage competing
priorities and deadlines.

·Strong stakeholder liaison and
relationship management capability.

·Ability to operate with
professionalism, discretion, and confidentiality.

·Strong administrative systems and
workflow management capability.

·Advanced proficiency in Microsoft
Office Suite and Executive Administration systems.

Qualifications and Registrations
Requirement (Essential or Desirable).

·Valid Victorian driver’s licence ESSENTIAL

·Experience within Aboriginal Community
Controlled Organisations, government, health, or community services sectors DESIRABLE

·A satisfactory Working with Children
Check and Fit2Work Police Check ESSENTIAL

·Understanding of culturally safe and
community-controlled organisational practice DESIRABLE

·A person of Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander
background DESIRABLE

·Proof of COVID-19 vaccinated to align with GEGAC
requirements ESSENTIAL

How to apply for this job

A copy of the position description can be obtained
by copying and pasting this URL into your browser: https://gegac.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026-05-Executive-Assistant-PD.pdf

A copy of the position description can also be
obtained by emailing HR@gegac.org.au.

Applicants must address the key selection criteria
for shortlisting.

Any applications that have not addressed the key
selection criteria will not be considered during the shortlisting process.

Applications can also be emailed to
HR@gegac.org.au.

This position will remain open until
filled. Applications may close at any time without notice. To avoid
disappointment or missing out, prospective applicants are strongly encouraged
to apply without delay.”

A valid Working with Children Check and Police
check is mandatory to work in this organisation.

"this advertisement is pursuant to the
'special measures' provision at section 8 of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975
(Cth)".

The Royal Children's Hospital

About The Royal Children's Hospital

The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.

We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.

With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.

We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.

When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.

In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Parkville, AU
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
org.au
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