About Our Watch
Our Watch is a national leader of primary prevention of violence against women and their children. Our vision is an Australia where women and their children live free from all forms of violence, and our role is to stop violence before it starts. We work to embed gender equality and prevent violence where Australians live, learn, work and socialise. Visit https://www.ourwatch.org.au/ for more information.
About the role
This position provides high-level executive support to either the Government Relations Policy & Evidence or our Prevention in Action Director. You’ll play a key role in enabling the Director and leadership team to operate effectively, ensuring the smooth day-to-day functioning of the directorate.
As part of the Our Watch Executive Assistant team, you will collaborate closely with colleagues to provide coordinated support across the organisation. This includes participating in a rostered, in-person office presence in Melbourne and stepping in to support the broader EA team as needed, including providing leave coverage.
You will be responsible for planning, prioritising and managing a broad range of administrative and operational tasks, helping to streamline workflows, enhance efficiency, and support the delivery of key directorate projects.
About you
You are a highly organised and proactive Executive Assistant who thrives in a fast-paced environment, confidently managing competing priorities and complex diaries. You bring strong attention to detail, ensuring action items, deadlines, and documentation are accurately tracked and maintained.
A collaborative team player, you support senior leaders with meetings, travel, and day-to-day coordination, while working flexibly across teams when needed. You’re reliable, adaptable, and take pride in delivering seamless, high-quality support that enables leaders to perform at their best.
Experience in Asana, Board Effect, and a not-for-profit and/or government environment is preferable.
Why work for us
Our Watch is strongly committed to the wellbeing of its employees, and we strive to continuously improve our employee experiences at work. Our Watch is recognised by the Australian HR Awards for the Best Workplace Flexibility Program, received an Excellence Award as an Employer of Choice in the Not-for-Profit Sector, and is recognised as an Inclusive Employer by Diversity Council Australia. Visit https://www.ourwatch.org.au/about-us/work-with-us/ for more information.
A few of our unique award-winning benefits include:
How to apply
Apply now with your current resume and cover letter. See here for this roles’ position description:
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Our Watch is committed to diversity, we value people of all cultures, languages, capacities, sexual orientations, gender identities and we strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. We are passionate about providing a barrier-free recruitment process; if you require modifications during the application process to meet your access needs, please contact us.
Applications close Sunday 7th June 5:00pm, however applications will be assessed as received.
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.
