The RAES Administration Receptionist is the face of the front office and is responsible for ensuring an effective, efficient and high-quality administrative service. They are responsible for assisting in the provision of a culturally appropriate service to all visitors and clients.
Remuneration package:
Employment Type Full Time
Salary Range: $70,136.95 per annum (pro-rata)
Entitlements/Benefits: 6 Weeks Annual Leave + 2 Weeks Sick Leave + 2 Weeks Ancillary Leave + 1 RDO per Month
Location: Kalano’s CDP Administration Office – 2/3 First Street, Katherine NT
Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week – 7.5 hours per day [Monday to Friday | 08:00am – 4:30pm]
Key Responsibilities:
• answering phones
• Contacting daily appointment lists
• Liaising with jobseekers and linking them to Support Officer
• responding to emails
• redirecting queries to appropriate services
• Weekly Mail runs
• cleanliness of office
• sign in and out books and appointments
• filing and systems management
• ad-hoc duties as requested by office staff
Essential Competencies (knowledge, skills and attributes):
• Competent use of computer software packages such as word, excel, email and internet
• Sound Work Ethics – reliability, honesty, confidentiality, responsibility
• Ability to work in a team as well as unsupervised
• Cross cultural awareness and effective communication skills
• Working knowledge of WHS principles and practices
• Working knowledge of all Kalano Policies and Procedures
• Willingness to undertake further training as required
Mandatory Requirements:
•Current driver’s licence and willingness to travel within RAES region 31.
•Current Police Check
•Working with Children’s Clearance
Indigenous and/or Torres Strait Islander persons encouraged to apply
Applications Close: Thursday, 3rd September 2026
All applications are to include an up-to-date Resume and a Cover Letter addressing your suitability for the role and to be sent to Human Resources before the closing date to be accepted.
s can be obtained from Human Resources.
Phone 08 89722588 | Email hr@kalano.org.au
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.
