Job description
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. 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.
About the role
- The Executive Assistant provides a range of executive support and administrative services to facilitate the delivery of Our Watch operations and support Senior Executives to work as efficiently as possible.
- Primarily you will be supporting two executives who have responsibility of our corporate services functions which include People & Culture, Finance, Quality Risk & Compliance, IT, Legal, Procurement and Corporate Planning.
- Requiring a high level of administrative and operational support, the role is responsible for a wide range of complex and confidential reporting, analytical, and governance functions while providing a high level of specialist support.
- We are seeking someone to work 25-30hrs per week and are open to that being worked over 4 or 5 days (potential for school hours).
About you
- We are looking for an experienced executive assistant with exceptional organisational skills. You will be able to proactively pre-empt administrative needs, apply sound judgement, and work in tandem with the Executives that you support.
- Your previous roles should have included exposure to a corporate services function. Any exposure to Finance & Risk Committees would be highly regarded.
- In addition to being highly organised, you will have excellent attention to detail and be a natural at developing and maintaining relationships with the Our Watch staff and key stakeholders.
- You will have a sound working knowledge of administration processes, relevant business protocols, policies, procedures and their application, as well as advanced computer operation skills.
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 was recently recognised at the 2023 Australian HR Awards for the Best Workplace Flexibility Program and receiving an Excellence Award as an Employer of Choice in the Not-for-Profit Sector. Our Watch has also recently been announced as an Inclusive Employer by Diversity Council Australia.
For the full list of our award winning employee benefits, please view the ‘Work with us’ page on our website here.
A few of our unique award winning benefits include:
- Commitment to work life balance for staff, including flexible hours/ways of working and 5 additional personal leave days per year.
- 12 weeks paid parental leave for all new parents.
- Innovative leave policies, such as floating public holiday leave, cultural leave
- Cultural remuneration package for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff
How to Apply
To apply, please click on the ‘Apply Now’ button and upload your current resume and cover letter for consideration.
Please note that in instances where there are a high number of applicants, those with a cover letter will be prioritised. You can submit your cover letter as a video if you prefer.
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. Our Watch is proud to offer Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander staff an additional remuneration package in recognition of the cultural load they carry and ongoing impacts of colonisation.
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 for this role will be assessed as received.
