Administration Support Officer – Central Coast

Are you interested in being part of the team that supports one of the largest social reforms in Australia empowering individuals and building inclusive communities?

• Full time (38 hrs per week), maximum term role
• $65k – $71k pa (Level 4 – SCHCADS Award) plus access to generous salary packaging up to $18,000pa
• Base location: Gosford and Wyong
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The Role

As the successful applicant, you will provide a range of administrative support functions including customer service and scheduling participant appointments. Your role will require flexibility and offer a broad range of diversity.

Main duties include:

• Providing a professional and welcoming reception service to all participants, carers, families, staff and visitors and being available regular office hours, Monday to Friday, to greet visitors.
• Supporting local management in planning and scheduling participant contact.
• Organising and maintaining appropriate administrative records.
• Preparing meeting rooms, materials and equipment as required.
• Organising catering for meetings, training sessions and events as required.
• Organising travel and accommodation as required.
• Maintenance of day to day operations of local office sites and resources.

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• Demonstrated experience providing reception and administrative/office support.
• Lived experience, or awareness of the impact of existing or acquired disability upon individuals, families, carers and the community.
• A strong team focus with a desire to carry out duties autonomously.
• Good written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to build rapport.
• Genuine commitment to providing high quality customer service to internal and external stakeholders.
• Good time management and organisational skills.
• Good computer skills including the ability to use databases and Microsoft Office packages such as Word, Excel, Outlook.
• A commitment to the values of the St Vincent de Paul Society and ability to maintain an ethical, and non-judgmental, attitude towards staff, participants, carers and families.
• Be culturally aware with an ability to work with people from a range of backgrounds, Aboriginal people and CALD people.
• Influencing / negotiation skills.

The following will also highly regarded:

• Experience in working with people with disability highly desirable

Come and join our team!

Valuing Diversity and Inclusion

St Vincent de Paul Society NSW (the Society) is committed to engaging a diverse workforce.
The Society recognises the value of an inclusive work environment and believes that our diversity is a strength in the work we do with our local communities. We take pride in the diversity of our people and encourage applications from people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTQIA, candidates of any or no religious beliefs and applicants of all ages

We believe our employees are key to our success and in return we offer:

• Job satisfaction working as part of a team making a difference to people’s lives in an organisation that cares about people.
• Generous salary packaging benefits to employees where a portion of take-home pay is tax-free.
• In addition to excellent learning and development programs, as a large purpose driven organisation we provide opportunities to grow your career across a range of teams and services.
• Supportive, friendly and values driven team environment and culture.

Prior to an offer of employment, preferred candidates will be required to complete the pre-employment checks including a Police check, Working with Children check, Health Declaration and/or a medical check, right to work in Australia check. The Society is committed to being a Child Safe organisation, further information can be found in the Society’s commitment to Safeguarding Children & Young People.