Posted Tuesday 13 January **** at 1:00 pm Avant is Australia's leading medical defence organisation with a proud heritage of protecting Australian medical professionals for over 130 years.
We're seeking a Personal Assistant to join our Claims Team in our MelbourneCBD office on a fixed-term, part-time basis.
This contract position is until late-December **** and we are open to considering candidates for 3 or 4 days per week.
The key responsibilities include: Assist our Claims team to support our members.
Provide administrative and coordination support to our team including assisting to prepare claims and legal documentation, drafting correspondence, liaising with members, witnesses, experts, court, and tribunal staff.
Provide assistance to members via Avant's telephone call service.
Coordinating meetings and travel arrangements Processing invoices, monthly billings, and MasterCard reconciliations.
To be successful in this role you will have: Previous demonstrated experience in an administrative position in an insurance or legal environment.
Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
Fast and accurate typing skills.
The ability to balance multiple priorities, meet deadlines and show attention to detail.
A high level of competence in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook; and Experience in preparing and maintaining case files.
Why work at Avant?
At Avant, our people are the centre of everything we do for our members.
We offer a range of benefits and opportunities to enable you to make a difference, learn, and grow in your career.
We value our people by offering an inclusive workplace with a diverse range of benefits, flexible working options, career development, and internal mobility opportunities.
Our flexible working arrangements are designed to enable genuine work-life balance.
Your development is our priority and we have a variety of learning and development programs that will support you in your career.
We offer support to our people via Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Health and Wellbeing programs, Tertiary Education Sponsorship and Support.
We have a diverse and connected work environment where your contribution and ideas will be valued and respected and make a real difference to the lives of others.
Avant now represents 90,000 health practitioners and medical students across every state and territory, delivering market leading products and services to meet their professional, personal and practice needs.
Building on this heritage, our vision is to be the most trusted professional partner in supporting doctors throughout their lives and careers.As a mutual organisation, owned by members and run purely for their benefit, our members are at the centre of all we do.
As well as providing products and services to our member, we play a broader community role by advocating for improvements in the healthcare system and in quality, safety and professionalism in medicine, through delivering education and research activities.
Equal Opportunity Employer Avant supports doctors so they can serve Australia's diverse communities.
Having diversity in our workforce brings valuable perspectives and strengthens our ability to support healthcare professionals.We therefore welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ individuals, people with disabilities, and those with caring responsibilities.
Our inclusive workplace is somewhere everyone can succeed.
Ready to join us?
If you're passionate about supporting Australia's healthcare professionals, we'd love to hear from you.
If you require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to contact us at