Administrative Support Role
This is an exciting opportunity to join our high performing team as an Administrative Support Officer.
The successful candidate will be responsible for providing administrative support across various functions, including recruitment, operations, learning and development, and WHS. This role requires a high level of attention to detail, flexibility, and effective time management skills to deliver client services within the team.
The ideal candidate will have comprehensive Microsoft skills and the ability to pick up new systems with ease. They will also possess strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to establish priorities, manage workloads, and identify when to reschedule and reorganise work to reflect changes in priority.
In addition to their technical skills, the successful candidate will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to foster a cohesive team environment by proactively sharing information and assisting colleagues to meet goals and deadlines.
About the Role:
* Pivotal role in supporting P&C operations with a focus on administering end-to-end recruitment at Council.
* Requires flexibility to work across multiple functions within the team: recruitment, operations, learning and development and WHS.
* Provides support to committee meetings by generating agendas and minutes.
What's On Offer:
* A competitive salary range from $34.00 per hour with competency-based increments up to $38.95 per hour, plus 12% super.
* 70 hour, 9 day fortnight.
* A maximum-term contract 6 months, with the possibility of extension or permanency subject to performance, funding and operational need.
* Flexibility in hours available
o full time - 70 hour, 9 day fortnight; or
o part time 31 hours (4 days per week)
* Training and development opportunities.
* Flexible work options for a healthy work/life balance.
* Generous employment conditions.
We Are Seeking:
* Accuracy, attention to detail and the ability to maintain confidentiality.
* Comprehensive Microsoft skills and the ability to pick up new systems with ease.
* The ability to meet deadlines on a daily basis.
* The ability to apply your generalist people and culture knowledge.
* Someone who enjoys teamwork and providing administrative support.
* Someone who can use their initiative to problem solve and contribute to continuous improvements.
About Us:
* Located on the picturesque far North Coast of NSW, bordering the Gold Coast.
* The Tweed is a vibrant, diverse location offering a lifestyle near the water, in a rainforest or on a farm.
* Tweed Shire Council is committed to employment equity and diversity and encourages applications from people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds in both traditional and non-traditional roles.
* Join an employer of choice Professionals Australia has named Council the 2021 Employer of Choice for our great employment practices within NSW local government.
Where It's Located:
This position is based in Murwillumbah and can be directed to work from any Council work site.
Position Closes:
Friday at 12 noon sharp (NSW time). Late applications will not be permitted.
Tweed Shire Council conducts pre-employment assessments as part of its recruitment process.
Job offers are not made until screening has been completed. Tweed Shire Council uses third-party providers to undertake:
* Pre-employment medical – some roles require a functional (physical) assessment, and all positions are subject to drug and alcohol screening.
* Background screening - verifies that the information you have provided throughout the recruitment process is true and correct.
Reference Checks are undertaken by the panel. Your 2 referees should ideally be your current and most recent supervisors.
How To Apply:
You must use your own email address, and not one used previously by another person that has applied for a position with Council.
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