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Executive assistant

Melbourne
Monash University
Executive Assistant
Posted: 28 April
Offer description

Your Impact

In this trusted and influential role, you will:

* Provide exceptional executive support, managing diaries, travel, correspondence, credit card reconciliations and workflows for senior leaders.
* Draft, edit and coordinate high-quality documents, including briefings, reports, presentations and correspondence.
* Facilitate effective communication between the CEO, senior managers, colleagues and external stakeholders.
* Coordinate meetings, events and conferences, ensuring every detail, from agendas to follow-up actions, is handled with professionalism.
* Support committees and working groups, including minute-taking, action tracking and document preparation.
* Advise on administrative policies and processes, contributing to continuous improvement and organisational efficiency.
* Manage records and information systems, maintaining accurate, confidential and accessible documentation.
* Build strong working relationships across the organisation and with external partners, delivering consistent and high-quality service.

What You'll Bring

You are a polished and reliable executive support professional with:

* A relevant degree or equivalent experience in executive or high-level administrative roles.
* Demonstrated experience supporting senior leaders in busy, complex environments.
* Outstanding organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritise and meet competing deadlines.
* Exceptional attention to detail and the confidence to handle confidential and sensitive information.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to engage effectively with diverse stakeholders.
* Sound judgment, initiative and problem-solving skills.
* Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office and business systems.

Why This Role Matters

This role is more than administration, its about enabling leadership. Your work will directly support executive decision-making, strengthen organisational capability, and ensure the office operates with excellence, efficiency and professionalism.

While we are looking to recruit at FTE you will have some flexibility over when your hours are worked, our preference leans toward you spreading your working time over a minimum of 4 days per week.

About Monash University

At Monash, work feels different. There's a sense of belonging, from contributing to something ground breaking – a place where great things happen.

We value difference and diversity, and welcome and celebrate everyone\'s contributions, lived experience and expertise. That's why we champion an inclusive and respectful workplace culture where everyone is supported to succeed.

Some 20,000 staff work for Monash around the world. We have 95,000 students, four Australian campuses, and campuses in Malaysia and Indonesia. We also have a major presence in India and China, and a significant centre and research foundation in Italy.

In our short history, we have skyrocketed through global university rankings and established ourselves consistently among the world's best tertiary institutions. We rank in the world's top-50 universities in rankings including the QS World University Rankings 2026.

Learn more about Monash.

Today, we have the momentum to create the future we need for generations to come. Accelerate your change here.

Monash supports flexible and hybrid working arrangements. We have a range of policies in place enabling staff to combine work and personal commitments. This includes supporting parents.

To Apply

Please submit a current copy of your resume along with a cover letter in which you address how you meet the key selection criteria in the position description.

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