Employment Type – Permanent Part Time
Hours per fortnight – 32
Job Category – Administration - Administration Assistant
Req Id – 7851
About The Role
MHDAS (Mental Health and Drug & Alcohol Services) delivers comprehensive, recovery‐oriented mental health care across inpatient, community, and specialist programmes, supporting consumers, families, and carers through all stages of their mental health journey. The service is committed to safe, high‐quality care aligned with Victorian mental health reform priorities.
The MHDAS Education Team underpins this by designing and coordinating training, student placements, and workforce development initiatives that build capability, support safe practice, and strengthen the future workforce pipeline.
Working within this team, the role plays a critical coordination and support function, ensuring the seamless delivery of education activities and contributing to a well‐trained, sustainable mental health workforce.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide high‐level secretarial and executive assistance to support the effective functioning of the MHDAS Education Team.
* Provide a secretariat for committees chaired by the Education Team and general administrative support to the MHDAS Education Team.
* Act as a link between educators, universities, community groups and corporate partners.
* Incorporate office management tasks to ensure smooth day‐to‐day operations and facilitate harmonious relationships.
* Manage the rostering of nursing students.
* Develop yearly planners for all training and teaching, including flyers and marketing distribution of education programmes.
* Oversee the co‐ordination and administrative functions associated with MHFA & ASIST.
What We Are Looking For
We seek a highly organised and proactive professional with strong executive support and office management capabilities, able to coordinate complex schedules, manage competing priorities, and maintain seamless administrative operations. Successful candidates will demonstrate excellent stakeholder engagement skills, attention to detail, and the ability to support a dynamic mental health education environment with professionalism and efficiency.
Benefits
* Excellent working conditions and a strong sense of job satisfaction
* A vibrant staff wellbeing program and access to the 24/7 Employee Assistance Program
* Extensive professional development opportunities
* Attractive salary packaging benefits
o Living expenses capped at $9,010
o Meals and entertainment capped at $2,650
Diversity and Inclusion
Barwon Health is an inclusive and welcoming employer, committed to reflecting the diverse communities we serve. We value and celebrate people of all genders, sexual orientations, cultural backgrounds, faiths, abilities, family structures, and identities, and encourage applications from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, and members of the LGBTIQA+ community.
Child Safety
We are strongly committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people.
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