Purpose That Counts – What you'll be doing
* Proactively manage the CEO's calendar, aligning commitments with strategic and operational priorities.
* Coordinate executive meetings, Board engagements, travel and key events.
* Prepare high‐quality briefings, correspondence, presentations and supporting materials.
* Act as a central coordination point across the Board, ELT, and government, ensuring alignment on priorities and timely decision‐making.
* Provide guidance and mentoring to the broader EA/PA cohort, supporting positive culture, alignment and capability growth.
* Triage and prioritise incoming requests, determining appropriate action, escalation.
* Track actions and commitments, ensuring timely follow‐through and accountability.
* Maintain strong standards of governance, confidentiality and information management.
* Identify opportunities to streamline processes and enhance executive support practices.
People Who Count – What you'll bring
You bring extensive experience supporting a CEO in a complex environment, paired with a calm, confident and highly capable approach.
* Extensive experience managing complex diaries, competing priorities and high volumes of sensitive information.
* A proven ability to act as a trusted adviser, anticipating needs, shaping priorities and managing or resolving matters before escalation.
* Strong judgement in triaging requests, with the ability to assess risk, urgency and business impact.
* Experience supporting Board and senior executives, including preparing briefings and Board papers, coordinating meetings, and enabling timely, well‐informed decision‐making.
* Highly developed stakeholder management skills, with confidence engaging across Board, government and senior leadership environments.
* A disciplined approach to managing information flow, correspondence, briefings and papers, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
* Demonstrated experience improving administrative systems, workflows or executive support practices.
* Experience leading and working across EA/PA teams as a trusted mentor, supporting capability growth, promoting positive culture and consistency across ways of working.
Additional qualifications: relevant tertiary qualifications and transferable experience. A current and unrestricted driver licence is required.
Benefits That Count
* Attractive annual base salary $151,000 plus superannuation.
* QRI Lifestyle membership option, providing access to over 2,000 exclusive discounts and services.
* Free services supporting physical, emotional and financial wellbeing.
* Access to over 380 gyms and pools via discounted Fitness Passport membership.
* Range of leave entitlements for eligible employees.
Queensland Rail values a diverse workforce and encourages diversity across gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels and more. Reasonable adjustments are provided for candidates and employees.
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