POSITION

The United Workers Union is seeking highly motivated Part-time Administrative Support Officer in Darwin.

This is an office-based position of 20 hours per week.

ABOUT UNITED WORKERS’ UNION

United Workers’ Union is a powerful member-led union whose sole purpose is to serve the collective interests of members in workplaces and communities by winning significant and long-lasting gains. The Union is driving change by growing union membership, developing leadership amongst our members, encouraging active member participation in the union, building and enforcing standards in our sectors, and campaigning both politically and in the community.

As a union with a proudly diverse membership, we are committed to equity and inclusion; and continuing to build a union that is truly representative of the workers we cover. We encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, LGBTIQ people and women.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The Administrative Support Officer provides administrative support for the State/Territory office, portfolios, directors, industry and specialist teams to ensure that the office works effectively and efficiently.

Administrative Support Officers undertake core administrative work and will be a detail-oriented team player with great service delivery skills.

KEY Duties

The duties of this position are as follows:

• Reception duties include meet and greet visitors; receive and distribute parcels; incoming and outgoing mail, phone calls from members and the public and monitoring general emails.
• Membership support including updating of records using Unionware .
• Support staff of the state/territory office by completing photocopying tasks, scanning, data entry, typing, formatting, scanning, collating of documents including spread sheets and word processing.
• Manage work releases, worksite requests.
• Support the other administrative roles nationally when large volumes of admin and office support requests come in.
• Coordinate and Maintain stock levels and ordering of office and kitchen supplies.
• Attend to other miscellaneous matters including office, building, IT and phones.
• Coordinate events, venues, catering.
• Maintain electronic archive system.
• Manage employee and visitor swipe card system where applicable.
• Other duties as requested.

Travel

• Issue cab charges.

KEY SELECTION CRITERIA

The skills required for this position are:

• Excellent telephone etiquette and face to face service.
• Positive work attitude and time management.
• Excellent communication, customer service and initiative skills.
• Microsoft Office, Word and Excel.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• A commitment to the United Workers Union’s values.

REMUNERATION

An attractive remuneration package will be offered to the successful applicant, which will include:

• Salary commensurate with demonstrated skills and experience;
• 16% superannuation
• 4 weeks annual leave plus 25% leave loading

How to Apply

Please submit your resume, together with a cover letter addressing the selection criteria to Catherine Coghlan, Deputy Director (People, Culture and Change) through the UWU Careers Portal.

CLOSING DATE

Completed applications must be received by 4pm (AEDT) on the closing date.

For further information about the role, please email [email protected] using the subject line: Administration Officer - NT enquiry via EthicalJobs.