• Ongoing position - part-time 0.7 EFT
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About Women’s Health East

Women’s Health East is a women’s health promotion agency based in Doncaster East that works across Melbourne’s eastern region. WHE’s vision is equality, empowerment, health and wellbeing for all women. Our strategic priorities are to advance gender equality, prevent violence against women and improve women’s sexual and reproductive health.

Role summary

The Executive Administrative Assistant is a member of the business operations team and is responsible for providing the CEO with administration and secretarial support. Under the direction of the CEO, the Executive Assistant also provides Secretariat support to Women’s Health East’s Board of Governance, including coordination of the Board calendar and work plan, Agenda, Minutes and Board Papers.

The Executive Administrative Assistant operates in a highly confidential capacity and is a trusted professional who provides high-quality planning and administrative services to ensure the CEO’s communications and relationships with internal and external stakeholders are timely, professional and mutually beneficial.

This position supports the Manager Finance & Business Operations to support the day-to-day operations of the organisation by undertaking office coordination duties, supporting key organisational events and activities hosted by the CEO.

Why work for Women’s Health East

Women’s Health East is a pro-choice feminist organisation with a strong culture and a professional and dedicated staff. Employees enjoy a range of benefits that include hybrid working arrangements, special leave, 3 days Annual Office Close down leave over Christmas/New Year break, training and professional development and access to an Employee Assistance Program. Staff can salary package a tax-free component of up to $15,899 of their gross salary per year and salary package a meal entertainment and holiday accommodation benefit.

The position description is attached and also available at www.whe.org.au.

For further information about the position, please contact Melanie Chapman, Manager Finance and Business Operations at [email protected] using the subject line: Executive Administrative Assistant enquiry via EthicalJobs.

If you are an experienced EA, thrive on using your initiative and great organisational skills, love the challenge of managing a variety of tasks we’d be delighted to receive your application. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, women with disability, women from migrant and refugee backgrounds, and LGBTIQ women including trans and gender diverse people who identify as women are strongly encouraged to apply.

Women’s Health East has an exemption under the Equal Opportunity Act to employ only people who identify as women – EO exemption H294/2022.