About the role

The Finance, Administration & Facilities Officer will provide finance and administrative support to the Head of Corporate Services and Head of YACVic Rural. As part of the core Corporate Services team but providing support also to the Rural Team, this busy and varied role is three-fold:

• Finance: This role will process accounts payable and accounts receivable transactions, track and follow up debtors and creditors, maintain supplier records, handle bank account reconciliation and credit card account administration, and assist with the processing of other transactions and the update and maintenance of other financial records. When time permits, the position will assist the Head of Corporate Services with the production of financial reports for Board and Management. In addition, this position will assist the Head of Rural with the development of project budgets and with a range of other financial processing tasks.
• Administration: this position provides a wide range of general administrative support to the Head of Corporate Services, and project based administrative support to the Head of YACVic Rural.
• Facilities: This role is responsible for ensuring the smooth running of the Melbourne (Queen Street) office; and also for the smooth transition in and out of phones, laptops and other equipment required by staff working from the office, from other sites or from home.

About the Youth Affairs Council Victoria (YACVic)

Youth Affairs Council Victoria (YACVic) is the peak body and leading policy advocate on young people's issues in Victoria. Our vision is that the rights of young people in Victoria are respected, and they are active, visible and valued in their communities. For over 60 years, YACVic has advocated for the best interests of young people (aged 12-25 years) and the sector that works with them. YACVic provides additional targeted advocacy and services through our key services, YACVic Rural and the Youth Disability Advocacy Service (YDAS).

About YACVic Rural

Funded by the Victorian Government since 2015, YACVic Rural increases YACVic’s presence across the Great South Coast and Southern Mallee regions and expands our state-wide advocacy and support for young people and the youth sector in rural communities. YACVic Rural is managed centrally from Melbourne. YACVic Rural recognises that young people and sector professionals in rural and regional areas have different opportunities and challenges from their metropolitan counterparts.

Benefits of working at YACVic

• Generous terms and benefits
• Flexible, disability friendly, family friendly, rainbow friendly
• Fun work culture, with a social purpose, in a fully accessible Melbourne CBD office
• Diversity, working with a dynamic group of youth organisations that includes regional and rural young people, the Youth Disability Advocacy Service, multicultural, Koorie and rainbow young people.
• High degree of collegial support & sector-leading professional development

Employment conditions

YACVic promotes the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of all children and young people, including those with a disability, those who are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander or those from refugee or migrant backgrounds. We take child protection very seriously.

All employees are subject to screening and assessment against child safety standards, including rigorous background, identity and reference checks. The successful applicant will require a current Working with Children Check and a satisfactory National Police Check (costs reimbursed) and must agree to comply with YACVic’s Code of Conduct, Child Safe policy and procedures.

To be eligible to apply for this position you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, permanent resident or hold a valid work permit or visa.

YACVic is an Equal Opportunity Employer. People with disability, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply for this position.

If you have any questions about the role, please contact Kirsty Greenwood (she/her), Head of Corporate Services - [email protected], using the subject line: Finance, Administration & Facilities Officer enquiry via EthicalJobs, or via 0434 354 948

Please refer to the full position description attached.