Work Type: Fixed-term - Full-time
Salary: $100,894 - $114,476
Grade: VPS 4
Occupation: Administration
Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs
Reference: VG/DE/SEPS/1932475
About the Department:
The department provides a wide range of learning and development support and services.
The department provides policy leadership, plans for the future of education in Victoria and leads key cross-sector collaboration. The department plays an important system steward role by providing support, guidance, oversight and assurance across early childhood and school education systems, as well as directly providing school education and 50 new early learning centres.
About the Division:
International Education and Partnerships Division (IEPD) leads global learning and engagement activities for the department and works with schools to offer programs to connect students with the world. The IEPD plays a leading role in pursuit of this objective, by:
As part of IEPD, the Executive Assistant's responsibilities are to:
About the Role
Reporting to the Executive Director, the Executive Assistant provides high quality executive and administrative support to the Executive Director and whole division including calendar and email management, travel, and meeting logistics, and briefing and correspondence support. You will use your initiative to prioritise tasks and manage them. This role also includes providing high level HR support to the division and updating divisional data as well as paying invoices and monitoring all workflow.
Attributes
As our ideal candidate, you will have:
Desirable Qualifications and Experience
Desirable 3+ years' experience providing high-level executive support to senior leaders in complex environments
Further Information
For more details regarding this position please see attached position description for the capabilities to address in application.
The department values diversity and inclusion in all forms - gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. For more information about our work, working for the Department, diversity and inclusion, and our employment conditions visit the Department website and our Diversity and Inclusion page
Applicants requiring adjustments can contact the nominated contact person.
Information about the Department of Education's operations and employment conditions can be located at www.education.vic.gov.au.
For further information pertaining to the role, please contact Linda Vaughan via [email protected]
Preferred applicants may be required to complete a police check and may be subject to other pre-employment checks. Information provided to the Department of Education will be treated in the strictest confidence.
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Applications close 11:59pm on 6 July 2027