School Administration Assistant, Events
- Employer
- UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Salary
- AU$78,077- AU$87,420 per annum + 17% Super
- Closing date
- 9 Jan 2022
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- Job Type
- Professional Services, Administrative
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
- Full time continuing
- Opportunity to provide general administrative support at School of Social Political Sciences
- HEO 5 Base Salary $78,077- $87,420 + 17% superannuation
About the opportunity
The School Administration Assistant - Communications and Events works under guidance and is responsible for making decisions in the completion of daily tasks related to functions of the office and their key accountabilities. The incumbent is expected to exercise a degree of initiative and judgement in planning work activity, and resolving problems associated with day-to-day operating procedures directly linked to their key accountabilities.
Your key responsibilities will be to:
- deliver daily administration activities and services ensuring that high quality and efficient administrative support is provided in a pro-active manner to staff, students, clients and visitors
- explore administrative matters and prepares advice, recommendations and solutions related to specific projects, policies and operational issues, identifying and ensuring all relevant initiation and/or follow-up of necessary action under broad direction from more senior staff
- provide timely update of website content as requested, using best practice principles and exercising judgment to ensure accuracy and relevance of publishing information
- in consultation with the Communication and Events Officer schedule social media posts and actively engage new students and staff to follow the School
- assist in the drafting and layout of a variety of written documents, reports and presentations at the direction of the Communications and Events Officer and SAM
- prepare meeting agendas and take meeting minutes for various departmental and administrative meetings.
About you
We are looking for a School Administration Assistant - Communications and Events who possesses:
- demonstrated ability to interpret and implement policy and procedures and in establishing and reviewing administrative processes
- excellent computer skills including complete Microsoft Office suite, databases, and web-based software such as Adobe Dreamweaver, Interwoven CMS and HTML
- excellent time management and planning skills, including the ability to work under pressure, prioritize workloads to meet multiple deadlines, and maintain attention to detail in a high-volume environment
- excellent verbal and written communication skills, with experience in handling a wide range of enquiries and providing excellent customer service
- strong problem-solving skills and the ability to use initiative and exercise sound judgement and ability to prioitise workload during busy periods
- well-developed negotiation, conflict resolution, relationship building, and influencing skills
- experience working with desktop publishing tools: Adobe InDesign and Photoshop
- previous experience working in an administrative role.
Closing date for applications
11:59 pm, 9 January 2022
Please note: The University of Sydney will be closed from 24 December 2021 until 9 January 2022 inclusive.
How to apply
Please click here to apply
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The University of Sydney was established in 1850 and is consistently recognised, both locally and internationally, for its outstanding teaching and research excellence. Sydney alumni include Prime Ministers, Governor Generals, Nobel Prize winners and leaders in every field of endeavour.
The University offers a comprehensive range of courses, including a number of disciplines unique in Australia. Teaching is spread across nine different state-of-the art campuses, located across New South Wales.
The University of Sydney’s commitment to excellence in research has resulted in an outstanding record in national competitive funding and underpins an approach to teaching which has won nominations for excellence and resulted in high student satisfaction ratings. The University has 78 research centres and institutes and is home to three ARC Centres of Excellence.
The teaching, research and cultural life of the University is supported by extensive facilities, including the largest library collection in the Southern Hemisphere, the world-class Nicholson Museum of archaeological antiquities, the Macleay Museum of natural history and ethnographic collections and the University Art Gallery. Its outstanding sporting and recreation facilities provide a training centre for students and Olympic athletes.
The University of Sydney is a key member of the Group of Eight Australian major research-intensive universities, and the Worldwide Universities Network.
Campuses
The University of Sydney has nine official campuses.
1. Camperdown/Darlington Campus.
2. Cumberland Campus. Home to the Faculty of Health Sciences (based in Lidcombe).
3. Mallett Street Campus. Home of the Sydney Nursing School.
4. Sydney Conservatorium of Music Campus. In Macquarie Street, central Sydney.
5. Rozelle Campus. Home to Sydney College of the Arts.
6. Surry Hills Campus. Home to the Faculty of Dentistry.
7. Camden Campus. Contains facilities connected to the Faculty of Veterinary Science and the Faculty of Agriculture and Environment.
8. Burren Street Campus. Facilties are currently under development.
9. Sydney Medical School campuses. These include the School of Rural Health (in Dubbo and Orange), the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Concord Hospital, Westmead Hospital, the Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Nepean Hospital, Northern Clinical School, Sydney Adventist Hospital, Broken Hill University Department of Rural Health, and Northern Rivers University Department of Rural Health.
Faculties
The University of Sydney has 16 faculties.
1. Agriculture and Environment
2. Architecture, Design and Planning
3. Arts and Social Sciences
4. Business (Business School)
5. Dentistry
6. Education and Social Work
7. Engineering and Information Technologies
8. Health Sciences
9. Law (Sydney Law School)
10. Medicine (Sydney Medical School)
11. Nursing and Midwifery
12. Pharmacy
13. Science
14. Sydney College of the Arts
15. Sydney Conservatorium of Music
16. Veterinary Science
Number of Employees
Full-time employees: 7616
For more information, please visit: http://sydney.edu.au/
- Telephone
- +(61) 2 9351 2222
- Location
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UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
NEW SOUTH WALES
2006
Australia
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