Administration Support Officer
Australian Department of Defence
Posted 2 days ago
The Role
Key Accountabilities:
- Liaising with corporate support teams in the Commission and the Department of Health to ensure effective provision of corporate, human resources and IT services to the team
- Providing administrative support to the team including maintaining stationery, postage services, building maintenance requests, maintaining security passes, authorised officer cards, assistance with travel and credit card processing and maintaining up to date contacts and phone lists
- Coordinating arrangements for training and meetings, including preparation of documentation and arranging room bookings, materials and catering when required
- Maintaining timely and accurate records on various IT systems
- Working as a team with Administration Support Officers and Executive Assistants across the Commission to support organisational priorities.
About our Team
8th Signal Regiment is a national regiment that supports and enables with communications abilities to the 2nd Division in their domestic operational requirements 109 Signal Squadron, a part of 8th Signal Regiment, supports elements in Western Australia a part of the national effect for domestic operations. As part of 109 Signal Squadron the potential candidate will work in a small team with peers across Australia in delivering administrative tasks/ processes
Our Ideal Candidate
Qualities and capabilities:
- Demonstrated organisational skills at a high level to provide day to day administrative support to Executives
- Knowledge, or the ability to quickly acquire knowledge of the role and functions of the Commission to support business priorities
- Demonstrated ability to work in productive partnership to optimise performance and achieve business results
- Ability to work with broad supervision, and to identify priorities to meet competing deadlines.
- Effective written communication skills, including the ability to draft various forms of documents and correspondence, and concisely summarise information
- Ability to communicate with influence and work collaboratively to resolve complex issues
Application Closing Date: Thursday 3 July 2025
For further information please review the job information pack, reference ARMY/02371/25 on https://defencecareers.nga.net.au/?jati=CADD4EC0-4EED-3271-3495-E3DB1834381E
About Australian Department of Defence
Role
The primary role of Defence is to defend Australia against armed attack.
Australia's defence policy is founded on the principle of self-reliance in the direct defence of Australia, but with a capacity to do more where there are shared interests with partners and allies.
Strategic Direction
The Defence White Paper was released on 25 February 2016 together with an Integrated Investment Program and Defence Industry Policy Statement.
Defence White Papers are the Government's most important guidance about Australia's long-term defence capability. They provide an opportunity for the Government and community to understand the the opportunities and challenges for Australia's future defence and security needs.
The White Paper provides a strategy aligned with capability and resources to deliver a future force that is more capable, agile and potent and ready to respond to future challenges.
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