Employment Type: Temporary Full Time up to July 2026 with potential availability of ongoing employment
Position Classification: Administration Officer Level 6
Remuneration: $80,340.91 - $82,240.21 per annum plus superannuation
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ591524
Location: Newcastle

Application close: 5th August 2025 - 11:59pm

About the opportunity

Step into a pivotal leadership role with NSW Health Pathology as an Administration Supervisor, where your expertise will drive the delivery of high-quality, efficient administrative services within our Forensic Medicine team. This Temporary Full-Time opportunity is ideal for a motivated administration professional with a passion for team development, continuous improvement, and operational excellence. You’ll oversee the day-to-day workflow of a dynamic administrative team, ensuring seamless service delivery that supports both internal teams and the broader community we serve.

In this hands-on role, you’ll manage work allocation, coach and guide staff, and contribute to policy and procedure development to improve outcomes and enhance service quality. You’ll also liaise with stakeholders, prepare high-level correspondence, and support governance and reporting functions aligned with the values and priorities of NSW Health Pathology. If you're ready to bring your experience, initiative and leadership skills to a meaningful, fast-paced environment, we encourage you to apply and be part of a team making a real difference.

What we can offer you

• Accrued Days Off in addition to Annual
• Corporate wellbeing programs, including the Fitness Passport
• Learning and development opportunities, including in-house training with RTO My Health Learning

What you'll be doing

Lead and manage an administrative team to ensure the delivery of an effective, quality focused service to support the Forensic Medicine Administration team.

Interested in joining Australia’s largest public pathology service? Apply now by addressing the following questions:

1. Demonstrated ability to perform a wide range of administrative tasks, exercising independent judgement, discretion and initiative, prioritising work and meeting deadlines
2. Demonstrated ability to determine priorities for others, coordinate allocation of tasks, coach and mentor work performance of staff to achieve service/unit objectives
3. Demonstrated experience in problem solving, conflict resolution and risk management
4. High level interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
5. Demonstrated commitment to providing quality customer-focused service and applying quality improvement initiatives to workplace practices and procedures
6. Demonstrated ability to use a wide range of computer hardware, Microsoft software applications and electronic systems to complete work activities.

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For role related queries or questions contact Belinda Gulliksen on [email protected]

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The preferred candidate may be required to undergo a functional assessment prior to appointment.

Talent Pool

If the selection panel identifies more than one suitable candidate for the role, an eligibility list will be created for future temporary and casual vacancies.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

NSW Health Pathology is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive workplace. We seek to recruit from diverse applicants and create teams with skills, perspectives and experiences that complement each other at work. We welcome suitably qualified applicants regardless of age, ethnicity, socio-cultural background, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.

All staff employed by NSW FASS will be required to supply a reference buccal sample so that their DNA profile can be compared to other generated profiles to exclude the possibility of contamination.