Administration Officer | Pathways to Change | Caboolture

Employment Term: Permanent Part-Time (30.4 hours per fortnight)

Location: Caboolture

Remuneration: $38.65 p/h + Super + NFP Salary Packaging (save tax and increase your take home pay)

Make a meaningful difference with UnitingCare Queensland

At UnitingCare we are leaders in crisis response, the protection of vulnerable people and children, financial resilience and family wellbeing. Our FaDS (Family and Disability Services) team work passionately across Queensland to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives.

As an Administration Officer, you’ll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about. Let’s make a meaningful difference, together!

Your part in our UnitingCare team

We are seeking an Administration Officer to provide a range of high level and quality administrative and financial functions to support the management and operational team of our new program Pathways to Change program within the Family Protection portfolio. The Pathways to Change program provides case management, individual targeted counselling and group facilitation within a behaviour change program for a range of clients who are referred, due to their use of violence and abuse within their intimate relationships with prioritisation given to referrals from the Electronic Monitoring Pilot.

Key Responsibilities:

Diary management and travel and accommodation arrangements.

Undertake a range of financial and administrative functions

Prepare reports, business papers, minutes, correspondence, presentations and maintaining databases and other information systems

Support Management in the development and establishment of new services and maintaining the process for recording statistical data and feedback to inform internal reports and research.

Develop, review and implement new processes and procedures to support the service/function run more effectively.

Assist with the organisation of events, functions, workshops and meetings

What makes a difference for us?

Minimum 2 years providing administrative support and assistance to management

Extensive Microsoft Suite skills and knowledge (i.e. Word, Excel, Outlook, SharePoint, Teams, etc.)

Demonstrated ability to manage financial functions

Ability to build and maintain relationships with the Line Management, Admin Team, Senior Management, staff and volunteers.

Strong organisational skills, the capacity to successfully manage competing priorities, maintain attention to detail and meet deadlines.

Experience in organising events, workshops and/or meetings.

Current Qld Driver’s License

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Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and therefore may result in the role closing early if the right applicant is found.

What makes a difference for you?

Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance

NFP Salary Packaging: Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum. To learn more about this benefit watch the video via the following link: Salary Packaging Explained

A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs

12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme

Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events

Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference

A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others

We’d love you to be part of our UnitingCare family

Joining our FaDS, team, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second-largest Queensland employer, we’re a proud not-for-profit with more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, and have been leading by example for more than 100 years.

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:

provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children

implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services

appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple – everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.

Safe workplace

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.