Careers

• Work for a Leading Social Purpose Organisation
• Permanent full-time role  
• Based in our Cairns office

About the Organisation

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers.   

Make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable Australians with this unique opportunity to provide both corporate expertise and community support. With a focus on people, not profit, Life Without Barriers’ corporate services team partners with our direct support staff, clients, and their families to ensure we continue our mission to change lives for the better.  If a truly inclusive, collaborative, and fast-paced work environment sounds like your next career move, this is an opening not to be missed.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

About the Role

We are looking for an exceptional office all-rounder to manage the day to running of our Cairns administration hub where you will be the face of the LWB Cairns office. You will be responsible for greeting all visitors, including our clients who enjoy coming into the office regularly to see the teams. 

You must be a highly organised individual with a passion for helping people and have the ability to pre-empt the needs of those you support. This will include making sure the office is running smoothly and efficiently while providing administrative support to all our LWB services that work out of the Cairns office. 

The Administration Officer role is offered as a permanent full time position (Monday - Friday). Our Cairns office is a hive of activity so you must love a busy and lively work environment and be able to juggle multiple requests while being able to prioritise and manage your own workload.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to the Managers and Client Services teams
• Reception duties such as answering incoming telephone calls and greeting visitors 
• Schedule appointments, meetings and teleconferences and provide administrative support to those meetings when needed
• Coordinate meeting requirements - catering, room, equipment & document preparation
• Help Managers coordinate their diaries for team meetings and stakeholder meetings
• Support teams with onboarding new starters into the office, assist with arranging introductions with key staff and support functions and assist with systems training during induction
• Manage Fleet requests and ensure the good order of LWB vehicles and scheduling of maintenance in accordance with Fleet Management Policy and Procedures
• General day to day running of the office and maintaining the stock of administration supplies and kitchen 

Skills & Experience

• Certificate III in Business Administration or previous relevant experience
• High level administrative skills and experience in providing support and assistance to management 
• Ability to pick up systems and programs quickly and able support staff on training on new administrative systems and programs where needed
• Strong written and oral communication, interpersonal and customer service skills
• Ability to manage sensitive information and maintain a high degree of confidentiality
• Effective time management and organisational skills
• Demonstrated ability using Microsoft Office suite programs, particularly Excel and PowerPoint 
• Current Australian Drivers Licence

Successful candidates will be required to clear QLD probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check.

Please note: To be considered for and appointed to a position at Life Without Barriers, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or hold a valid medical exemption certificate.  You will be required to provide evidence of your vaccination status during the recruitment process.

Benefits

• Rewarding role with opportunities for professional development
• Competitive salary with salary packaging benefits
• Monthly RDO

 How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact Joelene at recruitment@lwb.org.au

Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications may be reviewed prior to the closing date; and as such the closing date is subject to change without notice. Current application closing date is midnight Wednesday 27th of November.