*Salary range updated

• Location: Supporting a Director based in Hobart; potential for this role to be based in a capital city in the east-coast time zone with Hobart, Canberra or Melbourne preferred
• Term: On-going
• Job type: Full-time
• Salary: $80.5K to $85.5K

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply.

The opportunity:

As EDO enters an exciting period of growth, we have a new opportunity for an experienced administrator to support the Director, Healthy Environment and Justice.

In this newly created role you will support the Program Director based in Hobart, as well as the nation-wide legal program.

Your days will be varied - from project management of funding agreements, tracking performance of the program against KPIs, and preparing reports to funders, working closely with the Director on new proposals, to diary and email management, and working with EDO lawyers across the country.

Candidate profile:

We are looking for a skilled administrator, with a commitment to attention to detail and accuracy, who can problem solve and work on their own initiative, while being part of a collaborative team. You will need to be enthusiastic, and flexible, with a high level of computer competency, and experience in grant management.

At a personal level you will be comfortable working with diverse communities, a team player, excellent communicator and confident working collaboratively in a distributed team environment.

You are:

• An experienced administrator, who is highly organised and able to keep a cool head under pressure.
• Passionate. About environmental justice and about the environment.
• A people person. You have the confidence to liaise with Government and other funding bodies, clients, and others.
• Motivated. You’ve got get up and go. You’re going to take ownership of new this role and truly make a difference.

Perks:

• The chance to be part of the largest environmental legal practice in the Australia-Pacific.
• A flexible and family-friendly workplace.
• Extra leave over the Christmas period.
• Ongoing professional development opportunities.

About us:

We are a national public interest environmental law organisation, the largest in Australia Pacific. Over our 30-year history we have developed a formidable track record of empowering communities and delivering effective protection of the environment through legal services.

With the 8 Environmental Defenders Offices around Australia merging in late 2019, we are now entering a period of substantial growth necessary to meet the growing demands of the public for public interest legal services to address environmental and public health issues such as climate change.

As the region’s legal experts in our field, we aim to be a brave, unified, and focused team, committed to inclusion and excellence in all that we do. We strive to be a diverse and inclusive workplace supporting a highly skilled, engaged, and effective team, where everyone can feel that they belong.

Our Values:

Commitment – We are committed to; a united organisation, to each other, to collaboration, to justice, to our communities and to creating a world where nature thrives.

Diversity – We are respectful of and welcome diversity of staff, volunteers, offices, environmental regions, communities, stakeholders.

Integrity – We work effectively, efficiently, strategically, professionally, and ethically; “justice is in our nature”.

Visionary – We lead change and environmental empowerment using innovation, creativity, and courage.

A position description is attached.

For further information, contact Nicole Sommer, Director, Healthy Environment and Justice via email at [email protected] using the subject line: Executive & Program Assistant enquiry via EthicalJobs.