The Human Rights Law Centre, a leading national human rights organisation, seeks an Executive Assistant for the CEO. Highly organised, professional and with exemplary attention to detail, you will be supporting our newly appointed CEO in all aspects of her daily work schedule. This role is full-time, based in the Centre’s Melbourne Office.

About the Human Rights Law Centre

The Human Rights Law Centre uses strategic legal action, policy solutions and advocacy to support people and communities to eliminate inequality and injustice and build a fairer, more compassionate Australia.

Our vision is an Australia where everyone is free to lead a decent, dignified life; where our laws, policies and institutions promote fairness and equality; and where people and communities have the power to address inequality and injustice and ensure that governments always act in the public interest.

The Human Rights Law Centre is a registered charity with offices in Melbourne and Sydney. We have a diverse staff team and Board with a strong, shared commitment to creating a better, fairer Australia.

About the role

The Human Rights Law Centre is seeking an Executive Assistant to the CEO. This is a new position for the Centre and as such you will have the opportunity to make the role your own, developing new systems and procedures in conjunction with the CEO and the Operations team. The position will be busy and varied, within a small, friendly, professional team and will be highly rewarding for an efficient, competent EA, looking to work for a driven and engaging CEO in a highly regarded human rights organisation.

Key responsibilities

• Calendar management, including preparing schedules, agendas and briefing the CEO in advance of meetings
• Providing confidential secretarial and administrative support, including preparation of papers, correspondence, strategic documentation, and other documents
• Triage and proactively respond to incoming emails where appropriate, alerting the CEO to any high priority issues as they arise
• Planning and coordination for key meetings including scheduling, agenda preparation and distribution, minute taking, room set up, meeting and greeting visitors as required.
• Drafting correspondence on behalf of the CEO
• Supporting Management Team staff with travel arrangements, events or meetings other projects that may arise in agreement with the CEO
• Coordinating and contributing to CEO led engagements, events or projects, as directed
• Administrative duties such as filing, coding invoices, reconciling CEO credit card statement, etc
• Maintain the HRLC policy library, ensuring policies are current and accessible and managing the approval process for Board level policies

Key selection criteria

• Experience working as an EA to the CEO in a busy environment
• Outstanding time management and excellent attention to detail
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Advanced computer skills, high level of confidence with the Microsoft Office suite of products and an ability to learn new systems
• Willingness to contribute to a work culture that reflects our human rights values
• Experience working in a not-for-profit environment

Terms and conditions

• The Human Rights Law Centre is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce. We know our team and our work is stronger with a diversity of backgrounds and experience, including lived experience of the issues we work on. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people of colour, people from culturally and linguistically diverse and refugee backgrounds, people with diverse religious beliefs, women, LGBTIQ+ people and people with a disability are strongly encouraged to apply.
• The full-time annual salary for this role is $88,069 plus superannuation.
• The Human Rights Law Centre’s Enterprise Agreement provides benefits including 5 weeks annual leave and paid cultural and ceremonial leave. See further: Human Rights Law Centre Enterprise Agreement.
• The position is an ongoing, full time position with a six month probation period.
• The Human Rights Law Centre has charity tax status enabling us to offer staff generous salary packaging options. The tax savings for staff who take full advantage of salary packaging options significantly increases their take home pay.
• The Human Rights Law Centre offers flexible working arrangements, opportunities for professional development and mentoring, and a workplace culture that is collaborative, dynamic, values diversity and is committed to learning and looking after each other.

Applications

Applications should be sent to Caitlin Reiger via the "Apply Now" button. Applications should comprise:

• a cover letter (maximum 1 page)
• a document addressing the key selection criteria (maximum 3 pages); and
• your resume.

Please combine these as a single PDF document, clearly named with your name in the document title.

Further information

For further information about the Human Rights Law Centre, see www.hrlc.org.au. For further information about this position, email [email protected] using the subject line: Executive Assistant enquiry via EthicalJobs.

A position description is attached.