• Permanent Full Time

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.

About the Organisation

Every day, Life Without Barriers provides support and care to children and young people, as we work collaboratively with families, carers, and communities, to ensure they have the environment they deserve to grow. With a focus on ensuring safety and respect, this is an opportunity to make a positive and meaningful difference in these young lives and help pave a brighter future.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose 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. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.

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

As the first point of contact, the purpose of the role is to present the organisation in a professional, friendly, and caring way and to assist the team in the daily administrative tasks. This position is being offered on a permanent, full-time basis based at Milton. Our office hours are 8:30am - 5:00pm Monday through to Friday.

Key Responsibilities

• Attend to all phone inquiries efficiently, and in a courteous and helpful manner.
• Greet all visitors to the office in a courteous and friendly manner.
• Register and distribute incoming mail received by the office to the appropriate people.
• Collate and register all outgoing mail including registered and express post, newsletters, reports, and general correspondence.
• Undertake general administrative role, including development of correspondence, photocopying faxing, filing, binding, and laminating of documentation.
• Maintenance of electronic address book with all staff details.
• Assist with meetings, ensure areas and kitchen are tidy, clean, and safe.
• Maintain appropriate stocks of stationery and office amenities.
• Consistently maintain the presentation of the office.
• Support and promote the work of Life Without Barriers, maintaining a positive image of the organisation in accordance with level of position.
• Coordinating booking of rooms for meetings.

Skills & Experience

• Qualifications in Human Services and/or demonstrated experience in administration or customer service.
• Strong written and oral communication, interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Ability to manage sensitive information and maintain a high degree of confidentiality.
• Well-developed ability to use initiative, think laterally and strategically.
• Effective time management and organisational skills.
• Demonstrated ability to use the Microsoft Office suite of programs.
• Ability to work independently and as a part of a team.

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check (where relevant to the role).   

Benefits

• Attractive remuneration including salary packaging & monthly RDO
• Work for one of Australia's largest social purpose organisations
• Fantastic career opportunities

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 [email protected], using the subject line: Receptionist - Milton enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications are continuously reviewed prior to the closing date; and as such the closing date is subject to change without notice. 

Life Without Barriers supports the Royal Commission into violence, abuse, neglect, and exploitation of people with disability. We believe people with disability need to be heard and for these experiences to influence how support services like ours are delivered. View our statement (https://bit.ly/2GzZGWA)