About Women’s Health West

Women’s Health West provides specialist family violence services to women and their children. We also run prevention programs that promote equity and justice for women and girls in Melbourne’s west.

Our work has actively contributed to improving the health, safety and wellbeing of women and their children in the western metropolitan region of Melbourne since 1988.

One of our wonderful accountants will be going on maternity leave, and as such we are currently recruiting to fill the position of Accountant on a fixed-term basis.

About the role

The Accountant at WHW is responsible for preparing financial acquittals, maintenance of the organisation’s asset register, Flexible Support Packaging brokerage and processing month-end accruals, pre-payment and general journal entries. They are also responsible for managing the purchase order system, PAYG and work cover remuneration lodgement. The position also assists in review and reconciliation of payroll data in collaboration with our coordinator of payroll. This role interacts with staff across the organisation, and at times is in contact with highly confidential information, which requires the role to keenly comply with organisation privacy and confidentiality practices.

The role reports to the Manager – Finance. The role is available between 1 June 2020 and 16 April 2021, and is remunerated at WHW EA Level 5, pay point negotiable dependent on experience (76K-80K per annum pro rata EFT 0.9).

Why join Women’s Health West?

Women’s Health West is a feminist organisation and culturally aligns to feminist values and practices. Women’s Health West’s staff enjoy numerous benefits, including working with a professional and dedicated team of women, ongoing professional development and training, flexible working conditions, and access to an Employee Assistance Program. We also offer considerable benefits through our Enterprise Agreement.

Women’s Health West has a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we work with. We are committed to Equal Employment Opportunity, ethical practice, and the principles of cultural diversity and social inclusion. Women’s Health West has a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), which is endorsed by Reconciliation Australia.

We welcome applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds and experience, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disabilities, and people who identify as LGBTI.

A position description is attached.