Senior Administration Officer

Make an Impact Behind the Scenes of Child and Youth Mental Health Care

Be the organisational force that supports exceptional leadership and helps improve the lives of children, young people and their families across Metro South Health.

Join the Child and Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS) and play a pivotal role in supporting senior leaders while driving efficient, high-quality administrative services across Metro South Health. This is a dynamic opportunity for an experienced executive administrator who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys improving systems and processes.

• Provide high-level executive and secretariat support to the CYMHS Nursing Director/Nurse Practitioner, Director of Community Services and Allied Health, and the broader Leadership Team.
• Lead and coordinate key administrative functions including recruitment and onboarding, rostering workflows, referral management, SharePoint administration and business support processes.
• Manage complex diaries, correspondence, meetings, projects and documentation while exercising initiative, sound judgement and maintaining confidentiality.

You are a highly organised and proactive administration professional with exceptional communication skills and the ability to manage competing priorities in a complex healthcare environment. You build positive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders and are committed to delivering outstanding customer service.

• Demonstrated experience providing high-level executive or administrative support, with the ability to work independently, manage competing priorities and consistently meet deadlines.
• Strong organisational, communication and problem-solving skills, with experience preparing professional correspondence, coordinating meetings and supporting projects.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, electronic business systems and records management, with the ability to quickly learn Queensland Health systems and processes.

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• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services:

Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services provide inpatient, hospital-based and community mental health and community alcohol and drug services for all age groups across a number of campuses.

We embrace a forward looking, progressive approach and work collaboratively with all stakeholders in order to achieve expected outcomes. A clear and strong consumer and carer focus is promoted with our vision being to provide our community excellence in consumer centred, integrated care across the continuum of addiction (alcohol and drug) and mental health services.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are better together.