Administration Officer

Consumers of Mental Health WA (CoMHWA) is the peak body for people living with mental health challenges in Western Australia. We are a lived experience organisation who are 100% Peer-led.

About the role

Our new Administration Officer (0.6FTE, 3 days a week) will provide administrative support to the education and training team. Duties include all aspects of booking training, maintaining training records via our LMS, liaising with training participants, set up and break down of training rooms, managing the training email and calendar, and other duties as required. 

How to be successful:

Write a cover letter of no more than 2 pages explaining how your work experience meets the essential minimum requirements and desirable requirements. Applications that do not provide a cover letter that addresses the selection criteria will not be considered. If you require assistance applying, please contact CoMHWA.

Essential minimum requirements for this position:

• Demonstrated high level interpersonal and communication skills, including active listening skills.

• Demonstrated planning and organisational skills, including experience in establishing priorities.

• High level general computer skills (Outlook, Word, Teams, some Excel) and data entry skills.

• Ability to work autonomously, use initiative, and work as part of a team to accomplish shared goals.

• It is a genuine occupational qualification of this position to have a lived experience of mental health/social and emotional wellbeing issues and recovery in accordance with section 66(s)(c) of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984. All employees at CoMHWA meet this requirement.

Desirable requirements

• Experience in a training/education environment or working for a not for profit community services or mental health organisation.

• Experience in a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) using an LMS (Learning Management System).

• Experience creating procedures for administrative tasks.

In addition to the advertised salary the successful applicant will have the option to participate in a very attractive tax reducing salary packaging scheme. Please note positions advertised at CoMHWA are usually on a 6-12 month cycle due to the funding cycles experienced by not for profit organisations. There are no "permanent" positions available at CoMHWA.

Applications should include a resume and a cover letter which addresses the selection criteria listed. If you use AI in the course of preparing your application, please include a short statement declaring your use of AI.

Applications close 5:00pm Monday 24 August 2026. Please note that shortlisting will commence immediately and interviews may be scheduled before the closing date. Please understand due to competing work priorities only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.