Your Role

We are seeking a highly experienced Executive Assistant to provide proactive, confidential, and high-level executive support to our Chief People Officer (CPO). This role is ideal for an EA who thrives in a fast-paced environment, can manage complex priorities with ease, and is committed to service excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Complex diary and email management; prioritise commitments and anticipate needs for the CPO.

• Prepare correspondence, respond on behalf of the CPO, and liaise with internal and external stakeholders with professionalism and discretion.

• Arrange meetings, workshops and events; prepare and distribute agendas, briefing packs, minutes, and action logs; proactively follow up actions to completion.

• Coordinate papers to a high standard and within deadlines.

• Prepare high-quality PowerPoint materials and briefings for visits, conferences, and internal forums.

• Undertake research, collate information, and prepare reports to support decision-making.

• Coordinate orientation plans and materials for new team members.

• Arrange complex travel itineraries; manage invoices, expense claims, and credit card reconciliations.

• Uphold strict confidentiality and work in accordance with SJGHC policies, including Equal Opportunity, Privacy and Confidentiality.

• Maintain a flexible, solutions-focused approach in response to changing priorities and workloads.

You will have extensive experience supporting a senior executive, with strong interpersonal and written communication skills and a proven ability to manage complex diaries, meetings and minute-taking. Highly organised and self-directed, you can prioritise effectively, meet tight deadlines and exercise sound judgement with minimal supervision. The role requires advanced Microsoft Office capability, strong research and reporting skills and a high level of discretion.

Above all, people will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.

We can offer you

• Competitive remuneration and benefits

• Based in Perth, central location

• Permanent Full-Time position

• Salary packaging up to $18,550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as:

  • Novated leasing 

  • work related expenses

  • self-education and

  • additional superannuation

• A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options, additional purchased leave and well-being programs

• Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance

• Employee support through our dedicated free Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Access to a range of Lifestyle, Health & Wellbeing rewards and discounts

All applicants are asked to submit a covering letter (of no more than two (2) pages) demonstrating how you meet the above position requirements

For enquiries, please contact Amanda Critton-Ford, Executive Assistant to Group Chief Executive Officer and Office on (08) 6116 0010

St John of God Health Care embraces diversity and strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people with disabilities. We are committed to providing a safe environment for all children and vulnerable people in our care and proactively take measures to protect children/vulnerable people from abuse.