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• Women's and Children's Health Network, Division of Paediatric Medicine, Business Support Officer, North Adelaide 5006
• Classification – ASO3 - $67,589.00 to $72,033.00 + Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits
• Full time - Term Contract (temporary until 26 Jun 2026) 

About the Opportunity

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the Paediatric Medicine team as a Business Support Officer, where you will be responsible for:

• Providing a high level of administrative support to the Division.
• Monitoring and assisting with the Division’s Human Resource management function.
• Supporting the Business Support Consultant with contract management, recruitment processes, new staff onboarding and orientation, system access requests, medical timesheet management, following up Payroll enquiries and conducting audits of Payroll data.
• Maintaining systems and processes to assist the streamlining and efficiency of timely processes and workload within the Division.
• Project and research tasks may also be required.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Excellent communication skills including written and verbal.
• High level of interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• Proven ability to work efficiently within a small team environment and to effectively resolve conflict.
• Proven ability to recognise and discreetly deal with confidential matters; demonstrate integrity of
• Proven ability to work with a high degree of independence, to determine priorities and to anticipate the requirements of Executive Level Managers.
• Proven experience in a similar role, highlighting sound organisational skills and the ability to prioritise varying and conflicting workloads.
• Experience in establishing and maintaining effective office systems, procedures and technologies.

What WCHN Can Offer You

• Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. Click here for details and contact the enquires person for further information.
• Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year. Click here more information
• Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
• Free public transport for SA Health Metropolitan Hospital workers to and from the Women’s and Children’s Hospital. Note: Does not apply to network community sites.
• Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities
• Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program

About Us

The Women’s & Children’s Health Network is the state’s leading provider of best practice health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia.  We offer:

• specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions
• state of the art maternity and obstetric care services
• community based services reaching hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across SA
• specialist programs including Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth and Aboriginal Health services.

Join our patient centred team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.

Our values of Compassion, Respect, Equity, Accountability and working Together for Excellence or CREATE Together represent who we are as a Network.

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Special Conditions

To find out more about this role, including key selection criteria, all special conditions and minimum requirements, please click on the attached role description and also review our document checklists below.

Immunisation Requirements Checklist

Applicant Documents Checklist

Application Instructions

You will be required to attach a 1-2 page cover letter addressing the key selection criteria of the role and a current résumé/curriculum vitae prior to clicking 'Submit Application'. It is recommended to allow enough time to complete the whole application as the system times out after one hour of inactivity.

Other Important Information

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time.  Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Want further information on applying and winning this role, go to our SA Health Careers Site for the Australian Applicant Guide or if you are an international applicant, check out the International Application Guide.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Enquiries

Ashlee Stradling – Business Support Officer, Phone: 8161 6967, E-mail: Ashlee.Stradling@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: Wednesday 25 June 2025 – 11:55pm

Useful Links

 ASO3 - Business Support Officer - Role Description.pdf