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• Women’s and Children’s Health Network, Surgical Services, North Adelaide 5006
• Salary – ASO3, $71,589.00 - $76,033.00 + 12% Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits
• Full Time, Temporary (fixed term) contract up until 24 May 2027

About WCHN
Join the Women’s and Children’s Health Network (WCHN), South Australia’s leading provider of care for women, babies, children and young people. We’re shaping the future of healthcare through compassion, innovation and excellence — with our communities at the heart of everything we do.

What WCHN Can Offer You

• Access to salary packaging benefits of up to $9,010 each FBT year for living expenses (e.g. mortgage, rent, utilities, groceries), plus an additional $2,650 each FBT year for meal entertainment expenses.
• 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 to and from the Women’s and Children’s Hospital for SA Health metropolitan hospital staff (excludes network community sites). [remove for roles that are not at WCH]
• Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program.
• Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. Click here for details and contact the enquires person for further information.

About the role

The Executive Administrative Assistant provides high-level administrative and confidential support to the Division of Surgical Services, managing directors’ diaries, correspondence, complaints, and office systems while assisting with HR and finance tasks to ensure efficient divisional operations.

Key duties of the role

• Work with the Divisional Director’s to coordinate their diaries, prioritise tasks, and direct telephone calls.
• Ensure that enquiries, issues and complaints are brought to the attention of the appropriate Divisional Director in a timely manner.
• Maintaining a consumer complaints/incidents database.
• Draft communications, prepare and distribute agendas, minute take, and prepare confidential documents and correspondence.
• Maintaining booking schedules for the meeting rooms and divisional equipment.

Skills and Experience

• Experience in a similar role, highlighting sound organisational skills and the ability to prioritise varying and conflicting workloads.
• Experience in providing a confidential secretarial support service for Executive level managers.
• Sound experience in preparing correspondence, agendas and minute taking.
• Proven ability to work with a high degree of independence.
• High level of analytic/attention to detail/research related skills.

Enquiries can be directed to

Paula Bertram

Manager, Administrative Services

8161 8389

Paula.Bertram@sa.gov.au

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To learn more about this role — including key selection criteria, special conditions and minimum requirements — please refer to the attached role description and the document checklists below:

• ASO3 - Executive Administration Assistant - Role Description - 935276.pdf
• Immunisation Requirements Checklist
• Applicant Documents Checklist

If you would like 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.

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.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Application Closing Date: Wednesday 6 May 2026 at 11:55pm