- Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network
- Location: Various/Negotiable
- Salary: ASO4: $82,212 - $86,180 Per Annum + Benefits
- Full Time, Ongoing/Permanent
WHAT ARE WE OFFERING?
This is an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of the Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network (BHFLHN), as an Executive Assistant to the Executive Director of Operations, where you will play a key role in supporting executive and organisational priorities. In this varied and rewarding role you will provide comprehensive, confidential and professional administrative support, including complex diary and correspondence management, coordination of briefings, Ministerial and Parliamentary documentation, executive committee support, and records management. You will also have the opportunity to undertake project work and contribute to initiatives that support operational excellence and organisational priorities.
Working in a collaborative environment, you will gain valuable exposure to strategic operations while making a meaningful impact on regional healthcare.
WHO ARE WE?
The Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network offers opportunities across our sites, from Kangaroo Island to Eudunda, wrapping all the way around our metropolitan areas. We pride ourselves on providing exceptional care to all our consumers, residents, their families, and community. Our mission is to ensure that you always receive the best quality, safe, consistent, collaborative care and always with kindness. We do this by maintaining exceptional levels of care at all times supported by systems and processes that assure us of quality and safety of our staff and those we serve.
WHERE AND HOW YOU WILL WORK
This role allows for flexibility to work from any of our BHFLHN sites by negotiation, or the ability to work remotely, and benefit from the work-life balance this provides, Enjoying the freedom to further your career while remaining part of your local community and contributing to health care right across regional South Australia.
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
- Can you demonstrate exceptional organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage complex diaries, coordinate meetings, and prioritise competing demands in a fast-paced environment?
- Do you have highly developed written and verbal communication skills, including experience preparing correspondence, reports, briefings, presentations, and executive documentation for senior stakeholders?
- Can you build and maintain effective working relationships with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders while providing a professional and customer-focused service?
- Do you have experience coordinating projects, conducting research, monitoring progress, and managing administrative processes to support organisational objectives?
- Can you maintain strict confidentiality, exercise sound judgement, and contribute positively to a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and professional excellence?
If you have answered yes to any of these questions - then read on…
HOW WILL YOU CONTRIBUTE?
You will……….
- Use your organisational skills to provide high-level executive support, manage competing priorities, and ensure the smooth operation of the Executive Director Operations role.
- Prepare high-quality correspondence, reports, briefing notes, presentations, and other executive documentation that supports informed decision-making.
- Build and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders to facilitate communication, collaboration, and the timely resolution of issues.
- Apply your project coordination and administrative expertise to support key initiatives, monitor progress, and improve business processes and outcomes.
- Demonstrate professionalism, discretion, and sound judgement while managing confidential information and delivering a responsive, customer-focused service.
WHAT WILL WE OFFER YOU IN RETURN?
At BHFLHN, not only will you be working in an environment surrounded by beautiful scenery and nature we see your work here as not just as a job, but an opportunity to extend, progress or consolidate your career with us. We therefore offer you opportunities to be supported in the following ways:
- 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 generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities.
- Support for you and your family via our free Employee Assistance Program.
- Health and Fitness Benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to BHFLHN staff and their families.
WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW/WHAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS?
Working in this environment, it is important to us that we only employ people with the upmost integrity and commitment to serving the South Australian community and its visitors to the highest possible standards. To ensure that we meet that commitment there are a few checks that you will be required to undertake. These are detailed on the Role Description, but are likely to include the following:
- You will need to undergo employment screening, what you require is also on the front page of the Role Description.
OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
We employ people as diverse as the clients we support and the environments we work in. At BHFLHN we pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunity employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees and therefore we encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community. We continually look for ways to support and promote diversity and flexible ways of working so please let us know what interests you.
NEED TO RELOCATE?
Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. See what is available here: Relocation support | SA Health. Find out more about working in the Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network, and see what it looks like to work and live in regional Australia at: https://movetomore.com.au/
HELP IS HERE!
Please refer to all the details in the Role Description below (job ref: 949182), or reach out to Abigail Law, Executive Assistant to Director Operations on Phone: 0481 097 028 or via E-mail: Abigail.Law@sa.gov.au
To find out what you need to apply, and what is required to be offered a role, please refer to the Applicant Checklist BHFLHN Applicant Checklist.pdf. Please also click here for our Australian applicant guidelines
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DON’T HESITATE! Applications Close on Wednesday 30th September, 2026 at 11:55PM
Eligibility: Open to Everyone
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