Make Your Mark in Women's Health Administration — Senior Admin Officer!

This is a full-time, long-term contract opportunity at Flinders Medical Centre, placing you at the centre of one of SALHN's most high-profile clinical units. As the Senior Administrative Officer for Obstetrics and Gynaecology, you'll provide the organisational backbone that allows a busy clinical team to focus on patient care. It's a role that suits an experienced health administrator who wants genuine responsibility, a stable tenure, and work that contributes to meaningful moments in people's lives.

About the role: 

Reporting to the Manager, this role is responsible for the provision of management, supervision and the efficient running of the Department. The role also includes management of staff leave, equity in workload and ensures that the various tasks and functions are completed in a timely and satisfactory manner.

Duties for the role will include:

• Ensure that service provision and the activities of the Division / Unit / Ward/ Service are person and family centred and professionally and effectively conducted by contributing to the development of an integrated team approach and culture which is highly responsive to the needs of our consumers,
• Ensure the effective management of human, financial and physical assets through appropriate planning and allocation of resources to achieve agreed Division / Unit / Ward / Service and strategic plans,
• Ensuring secretarial tasks are prioritised, delegated, managed and supervised in an equitable and harmonious manner,
• Taking responsibility for organising, overseeing and coordinating appointment diaries, which may include liaising with a broad range of stakeholders,
• Assessing incoming mail and ensuring that urgent matters are brought to the attention of relevant staff and organise/manage follow-up

About you:

• Demonstrated ability to manage, lead and work as a member of a team to provide a quality service,
• Demonstrated ability to identify and resolve conflict within the work team,
• Ability to work with minimal supervision, using initiative in meeting objectives under pressure,
• Ability to convey instructions and information accurately to other staff and to train other staff in the clerical/secretarial functions of the Department,
• Experience in office management,
• Proven experience in providing and managing comprehensive and confidential clerical, typing and receptionist tasks to senior officers

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Brittany Glen, Administration Manager, 0478 363 016, Brittany.Glen@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 4 October 2026

Attachments:

• Admin Officer- Role Description
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

• We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.  Job ref: 948605