Executive Assistant to CEO

• Opportunity to work at Partnerships for Local Action and Community Empowerment (PLACE) a national notforprofit organisation that supports the adoption and impact of placebased approaches across Australia.
• Join at an exciting time as the PLACE team builds its foundational team during its establishment phase in preparation for its first steps of growth as a new organisation.
• Wurundjeri Country (Melbourne) with Hybrid conditions
• $90000 $110000 (FTE) per annum excluding superannuation.
• Full time 1.0 fixedterm position

The Executive Assistant will provide highlevel executive and administrative support to the CEO and contribute to the effective operation of PLACE during a critical phase of growth. This role plays a central part in ensuring the CEOs time and priorities are managed effectively internal coordination runs smoothly and organisational commitments are delivered with care and professionalism.

Working closely with the CEO the Executive Assistant will support a broad range of functions including calendar and communications management stakeholder liaison meeting and event coordination and administrative support. The role requires a highly organised proactive and adaptable professional who thrives in a dynamic purposedriven environment.

Who you are (selection criteria):

• You have relevant tertiary qualifications in a related field or possess equivalent professional experience supporting senior executives.
• You have extensive experience providing highlevel executive support in dynamic and fastpaced environments ideally within purposedriven organisations or the notforprofit sector.
• You demonstrate exceptional organisational and timemanagement skills with a proven ability to manage complex calendars prioritise competing demands and coordinate logistics with precision and foresight.
• You possess excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to draft professional correspondence prepare highquality documentation and liaise confidently with internal and external stakeholders.
• You are highly skilled in managing travel events and meetings ensuring smooth operations and thoughtful stakeholder experiences.
• You have a high degree of initiative and discretion with a strong track record of handling confidential information and supporting executivelevel decisionmaking with accuracy and integrity.
• You are comfortable in a startup environment; you manage multiple competing priorities with a proactive and adaptable approach.
• You demonstrate a commitment to PLACEs vision values and principles particularly around community leadership and shared decisionmaking.

Research indicates that while men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60 of the criteria women and other marginalised individuals often wait until they fulfil every requirement. If you believe you have the attributes to do the job but dont match every point on the job ad we welcome and encourage your application.

Key responsibilities

• Act as the CEO point of contact analysing and assessing requests to prioritise matters to support optimal use of the CEOs time.
• Provide highlevel support to the CEO including managing calendars scheduling meetings arranging travel bookings and expense tracking.
• Manage a dynamic calendar with competing priorities balancing internal collaboration with external stakeholder obligations.
• Organise and support meetings and events including room bookings catering tech setup and other logistical arrangements.
• Manage communication and correspondence with internal and external stakeholders including preparing written correspondence and reviewing the submissions of others to the CEO.

Please see the Executive Assistant to CEO Job Description for more.

Who we are:

Partnerships for Local Action and Community Empowerment (PLACE) is a notforprofit organisation committed to collaborative communitydriven approaches to create impactful and lasting change.

It is our vision to enable communities and governments to jointly decide on matters that are most important to our lives. We lead national initiatives to develop workforce strategies enhance placebased practices and improve data monitoring and evaluation.

At PLACE we are dedicated to creating lasting change through understanding action and empowered governance.

If you require additional adjustments or would like to discuss any access needs as a part of the application and recruitment process then please contact us via email

PLACE is an equal opportunity employer and strives to maintain a workplace environment that is fair and free of discrimination is safe and accessible for all employees and provides working arrangements that accommodate the diverse needs of our staff. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people women people from culturally and linguisticallydiverse backgrounds LGBTQIA people and people of every ethnicity faith ability culture language gender identity age and sex.

Employment in this position is conditional upon reception and maintenance of a Working With Children Check.

As part of our employment screening process we do run police checks. But dont worryhaving a criminal record doesnt automatically disqualify you.