Administrative Assistant

• Casual
• Kelvin Grove

Who are we looking for?

Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is seeking a casual Administrative Assistant to join the School of Psychology and Counselling, Faculty of Health, Academic Division to support the Resourceful Adolescent Programs.  The Resourceful Adolescent Programs (RAP) were developed to build resilience and promote positive mental health in teenagers. The programs specifically aim to prevent teenage depression and related difficulties.  RAP aims to increase the psychological resilience or resourcefulness of young people and draws on research of successful treatments for adolescent depression and the known psychosocial risk and protective factors at the individual, family and school level.

The RAP office at QUT, Kelvin Grove campus, coordinates all RAP activities and research.  It is responsible for the dissemination of the programs and for maintaining the integrity of the programs. The main duties required of the role are:

• Filling and invoicing orders – assembling and packaging materials, arranging mailroom pick up, organising client payments
• Maintenance of Microsoft Access databases
• Customer liaison – Updating facilitator records and sending accreditation information, telephone enquiries
• Stock control
• Event organisation – organising “in house” Brisbane and interstate training events
• Maintenance of training event records – Training events whiteboard, training database and web calendar
• Filing
• General Correspondence
• General assistance to Office Manager

Real world impact

QUT is a major Australian university with a global outlook and a ‘real world’ focus. We are an ambitious and collaborative institution that seeks to equip our students and graduates with the skills they will need in an increasingly disrupted and challenged world.

What you need to succeed

Your expertise and initiative, combined with your ability to work as an excellent team player will be vital to your success in this role.

You will demonstrate:

1. Education, training and or relevant experience equivalent to completion of an associate diploma level qualification in conjunction with relevant work related experience.
2. Demonstrated computer literacy skills in order to draft standard letters, emails and to enter and extract information from an Access Database. Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook).
3. Demonstrated interpersonal and written communication skills that will enable effective communication with a diverse range of clients.
4. Proven ability to work collaboratively within a team environment
5. Proven ability to work independently
6. Demonstrated ability to manage time and high volume tasks efficiently within the context of competing priorities.

Careers at QUT

Our culture is vibrant, inspiring and challenging. It’s a world where like-minds come together with a commitment to making a real world difference, no matter what the area of expertise.

Reference number:  23195

Appointment type:  Appointment will be on a casual basis, with work likely to commence in March 2023 and continue until the end of the year. The appointment will be for up to 300 hours of casual work.

Remuneration:  $44.22 to $46.52 per hour (HEW4) inclusive of 25% casual hourly rate loading.

Location:  Kelvin Grove

Job opens:  20-Feb-2023

QUT aims to inspire and shape the future with talented students and staff from , united by our core values of Ambition, Curiosity, Integrity, Inclusiveness,  Innovation and Academic freedom.