About Seqwater
Water is essential for life. At Seqwater, we’re not just delivering water—we’re driving innovation, growth and transformation to secure the future of water across South East Queensland.
As one of the largest water businesses with the most geographically spread and diverse asset base of any capital city in Australia, our operations extend from the New South Wales border to the base of the Toowoomba ranges and north to Gympie.
As we enter an exciting period of expansion, we're embracing new technologies and sustainable practices to meet the growing needs of our region. We work collaboratively across our organisation and with our stakeholders, constantly striving to enhance the quality of service we provide. As we modernise our systems and invest in smarter water grids, we remain focused on delivering the highest standard of service, always with the future in mind.
Our transformation is about more than just infrastructure—it’s about people. Our team of dedicated professionals are united by a shared passion for creating lasting, meaningful outcomes for the communities we serve, and this is reflected in Our Vision, Water for Life, Our Promise - Safe for Life, and Our Values of integrity, respect, care, and courage that shape everything we do.
You’ll be working on some of the most high-profile water infrastructure projects in the industry, helping to secure Water for Life for generations to come.
About Your Opportunity
Your role as a Business Support Officer will see you maintain an efficient and well organised office and provide timely and effective executive and administrative support services for the Dam Improvement Program. You will also work with the Infrastructure Planning and Capital Delivery (IPCD) Group Support Officer and other Business Support Officers within IPCD to provide administrative support to managers and staff from other teams within the IPCD as required. To do so you will need to maintain effective communication channels and excellent working relationships both within Seqwater and with external contacts.
Key responsibilities:
- Maintain an efficient and well-organised office for the General Manager Capital Delivery, in an environment where confidentiality, responsiveness and proficiency are essential by ensuring that policies and office procedures are adhered to effectively and efficiency.
- Develop and maintain effective communication channels, feedback, support and follow-up mechanisms to ensure effective communication within the team and an effective interface between internal and external contacts.
- Maintain effective office and time management practices by prioritising workloads, coordinating meetings and managing appointments for Managers.
- Coordinate the preparation and distribution of draft and final copies of communications reports, presentations, meeting agendas, meeting minutes and other documents as required.
- Provide financial and minor HR administrative support to the Managers including management of invoices, processing corporate card expenses, tracking and reconciliation of budgets and preparation of regular and ad-hoc reports and the coordination of recruitment activities.
About you
To be successful in this role, you will possess:
- Demonstrated experience in successfully providing high level administrative services, including those associated with financial transaction management using computerised financial systems.
- Advanced word processing and keyboard skills and advanced skills and experience in the use of Microsoft applications, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Demonstrated experience in establishing high levels of trust, integrity and responsibility in supporting the work and calendars of managers.
- Demonstrated ability to assess and escalate matters, particularly incoming correspondence and time sensitive matters, to high level managers.
- Experience in developing and maintaining effective office systems and procedures.
This position has a salary range of $76,846 - $87,279 (dependant on experience) plus 12.75 % superannuation and is a permanent fulltime role.
Appointment to this role is subject to the provision of a national police check and may be subject to other medical/character requirements. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically deemed ineligible. Each application will be considered on its merits.
For a more detailed preview of the work that you will be involved in for this role, feel free to take a look at the position description on our careers page - careers.seqwater.com.au We also invite you to connect with us on LinkedIn and join our growing community of followers to see all the latest news and job opportunities as and when they happen - https://www.linkedin.com/company/seqwater/
If you are looking for an extraordinary career in which you can make a real impact, we'd love to hear from you!
To apply
Submit your cover letter outlining how you meet the requirements of the role and your resume via the Apply button.
Applications close: 11:55PM AEST, Monday 4th November 2024
For further information please email enquiries to recruitment@seqwater.com.au
Please note – applications cannot be accepted via email.
