Business Support Officer

The Business Support Officer coordinates and delivers branch-wide administrative support in the Office of the Deputy Secretary, Energy Group. The position provides high level confidential support to the Senior leadership team to support incoming requests and coordinate workflow.The primary focus of the role is to provide high quality project and administrative support across the divisions, including:

• Providing administrative assistance to the Branch’s projects and programs including support with reporting obligations across the Branch.
• General administrative services for Whole of Branch related tasks.
• In person event coordination, team or committee meetings and forums, preparing presentation material, meeting minutes and any other material required for executive staff.
• Basic/limited calendar support for Executives across the Office of the Deputy Secretary, Energy Group.

Specialist/Technical Expertise/Qualifications

• Proven experience in performing a broad range of administrative support functions in a contemporary office environment.
• Experience in SharePoint, ECM, Oracle and Power BI will be considered favourably.
• Demonstrated organisational skills with the capacity to use initiative and flexibility in managing a multifaceted, variable workload.
• Relevant, formal qualifications would be well regarded but are not essential

This is a fixed term position available for a period of 12 months, at 0.5 FTE. The work location for this position is 8 Nicholson St, East Melbourne with hybrid work arrangements available.

To be considered for this position, applicants are encouraged to submit a resume and cover letter (no longer than 2 pages) summarising their skills and relevant experience.

Please refer to the Key Selection Criteria provided in the Position Description, including the mandatory requirements.

How to Apply:

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Applications close 11.59pm on Sunday, 02 November 2025.

All applications must be submitted through the online portal. We are unable to consider email or manual applications at this time.

Other relevant information:

Preferred candidates will be required to undertake pre-employment screening, including a Declaration and Consent form and a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check.

To be eligible for appointment to this role, applicants will possess corresponding work rights for the advertised employment period. Appointment to an ongoing position is only available to an Australian/New Zealand citizen or an Australian Permanent Resident.

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