Business Support Administrator - TAFE Students Preferred null

New Forests is offering a great opportunity for a suitable candidate to join our team. This role will allow you to acquire and develop office administration skills and is ideal for a person who wants to take their first main step in their career.

Reporting to the Director, Business Services, this Australian based role is focused on providing valuable business support primarily to the Sydney office, but also assisting the Melbourne and New Zealand offices of New Forests.

Key Responsibilities

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• External and internal communication: managing reception as first contact to the office; addressing general company enquiries; maintaining internal corporate Internet content; maintaining phone lists; organising couriers; collecting mail
• Onboarding/Offboarding of employees: preparing induction & welcome packs; completing the induction checklist & co-ordinating orientation; managing the exit process as per the checklist; managing PC & mobile phone onboard and offboarding.
• Travel bookings: managing cancellations, supporting group & more complex travel arrangements.
• Expense Administration: Processing of supplier orders, invoices and other business expenses.
• Security & safety: ordering, assigning & tracking key cards, lockers, keys; managing security & other bins, first aid, fire warden

Office duties:

• Managing the kitchen, backroom & stationery cupboard (cleanliness & tidiness, ordering & restocking supplies);
• Managing & ordering office supplies (stationery, business cards, First Aid kits, office equipment & plants, submitting accounts payable invoices for the above);
• Organising building maintenance, incl cleaning, waste management & repairs;
• Providing general office administrative support including printing, photocopying, scanning, archiving;
• Organising catering as required;
• Managing boardroom & meeting room bookings & facilities, including video conference equipment;
• Organising staff social functions e.g. lunches/drinks/fundraising days etc, team building events e.g. golf day, and volunteer days
• Scheduling and booking group sessions i.e. cross team training, off-site events

Qualifications, Experience and Strengths

We are seeking candidates with the following qualifications, experience, and strengths:

• Strong time management and organisational skills with ability to prioritise effectively
• Strong written and verbal communications skills
• An ability to work independently and take ownership of the role
• Multitask focus with capability to manage and ensure completion of several disparate tasks
• Team player with genuine desire to assist and support people
• A positive, can do attitude
• A keen attention to detail
• Good Microsoft Office skills (Outlook, Word, Excel); Windows 10/11
• Desire and capability to assist with basic PC, printer & conferencing support
• Interest in sustainability