Administration Assistant

Volare Recruitment; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wednesday mornings off

Full training provided

Close to home location

Job summary

Volare Recruitment is offering a varied administration role in Morningside, Brisbane. Join a friendly team close to home and apply your transferable skills from retail or hospitality to support the owner and Office Manager.

The role includes customer service, general admin, and showroom duties, with a few hours on Saturday mornings and a half-day Wednesday. Training is provided, and a stable, long-term position awaits.

Qualifications

• Previous office experience preferred; retail or hospitality accepted.
• Excellent customer service and warm personality.
• Accurate data entry with attention to detail and Excel knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Answer incoming calls and assist with general enquiries.
• Assist customers with orders or account information.
• Liaise with suppliers regarding stock availability and pricing.
• Create quotes, purchase orders, invoices, and credits.
• Use online ordering system to coordinate deliveries and generate delivery docs.
• Assist with accounts (AP/AR) – full training provided.

Skills

Customer service

Data entry

Excel

Attention to detail

Phone support

Showroom assistance

Tools

Online ordering system

Job description

• Morningside Location – beautiful offices attached to a showroom
• Great opportunity to step into Admin from retail or hospitality
• $60K - $65K depending on experience

• Morningside Location – beautiful offices attached to a showroom
• Great opportunity to step into Admin from retail or hospitality
• $60K - $65K depending on experience

We have a great opportunity with this varied role that will provide you with excellent stability and longevity and a role close to home!

Within this successful retail business, you are performing administrative duties working closely with the owner of the business and the Office Manager. This role also includes a high level of customer service whether it’s assisting people over the phone or face to face in a showroom style environment.

Whether you are at the beginning of your administration career or have some general experience and just wanting a nice place to work that’s close to home – this is a great opportunity to join a close knit team.

Please note, this role includes working for a few hours on a Saturday morning each week however you get to work a half day on Wednesday!

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Answer incoming calls and assist with general enquiries
• Assist customers in relation to their orders or information about their accounts
• Liaise with suppliers in regard to availability of stock or pricing
• Create quotes, purchase orders, invoice and credits
• Utilise online ordering system to coordinate deliveries (enter correct information, create delivery dockets and delivery itineraries)
• Assist with Accounts (payable and receivable) – full training can be provided
• Ad hoc administrative duties including filing
• Assist on the showroom floor at times – assist customers with their product selections (generally on a Saturday)

To be considered, you must possess the following:

• Previous experience in an office ideal, however open to Retail or Hospitality industry where you can use transferable skills and have a genuine desire and capacity to learn
• You exude customer service and have a warm personality, you love helping people whether that’s over the phone or face to face!
• Take pride in your work – high level attention to detail
• Accurate data entry and general knowledge of Excel
• Strong work ethic and team player attitude
• 38 hour week - 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday except Wednesday where you will work 12pm to 5pm and then 3 hours on a Saturday 9am to 12 noon

The benefits of this role include:

• Work for genuine people who provide a really nice workplace – do a great job and they will treat you like gold!!
• Fantastic location at Morningside – the ability to work close to home, no need to travel into the city!
• This role offers a stable and secure job with full training provided
• Wednesday mornings off – perfect for appointments, errands or simply enjoying some time to yourself mid-week!

If you are looking for someone to give you the opportunity to kick start your office career, have a can-do attitude and really want to make a difference within a business, we would love to hear from you.