Executive Assistant

The-Geo-Group-Australia; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary + Super

Job summary

GEO Healthcare is seeking an Executive Assistant to provide confidential executive support to the General Manager at our Melbourne head office. This full-time, office-based role requires on-site work five days a week and offers career development within a growing primary healthcare delivery service to public prisons in Victoria.

The successful candidate will coordinate agendas, minutes, and communications, manage workloads with initiative, and maintain professionalism and discretion across all

Qualifications

• Provide confidential executive administrative support to the General Manager.
• Prepare agendas and comprehensive, succinct minutes.
• Prioritise tasks and manage workflow with initiative.
• Maintain confidentiality when handling sensitive matters.
• Communicate effectively with people at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Provide confidential executive administrative support to the General Manager.
• Support duties of the General Manager and promote a positive image of GEO Healthcare and its staff.
• Assist in transition and delivery of Primary Healthcare Services to men's public prisons in Victoria.
• Prepare agendas and take comprehensive, succinct minutes; manage tasks and deadlines.

Skills

Executive support

Minutes taking

Time management

Confidentiality

MS Office

Interpersonal communication

Autonomy

Teamwork

Education

Administration/Business/Health qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Executive Assistant providing support to the General Manager of a Business delivering Primary Healthcare Services to Public Prisons across Victoria.

Opportunity to work in a dynamic and growing healthcare organisation.

Attractive Salary Package + Super.

About the role

Based at GEO Healthcare’s Head Office in Melbourne, the Executive Assistant to the General Manager is responsible for the provision of a confidential executive administrative support service to the General Manager. The role is also required to support the duties of the General Manager and promote a positive image of GEO Healthcare and its staff. Through this support you will play an integral role in the successful transition and delivery of Primary Healthcare Services to men’s public prisons in Victoria.

Please note:

This is a full-time, office-based position located at GEO Healthcare Head Office. The successful candidate will be required to work onsite five (5) days per week.

Skills and Experience:

The ideal candidate will have:

• Relevant experience and demonstrated ability to provide a confidential executive administrative support service.
• Professional and positive manner.
• Ability to prepare agendas and take comprehensive, but succinct, minutes
• Ability to prioritise tasks, meet deadlines and manage workflow using a high level of initiative.
• Ability to work autonomously or in a team.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality when dealing with matters of a sensitive nature.
• Ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels.
• Intermediate skills in the use of Microsoft Office Suite, to allow timely and accurate preparation of correspondence, reports and presentations.
• Qualification in Administration, Business or Health

Other Requirements of the role:

• Valid and current full Australian driver’s licence.
• Satisfactory completion of a National Criminal History Check.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
• Working outside of ordinary hours may be required (on occasions).

GEO Healthcare employs highly skilled multidisciplinary teams of healthcare practitioners to ensure people in prison can access and receive the healthcare services they need.

GEO Healthcare is a subsidiary of The GEO Group Australia Pty Ltd – a company providing correctional and healthcare services in Australia for over 30 years.

We are looking for qualified people to join our company who share the company Values:Understanding, Respect, Accountability, Teamwork, Excellence.

Working at GEO Healthcare you will benefit from:

• An opportunity to work in a progressive service delivery environment.
• Career opportunities, professional development and progression.
• Access to our confidential Employee Assistance Program.
• Many other employee (and family) benefits.

To apply, we ask that you complete short questionnaire below and attach a cover letter and current resume.

Please Note: it is mandatory for all GEO Healthcare staff to have had three COVID-19 vaccinations. You will be required to attach immunisation evidence to your application.

To obtain further information about the application and recruitment process, please contact Heidi Matthes on 0499 748 693.

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People with diverse backgrounds and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.

Closing date for applications – 23 September 2026 at 5:00pm.

We are always looking for people to join or company who share the values that we stand for:

UNDERSTANDING RESPECT ACCOUNTABLE TEAMWORK EXCELLENCE

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Questions

Are you vaccinated against Covid-19? (Please note: It is a mandatory for all GEO Healthcare staff to have had three Covid-19 vaccinations. You will be required to attach immunisation evidence to your application.) *

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Please select your citizenship/visa status, with respect to your "right to work in Australia". *

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• Have you ever been known by another name? If "yes", please include details. *
• Do you possess current Australian Health Practitioner Agency (AHPRA) registration? If "yes", please list your profession and your AHPRA registration number. *
• Have you ever been employed by the GEO Group Australia (including by AMS, ACM or Pacific Rim Employment Pty Ltd) or by any other Corrections or Detention Services organization (Public or Private) or provided, in any capacity, healthcare services to the Corrections or Detention Services sector? If YES, please include details *
• Do any of your close friends, immediate family members, your partner or anyone in your household currently work in Corrections or Detention Services? If YES, please include the name of the organisation that they work for, their full name, position and your association / relationship with them. *
• Have you ever been asked to resign from or been terminated from a previous job? If "yes", include details. *
• Have you ever in Australia or overseas, attracted police attention, been charged with, convicted of, or cautioned as an adult or juvenile in respect of any offence (including against traffic laws). If you have been charged with any offence regardless of the outcome of that charge you must declare this. This includes situations where you believe a criminal record has not been recorded. If "yes", please provide details, including the nature of the charge, whether you were convicted, and the penalty/sentence that you received. *
• Have you ever associated with any individual who has a criminal history or has been in jail? If yes, please state the nature of your relationship to the individual and the name of the Correctional Centre the person was in (or is currently in). If unsure of exact details, please state this in your response. *
• Are you suffering from or have you ever suffered from any injury or illness that you feel may be aggravated by this role; or which you feel may prohibit or restrict you from fulfilling the requirements of this role? If yes, please provide the nature of the injury or illness, details of when sustained, as well as the name/s of any medication/s that you are currently taking to manage your condition/s. *
• Please provide your date of birth. This is required for the purpose of preliminary security checks, which are undertaken prior to the first onsite stage of the recruitment and selection process. By providing your date of birth, you consent to The GEO Group Australia Pty Ltd completing these checks. *

As part of our recruitment and selection process there may be a number of testing phases that you may be required to complete, including psychometric, aptitude, drug and alcohol, physical fitness and functional capacity/medical assessment. With this in mind, would you be willing to complete these and other similar recruitment and selection processes to assist us in assessing your suitability for employment? *

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At an appropriate stage of the recruitment and selection process, GEO will undertake comprehensive security and probity checks, to ensure your suitability to work within the Corrections industry. Do you give permission for GEO Healthcare, the GEO Group Australia Pty Ltd or a third party engaged by GEO Healthcare or The GEO Group Australia Pty Ltd to complete security and probity checks as part of your application for employment? *

• Yes
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If successful in gaining employment with GEO Healthcare and the GEO Group Australia, do you give permission for your complete service record to be divulged in full to our Client/s (e.g. which may include, but not be limited to Corrective Services New South Wales, Queensland Corrections or Corrections Victoria). *

• Yes
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I understand that if my circumstances change (in relation to any of the matters that I have addressed in this questionnaire) at any time during the recruitment process, I will immediately provide written notification to the person who has been my principal contact (within GEO). In particular, I understand that GEO must be advised of any new criminal charge or any requirement to attend court (in connection with any new or previously-declared matter).