Senior Executive Assistant to the Chief Justice

Federal Court of Australia; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Federal Court of Australia in Melbourne seeks an EL1 Executive Assistant to provide high-level executive and administrative support to the Chief Justice Alstergren, across the Melbourne Chambers and Sydney operations. This role demands discretion, initiative, and superb communication to manage complex correspondence, calendars, and key engagements.

The position is located in Melbourne CBD, in-office five days a week, with potential for irregular hours and travel as required to support two busy

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in providing high level executive and administrative support to heads of jurisdiction, senior officials and/or senior executives.
• Highly developed oral and written communication skills, including drafting complex correspondence to judges, staff, external organisations and the public.
• Highly developed organisational skills, including triaging high volumes of correspondence, emails, meeting requests and invitations.
• Demonstrated capacity to develop and maintain productive working relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience and knowledge of judicial/complex legal administrative environments and ability to quickly acquire knowledge of procedures, guidelines and practices of the Courts.
• Ability to set priorities and organise workload under pressure, oversee staff remotely in Sydney, and meet strict deadlines.
• Highly developed interpersonal skills and discretion in sensitive environments.
• Demonstrated professionalism, initiative, privacy and security awareness and ability to adapt to changing demands.

Responsibilities

• Provide high level executive and administrative support to the Chief Justice.
• Draft and coordinate complex correspondence, presentations and reports.
• Diaries, prioritisation and scheduling of events and meetings for the Chief Justice.
• Oversee administrative support in the Sydney Chambers.
• Liaise with judges and senior court staff regarding events and meetings.
• Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Act as first point of contact for external stakeholders and organisations.
• Assist with coordination of key projects and policy development for the Chief Justice.

Skills

Executive support

Stakeholder liaison

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Discretion

Policy support

Job description

Federal Court of Australia in Melbourne seeks an EL1 Executive Assistant to provide high-level executive and administrative support to the Chief Justice Alstergren, across the Melbourne Chambers and Sydney operations. This role demands discretion, initiative, and superb communication to manage complex correspondence, calendars, and key engagements.

The position is located in Melbourne CBD, in-office five days a week, with potential for irregular hours and travel as required to support two busy