Staff Administration Manager

NSW Health; Sydney; On-site; AUD 91,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work opportunities

Salary packaging and meal entertain.

Accrued days off (ADOs)

Fitness passport

Employee assistance program (EAP)

Job summary

NSW Health's Kids Neuroscience Centre at Westmead is seeking a Staff Administration Manager to coordinate HR and administrative services for ~110 staff and students. You will enable efficient operations for 12 research teams under the Division of Research, ensuring timely HR processes and financial stewardship.

The role requires a relevant degree or extensive experience, strong communication, and adeptness with StaffLink, ROB, Oracle CHIMP, and desktop software.

Qualifications

• Degree in a relevant field or equivalent work experience in health/research environment.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication with report writing skills.
• Excellent time management, organisational and administrative abilities.
• Ability to work autonomously to meet goals.
• Experience with recruiting policies and StaffLink/ROB systems; ability to learn new systems.
• Strong financial management experience including AP/AR and reporting in Oracle CHIMP.
• Experience managing events at a high level.
• High proficiency with desktop software incl. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Adobe; familiarity with HealthRoster.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate efficient running of the Kids Neuroscience Centre for 12 research teams and ~110 staff/students.
• Oversee Human Resources under supervision of Business Manager.
• Coordinate administrative support and office management across the Centre.

Skills

Verbal & written communication

Time management

Organisational skills

Autonomy

Recruiting policies

Financial management

Event management

Desktop software

HealthRoster

StaffLink

Education

Degree in relevant field or equivalent

Tools

StaffLink

ROB

Oracle CHIMP

Job description

Employment Type:TemporaryFull Time until 22 November 2027. This position is full time; however, part time/job share arrangements may also be considered.
Position Classification:Health Mgr Lvl 1
Remuneration:91326 - 121497
Hours Per Week:38
Requisition ID:REQ697503
Location: Westmead
Applications Close: Midnight on 11 October 2026
For role related queries or questions contact Amanda Laing on *************@health.nsw.gov.au

As the largest paediatric health service in Australia, we care for thousands of children each year, in hospital and at home. Our people are united by compassion, collaboration and excellence in care.

What you'll be doing

Primary Purpose of The Kids Neuroscience Centre
Since its inception, research undertaken at the Kids Neuroscience Centre has positively impacted more than 4000 families with rare neurological andneuromuscular conditions.
The Centre operates a research-based diagnostic service providing these families with precise genetic diagnoses, expert clinical care and disease-specific treatments and therapies. A clinical trials unit enables children to participate in international clinical research and access the latest treatment options. In their quest to diagnose and treat children with previously untreatable neuromuscular and neurological disorders, the integrated research teams within the Kids Neuroscience Centre continuously push boundaries and are successfully and dramatically changing lives.
The Centre is based within the Division of Research of the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network, Westmead Campus, NSW, Australia, but has an all-age research remit and is affiliated with the Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead Clinical School of the University of Sydney.
The primary purpose of the Staff Administration Manager is to facilitate the efficient running of the Centre for all 12 research teams and ~110 staff and students, with specific responsibility for Human Resources under supervision/guidance of the Business Manager.

• Flexible work opportunities
• Salary packaging and meal entertainment benefits
• accrued days off (ADOs)
• fitness passport
• employee assistance program (EAP)

Responses to the questions below:

• A degree in a relevant field, or equivalent work experience, or a combination of study and work experience in a health, research, or academic environment. (Preferably with significant high level corporate experience).
• Demonstrated outstanding verbal and written communication skills with well-developed report writing skills.
• Demonstrated excellent time management, organisational, office management and advanced administrative skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and self-direct to meet specific goals.
• Demonstrated experience with recruiting policies and procedures and knowledge of recruiting systems such as StaffLink, ROB and ability to learn and demonstrate to others new systems as required.
• Advanced experience with financial management including accounts payable and receivable and reporting from financial systems including Oracle CHIMP.
• High level experience in the management of event organisation.
• High level of competence with desktop software (including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, Adobe software, Chrome as well as HealthRoster and StaffLink.