Administration Officer Sydney Children's Hospitals Network location Sydney.

Sydney Children's Hospitals Network is the largest paediatric health care entity in Australia. We care for thousands of children each year in our hospitals and in their homes — with one purpose in mind — to help young people live their healthiest lives.

What you'll be doing to provide secretarial support to the Kids Neuroscience Centre Department.  This includes screening telephone calls, ordering stationary and complex lab supplies, invoicing of grants and other laboratory services, processing and managing student and contingent worker paperwork, booking meeting rooms, processing leave forms for research staff/students including complex conference leave, maintaining asset log, maintain and use various computer software programs, additional Research Department activities may be requested as required.

Recent administration officer experience. Well-developed organisational, interpersonal and communication skills. Ability to work under pressure in a team environment. Computer skills including word processing, stafflink, oracle, healthroster and excel. Ability to prioritise work, punctual and reliable. Well-developed understanding of laboratory terminology. Ability to work with confidential and sensitive information.

SCHN is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values diversity - we acknowledge the vibrancy that a diverse workforce brings to enhance both our workplace culture and our service delivery to children, young people and their families and carers. We encourage all suitably qualified applicants to apply. If you identify as an Indigenous Australian or as a person with a disability, please contact us if you would like some more information about our recruitment process.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply. We recognise the value of Aboriginal staff providing health care to Aboriginal children and families that access the services we provide at the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network. Aboriginal job applicants are encouraged to visit the NSW Health Aboriginal Recruitment tool, Stepping Up to assist in preparing your application.

All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course (2 doses) of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). Additionally, as this is a Category A position, workers are required to receive a booster dose three months after completing the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations. New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health, or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate (IM011 immunisation medical exemption form) certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.​

Acceptable proof of vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations.