Exec Assistant or Office Administrator Westchester Group of Australia location Wagga Wagga and Riverina.

Westchester Group of Australia (WGA) manages the investment and asset management activities in Australia for its US based parent company (Nuveen, which is owned by TIAA). Nuveen Natural Capital is one of the largest global institutional investors in Agriculture and Timberland, with a portfolio of over 600 assets in North America, South America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

WGA is seeking an experienced, proactive and highly organised Executive Assistant/Office Administrator to join our head office in Wagga Wagga in this permanent full-time (or part-time with less project work) role. In this role you will provide support to the head of the Australian business and general administrative assistance to the employees within the business. Working in a close-knit supportive team your reliability, work ethic and willingness to assist will see you quickly become a valuable member of the team.

Responsibilities will include organising travel and accommodation bookings and event management for the business, assisting in projects, providing support with communication activities, document preparation, accounts payable and credit card reporting, collecting and distributing mail and answering telephones, maintaining office supplies, organising office/equipment purchases, repairs and maintenance, co-ordinating IT support, ad hoc administrative tasks.

The successful candidate will be well organised, able to meet deadlines, willing to take initiative to solve problems and to follow up and implement actions and have a strong customer service focus in providing assistance to team members. Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) are essential for the role. A background in agriculture or agribusiness would be beneficial but not essential.