Description:
- Multiple positions available - Full-time, Fixed-Term (18 months) and continuing positions
- HEW 6 + 17% Superannuation and Flexible Working Arrangements
- Based on the Melbourne CBD campus, however, you will be required to work and/or be based at other campuses of the University and apprentice or trainee locations
About You
The Executive Assistant provides high-level, agile support to multiple Senior Leaders within the College of VE, ensuring seamless executive operations in a fast-paced environment. This role manages complex diaries and inboxes, coordinates meetings and committees (local and international), prepares correspondence and documentation, organises events and travel, and delivers professional secretariat support.
Acting as a trusted liaison and first point of contact, the Executive Assistant engages confidently with stakeholders across the University and external partners. The role also contributes to project and operational initiatives, playing a key part in fostering a proactive, collaborative and service-focused culture within the College.
To be successful in this position, you'll have / you'll have as a minimum:
- Experience in a senior administrative/operations/project support role with the ability to work proactively and autonomously.
Qualifications
Relevant qualification with experience; or extensive experience in administrative fields; or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education.Please Note: Appointment to this position is subject to passing a Working with Children and National Police Check.
About The College of Vocational Education.
The purpose of RMIT's College of Vocational Education is to empower learners and our industry, community and government partners to succeed in the new world of work. Our five-year strategic roadmap, ALiVE@RMIT, purposefully guides everything we do in vocational education to deliver our vision: to position RMIT as a leading multi-sector provider with global impact and influence.
Led by our Deputy Vice Chancellor, the College of VE is reimagining how we deliver vocational education to create unique experiences for our students and partners, so we can:
lead in practice-based learning empower learners for the future of work engage industry and community at scale grow for impact and influenceThe College of VE is delivering impact through transformation that creates long-term change.
To Apply
Please submit your CV and covering letter addressing your interest and suitability for this by clicking on the 'Apply' link at the top of this page.
For further information about this position, please see the Position Description hyperlinked below or contact Diana (Talent Acquisition) via email diana.ruiz@rmit.edu.au.
Position Description - Executive Assistant
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Applications close on Sunday, 8 March 2026 at 11.59pm.
About RMIT University
RMIT is a multi-sector university of technology, design and enterprise with more than 96,000 students and close to 10,000 staff globally. The University's mission is to help shape the world through research, innovation and engagement, and to create transformative experiences for students to prepare them for life and work.
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RMIT has a strong dhumbali (commitment) to the employment, development and retention of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people within a culturally safe environment; we strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
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RMIT is an equal opportunity employer committed to being a child safe organisation. We are dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability or age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community, and we strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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