Description:
- 14 hours per week
- Newly created fixed-term opportunity until January 2026
- Don't just work for the city; you'll co-create it!
Are you a highly organised, proactive go-getter who thrives in a dynamic environment? Do you love streamlining processes, keeping everything running smoothly, and ensuring teams stay on top of their game? If so, we want you on our team!
As a member of our team, you won't just work for the city; you’ll co-create it.
Here, your ideas and efforts directly shape the places where you and your community live, work, and play.
Through your work, you’ll have a behind the scenes pass to Newcastle's evolution as you shape our future as a liveable, inclusive city.
And we’ll be there for you in important times in your life. We embrace flexible work arrangements to find a balance that allows us to enjoy the city we shape. We will let you decide how you want to work and when across the week.
Whether you want to work 2 full days or school hours between Tuesday-Thursday, we will let you design this to ensure you're there for the moments that matter most to you in your personal life.
This newly created fixed-term contract opportunity until January 2026 will see you play a vital role in keeping our Legal & Governance (L&G) team running efficiently.
You'll be the driving force behind our administrative systems, ensuring everything runs smoothly and efficiently. You'll take charge of filing, invoicing, and maintaining the teams diary while keeping a close eye on goals and performance to support continuous improvement. From assisting with meeting administration to ensuring key communications are clear and effective, you'll play a central role in keeping the team aligned and informed.
You'll also stay up to date with IT systems, helping to maximise productivity and streamline processes. Confidentiality will be key, as you'll handle sensitive information with professionalism and discretion. Your role will extend to promoting governance education, coordinating important documents, and providing essential support for projects. And of course, you’ll be an active participant in team meetings, bringing fresh ideas and a positive, can-do attitude to every challenge.
Life at City of Newcastle (CN)
You’ll get to experience your work up close alongside the brilliant minds of your colleagues who care for one another and the region.
You’ll chip away at ambitious plans with a talented, passionate crew alongside you, shaping the very fabric of our community. Showing up for neighbours not shareholders.
Every single day offers the chance to think big and act local. Planning and prioritising to achieve the most important outcomes with the community.
You’ll add value in the moments that matter. From librarians to lifeguards, in a range of iconic places, we achieve a better Newcastle together.
Whether we’re planning to host the Matildas, providing essential services or supporting creative artists, it’s what we do when the cameras aren't rolling that matters most.
Our focus on inclusion and respecting culture, will help you feel a deeper connection with others. You'll connect with internal communities that will help you to feel a sense of belonging and reflect the diversity of the growing region.
You’ll do meaningful work and do it sustainably as you take ideas from plan to play, in your own backyard.
With hundreds of different roles, each person adds their uniqueness to our culture and plays their part as we head towards our 2040 vision.
With natural assets and a focus on the environment, co-create a sustainable region with us.
Why join CN?
At CN, we value our employees, and their wellbeing takes priority. We encourage employees to make time for what's important and provide the benefits to enable a work life balance that allow us to enjoy the city we shape. To read more, visit here !
- 14-hour working week with flexible/hybrid work arrangements
- 4 weeks of annual leave, 3 weeks of personal leave, plus 2 additional paid public holidays (pro-rata)
- 17.5% annual leave loading yearly payment (pro-rata)
- Paid parental leave for primary carers
- Industry leading employment conditions
- Corporate Fitness program from as little as $12.90 per week
- Access to a range of exclusive CN employee benefits programs including Novated Lease options as well as access to reward and recognition vouchers
- Annual performance development plans and ongoing training and development opportunities
- Leading the CN Way leadership program
- Inclusion, Diversity & Equity (IDE) employee networks and initiatives
- Access to Health & Wellbeing programs including an Onsite Physiotherapist, Yoga and Mental Health Ambassador Groups
We champion inclusion so that everyone is valued, and we encourage innovation and creativity. We are committed to creating a safe and inclusive workplace where different styles, backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, encouraged, and respected.
People with diverse lived experiences (including but not limited to, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, people with diverse gender identities and sexualities, people from different cultural, racial, ethnic, religious and linguistic backgrounds, people with disability, carers, and veterans) are encouraged to apply.
Don’t just work for the city, co-create it. Join and expand your career at the City of Newcastle.
Application Closing Date: Sunday 30 March 2025
Remuneration: $29,403.01 + 17.5% annual leave loading yearly payment + 11.5% Superannuation per annum for a 14-hour week
Contact: Sarah Clemmensen- Operations Coordinator - 02 49742125
If you need any adjustments to be made to the recruitment process or if you would like to discuss any accessibility requirements, please contact recruit@ncc.nsw.gov.au for a confidential discussion.
You must have the right to live and work in Australia to apply for this job.
CN do not accept unsolicited resumes, and we respectfully ask that recruitment agencies do not contact us at this stage.