The opportunity:

We are sourcing an Executive Assistant to join our collaborative team at AIA in Melbourne – St Kilda Road. The successful candidate will provide efficient and effective executive administrative support to two ExCo members. This opportunity would suit an experienced EA who has worked in a similar environment within financial services or insurance and has exceptional organisation skills.

To be successful in this role you will:

• Provide comprehensive diary management including scheduling appointments, meetings, travel and logistics

• Prepare draft correspondence, printing and compiling presentation packs

• Proactively anticipate needs and ensure the executives have all the required documents in advance of meetings

• Provide key support to two Exco in the delivery of business objectives

• Facilitate general invoicing and expense management

• Organise travel and accommodation bookings, in line with the AIAA policy

• Contract management, including arranging review and execution of contracts

• General office duties and provide additional support to the team if required.

Successful applications will demonstrate:

• Proven experience in a similar role supporting senior executives in a large and sophisticated organisation

• High level communication and customer engagement skills

• Strong attention to detail and excellent organisation capability

• The ability to maintain confidentiality and use appropriate judgement and discretion

• Experience working in a fast-paced environment

• Strong prioritisation skills and dedication to consistently deliver a high standard of work

• Flexibility in your approach to work and willingness to assist with additional tasks as required.

Why choose AIA:

At AIA, we’ve made a promise to help people live healthier, longer, better lives. And it starts with our own people.

• Access our training and development to build on your current skills

• Career development through internal mobility opportunities

• Work for a business helping millions of Australians and make a difference to someone’s life everyday

• Access additional leave days a year to recharge and refresh yourself

• Enjoy wonderful Health and Wellbeing initiatives that support you

• Work with supportive and inclusive managers

• Flexible working arrangement

At AIA Australia, we’re proud to help guide, support and protect the wellbeing of over 3.5 million Australians. As part of the AIA Group - the largest independent publicly listed pan-Asian life insurance group – it is our ambition to engage one billion people to live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives by 2030. 

Lots of companies like to say they’re different. What makes us truly different at AIA, is the difference we make in people’s lives. We are proud that this difference has been recognised in the 2023 ANZIIF awards by being named Life Insurance Company of the Year.

AIA is different. Are you?

Join an organisation that helps people live better every single day by applying via the link today.

Applications close on 8th of March 2024.

As an Area HR you are responsible for supporting Sales & Profit by setting and implementing a HR strategy to deliver a Great Customer Experience in line with your Area goals and Country HR focuses. You support the Area to have Great Teams by ensuring the Global Employee Strategy is in place. You make sure that your Area actively works with succession planning, talent and leadership development and structured performance management, based on results, values and leadership. You ensure we offer all employees fair and attractive working conditions and that all employee relation responsibilities, legal requirements and H&M policies are fulfilled to meet the expectations of customers and colleagues. 

This role is based in Melbourne. Together with the area team you support 14 stores across VIC, TAS, SA, WA, and ACT (Area 2).

Key responsibilities:

Attract, Recruit & Introduce

• Monitor and analyse your area’s future needs, including staff rotation and expansion for all Store positions. You act and follow up to ensure the Area’s needs are consistently met. 
• Implement, facilitate, and follow up to ensure quality recruitment processes across all Stores in your area.
• Plan, organise and follow-up Introduction Training for all roles in store including both Leadership and Sales Advisors.

Learn & Develop

• Together with the Area Manager you support and ensure Store Managers work with structured performance management for all employees, as well as delivering twice yearly Performance Development Reviews.
• Together with Store Managers and Area Team you follow up the development plans in your Area. 
• You map succession planning for your Stores and actively support Store Managers in developing their teams, ensuring they are working with talent and leadership development. You oversee the Area’s internal talent pipeline and support Country organisation talent needs.
• You monitor and analyse your area’s training needs, and organise and facilitate training together with Support Office HR.

Attractive work environment

• You ensure working conditions comply with local legislation and H&M standards. 
• You implement and follow up Global H&M policies. 
• You act as a neutral escalation point for employees and coach Store Management and Area Teams to prevent and resolve employee-related issue.

What you’ll do

This is your opportunity to be a big part of something big by supporting our global CEO so that every day runs as smoothly as possible. Your day-to-day will be varied but some of what it will entail includes:

• Ensuring our CEO stays organised and on top of everything that he needs to in our fast-paced business – managing his diary; responding to emails and calls; travel and accommodation management; prioritising tasks; processing expense claims and credit card reconciliation; scheduling Board meetings and other meetings, events and functions; coordinating monthly Board packs; organising catering requirements, etc.
• Providing support to the wider Executive Leadership Team on an ad-hoc basis. This may include, but isn’t limited to, stepping in to create meeting agendas or take minutes, booking travel, document preparation, manage expenses and anything else that may come up from time to time.
• Handling confidential and sensitive information with discretion and professionalism.
• Taking pride in keeping our CEO well informed and up to date of changing priorities and any key issues that may arise. You’ll also collate any information needed to assist the CEO in making choices in relation to these

Step away from the traditional support role and get involved in unique business activities working within our market leading Tenant Advisory team.

Based in the Melbourne CBD office this sought after role presents you with a fantastic opportunity to utilise and further enhance your strong administration and interpersonal skills.  Supporting the Victorian based Tenant Advisory team, you will actively collaborate with our teams nationally on a variety of initiatives to accelerate and celebrate the success of our teams and clients alike.

Some of your key responsibilities will include:

• Provide secretarial and administrative support to the Head of Tenant Advisory and several senior operatives within the team
• Diary & email management - ensure appropriate times are provided for meetings and work in progress, monitor email messages, maintain National Director’s to-do list and prioritise/action accordingly
• Assist in the production of marketing materials – submissions, marketing briefs, client case studies, bi-monthly updates, quarterly newsletters, social media tiles etc.
• Maintain accurate records of business plans, budgets and financial reports in confidential manner
• Coordinate travel and accommodation bookings where necessary and recovery of expenses from clients where appropriate
• Working with Agent’s to co-ordinate the collations of reports, submissions and other documentation.
• Coordinating and participating in team meetings.
• Update company database, including listing information, and uploading to website as required or requested by operators to ensure that client and property information is accurate.

About the role:

Opportunity for an experienced Administrative Assistant to provide support to Chief People Officer and Chief Digital Transformation Officer. You will provide the high level executive support preparing correspondence, reports and presentations, dealing with highly confidential information, diary management, expense management, coordinating travel, event management, organising and providing support at management meetings as well as liaising with other key internal and external stakeholders. We are in growth and there is always something to do, you will be constantly delivering with the support of a high performing team who collaborate, support each other and have fun whilst doing it. You will have the opportunity to work on additional ad hoc projects

About you

Your ability to ‘surprise’ our guests with your natural bright and bubbly customer service style is what sets you apart from the rest. You are naturally a confident person who is able to approach people and initiate conversation along with a strong knowledge of the hotel its and surrounding area.

You are able to manage your time and can handle juggling numerous tasks at once but still able to follow procedure and maintain a high awareness of security. You have an outcome driven approach to performance and results. Strive to achieve excellence in your field.

What you will be doing?

• Coordinate and manage the day to day operations of the hotel whilst leading and inspiring the team to enhance the guest experience – every guest, every interaction, every day.
• Be proactive and resourceful when attending to guest requests.
• Take initiative to ensure that interactions with our customers are positive and productive.
• Have the necessary skills and training to actively resolve complaints and challenges presented by customers.
• Provide guidance, support training and leadership to all employees.
• Monitor training and offer guidance to employees whilst on shift.
• Assist in all areas of the hotel during peak times to eliminate potential issues.
• Responsibility for the health and safety of all patrons, guests and staff members.
• Available to work varied shifts from early mornings to late evenings, including weekends and Public Holidays.

Want to kick-start your career? Join our outstanding retail team as a Store Assistant at ALDI! No retail know-how needed. We're looking for people with a positive attitude, a strong work ethic, and a willingness to learn!

Our stores are open every day, including weekends and holidays – there's never a dull moment with plenty of variety. We do supermarkets a bit differently, you’ll get to experience all areas of the store rather than just be in one area, giving you lots of variety.

Store Assistants are the backbone of our retail stores and keep our stores running by:

• Being a customer service superstar and serving customers at the registers with a smile
• Keeping shelves stocked with products so that our customers can find all their favourites
• Being an expert in stock handling by making sure our products are in date and listed at the right price
• Creating eye-catching displays of our ALDI special buys
• Keeping the store tidy, organised and looking great