Total 8,537 research assistant job vacancies in Australia

Are you a hospitality all-rounder and a great communicator with a passion for people and service?    

Who are we looking for?  

We are seeking a passionate and dedicated Catering Assistant interested in joining our Corporate segment at our Mars Bathurst client site. 

Reporting into the kitchen Manager, this role will be responsible for excellent customer service, general kitchen duties, counter service, cleaning duties and some basic food preparation (sandwiches).  Ideally we are seeking applicants with Barista skills to support our busy on site canteen servicing over 400 employees on this site.

To be considered you must be:

• Australian Citizenship, or full Australian working rights  

• Able to undergo a pre-employment medical, including a police check  

We’d love to hear from you if you’ve had previous experience in hospitality such as catering and cleaning.   

We are offering a Perm Part time role across a 3 week roster.  You will work 2 weeks from 12noon to 7.00pm = 32.5hrs, every 3rd week you will work from 2.00 pm to 7.00pm = 20hrs.  You must be able to work both rosters.   

Why choose Sodexo?  

Sodexo is a people business, employing over 400,000 people worldwide and thousands here in Australia. Our employees, who personify Sodexo's unique values of Service Spirit, Team Spirit and Spirit of Progress, are our greatest asset through their commitment and dedication.  

We believe the more diverse we are, the stronger we are. No matter your background, we will do all we can to help you thrive. We are committed to promoting equal opportunities, valuing diversity, and creating an inclusive working environment for all our employees.    

  At Sodexo, we are a proud Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage applications from all applicants regardless of age, race, sex, ethnicity, religion and beliefs and people with disabilities.  

We offer a competitive salary, many development opportunities and an outstanding benefits and recognition program!   

How to apply?  

If you are interested in joining the Sodexo team and meet the minimum criteria outlined above, please apply with your resume detailing relevant employment experience and availability.   

One of our friendly recruiters will contact shortlisted candidates for a phone interview. This is also your opportunity to ask any questions you may have.  

What are you waiting for? Submit your application today and become part of the Sodexo family!  

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

Ready to take the next step in your retail leadership career? As an Assistant Store Manager at ALDI, take charge of daily operations, driving sales, and inspiring your team to be their best.

As a member of the leadership team in store, you support the Store Manager in all areas of running a multi-million-dollar business. From motivating team members to rostering and reporting, you’ll be part of an exceptional team that delivers extraordinarily efficient service to our customers.

As an Assistant Store Manager you’ll:

• Help to develop the next generation of leaders in our stores by training and coaching team members to be their best
• Keep your store looking top-notch, upholding the highest standards of safety and cleanliness
• Manage our stock, keeping an eye on inventory, and minimising losses
• Work alongside your team on registers, filling shelves and merchandising special buys
• Identify opportunities for improvement - we love a good idea!
• Ensure our stores run smoothly, helping to keep our customers Australia’s most satisfied . There’s nothing like the satisfaction of a job well done!
• Step up and run the store whilst the Store Manager is on leave.

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

The role of Executive Assistant is to provide all administrative support to the General Manager, Retail Claims.

Responsibilities are as follows:

• Manage phone calls and incoming emails/correspondence, redirecting questions and issues where appropriate and/or drafting acknowledgement or responses to email and letters.
• Manage diary, including scheduling meetings, prioritising conflicting needs and ensuring time is appropriately available for critical meetings and issues.
• Work closely with the General Managers, to keep them well informed of upcoming commitments, following up as appropriate.
• Ensure the General Managers have relevant and appropriate documentation in advance of meetings and events.
• Review and edit reports, presentations etc. as required.
• Develop content for communications either internally or externally.
• Ensure requests/action items for the General Managers are proactively followed up and resolved in a timely manner.
• Plan and organise team meetings, events and communications.
• Arrange domestic and international travel plans and itineraries.
• Manage ad hoc requests and/or projects from the General Managers as required.
• Reporting and expense management.
• Communicate directly, and on behalf of the General Managers, with the Executive Team and their respective EAs on a range of matters.
• Pro-actively establish and maintain strong working relationships with the Executive Team and Executive Assistants.
• Functional responsibilities for the Executive & Personal Assistants within TAL.

About PMX

PMX is the central investment practice for Publicis Media. We’re responsible for the smart application of investment by leveraging scale, marketplace innovation, deeper partnerships, and intelligence.

We are a dedicated, passionate, and expanding team, focused on delivering growth by educating and driving adoption of Publicis Groupe solutions including:

• Precision (delivering holistic programmatic value to clients and acting as the guardian of programmatic solutions. These are dedicated to the advancement and increased adoption of technology and data to drive client effectiveness and media efficiency)
• APEX (an innovative and disruptive investment solution designed to create unique opportunities that deliver tangible business benefits)
• Partnerships (developed both regionally and locally with selected key vendors to provide unique, innovative, and ultimately functional, benefits for our clients. We structure our partnerships to promote true collaboration and best in class work across our agencies)

The Role

As the Executive Assistant, you will work with the CEO and PMX leadership team across Australia and New Zealand to drive operational efficiency and importantly the effectiveness of our strategic priorities. You will be responsible for central management and implementation of initiatives and programs across PMX and work with divisional leads to track and drive implementation of agreed goals.

Core responsibilities will be focussed around the following areas:

Executive Assistance

• Pre-emptive administrative support – provide comprehensive administrative help to the CEO including handling intricate calendars, scheduling high-level meetings, and coordinating intricate travel arrangements
• Document preparation & collaboration – prepare and edit correspondence, reports, presentations (using PowerPoint or other packages), and other critical documents, ensuring accuracy and a high standard of professionalism.
• Meeting coordination – organise and coordinate executive meetings and Town Halls, including agenda preparation, minute-taking, and follow-up on action items, ensuring that the CEO is well-prepared for all engagements.
• Project management – assist with high-priority projects and strategic initiatives (such as leadership offsites), ensuring timely completion and adherence to company standards and CEO expectations.
• Confidentiality – handle highly confidential information with utmost discretion and always maintain confidentiality.

PMX Operations

• Recommend and implement operational process and performance improvements.
• Collaborate with senior leaders and the People and Culture lead in the development, measurement of performance goals and long-term operational plans.
• Partner with the People & Culture lead to coordinate the PMX employee engagement program, ensuring initiatives are implemented.
• Support the People and Culture lead as required.
• Support the CEO on all operational aspects of engaging PMX employees, partners and media agencies across Australia and New Zealand.
• Elevate the PMX profile internally and externally by managing content with PMX, Media Agencies, Publicis Corporate and trade media.
• Central management of the PMX communications plan working with the Publicis Head of Corporate Affairs and PMX leadership team.
• Manage and coordinate the online PMX Hub which requires ensuring updated content from all PMX divisions along with the management of agency employee access.
• Manage and coordinate all regional and global requests which range from monthly regional reviews to new business content requests.

PMX Partnerships

• Centrally manage the PMX partnership program specifically focusing on external media partners.
• Discuss, prepare, and schedule partner sessions and events across Publicis and its agencies.
• Ensure all interactions with our partners uphold the high standard of PMX. This will involve but not limited to the coordination and review of any content, setting and sharing the agenda and follow through for leadership meetings.

PMX Leadership and Accountability

• Support the CEO with the management and delivery of all agreed divisional quarterly and annual plans.
• Coordination and review of all content for the Internal PMX quarterly divisional strategic reviews including follow through with agreed actions.
• Support the CEO with the management and preparation for the monthly, quarterly, and annual KPI / OKR reviews.
• Support the CEO on all operational aspects of engaging PMX employees, partners and media agencies across Australia and New Zealand.
• Support PMX divisional leads with key interactions with internal operational requirements

Skills and Experience

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in executive assistance, business administration and/or, operations
• Experience in project management, developing budgets and business plans
• Ability to streamline and implement process within a changing environment
• Have high attention to detail, possess an ability to multi-task and work well under pressure and in a fast paced and dynamic environment.
• Organised and self-motivated/proactive.
• Track record of successful stakeholder management.
• Exceptional time management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Publicis Groupe Benefits

Be a part of the Publicis Groupe family, recent winner of the Employer of Choice Awards and one of the world’s most progressive and dynamic modern communications businesses. You can learn more about us at www.publicisgroupeanz.com.

Enjoy all the perks that come with our network offering:

• A comprehensive Wholeself program supporting Physical, Mindful and Financial wellbeing.
• A creative, lively and rewarding office environment where people love working with each other, supported by our Publicis Liberté flexibility approach “working your way, with us!”
• Access to our Global AI Platform, Marcel, connecting Publicis Groupe employees with opportunities for career mobility and collaboration across our global network.
• Extensive Learning & Development opportunities, including more than 15,000 learning programs via our online learning platform Marcel Classes.
• A culture of open feedback and support to reach your goals through our Career Conversations program.
• A committed Diversity, Equality and Inclusion strategy driven through our Viva! Women, Égalité, enABLE, EmbRACE and Ecologique committees.
• Leave benefits including Birthday Leave, Flexible Public Holidays, and an additional 5 days of leave (after 2 years of service).
• Work Your World program enabling employees the flexibility to work from anywhere in the world for up to 6 weeks per year.
• Parental leave policy with up to 18 weeks (based on tenure) paid primary carer leave, secondary carer swap and Cub Care leave.
• Access to counsellors, psychologists and professionals through Sonder - an all-in-on digital wellbeing technology platform designed to support psychological, medical & safety needs.
• Proud partners of Diversity Council Australia, Pride in Diversity, Family Friendly Workplaces, Supply Nation and the Australian Disability Network.

If you don’t tick every box in this ad, please don’t rule yourself out. Research suggests that women and other people in underrepresented groups tend to only apply if they meet every requirement. We focus on hiring people who share our values of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, fearlessness, and integrity, rather than ticking boxes – so if this role resonates with you, please apply.

Diversity. Inclusion. Equity. More than just words, these are part of our DNA. At Publicis Groupe we are committed to the inclusion and recognition of all people; regardless of race, age, culture, ability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, and religious affiliation. We believe that to deliver the best solutions to our clients, our people need to reflect the diverse communities in which our clients operate in. We value diversity and the skills, knowledge and experience that difference brings to our culture and solutions. 

Uniqueness is powerful; without it we wouldn’t be where we are today. So be you – we like it that way. 

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for people with disability or those that require additional support throughout the application process.  If you need any assistance or adjustments, please contact us via [email protected] - your personal information will be kept confidential.

Are you born for the Hospitality Industry and enjoy going above and beyond to ensure our reputation for outstanding service is upheld?  We are currently looking for our next superstar to join us as our full time Assistant Food & Beverage Manager reporting directly to the Director of F&B.

To be a part of the team you will have a passion for providing quality customer service that sees our guests coming back again and again.  Importantly, you will have excellent communication skills, a positive and enthusiastic attitude, and a commitment to providing excellent coffee, cocktails, food and service!

Your duties will include but not limited to:

• Assisting the Food & Beverage Manager with day to day operations of all Food & Beverage outlets, Conferencing as well as Room Service.
• Maintain a constant focus on providing excellent guest experience at all times.
• Lead, mentor and train the food & beverage team, ensuring a fun and energetic working environment.
• Assist with induction of new team members.
• Maintaining clean and presentable F&B outlets.
• Positively handling guest complaints.
• Be willing to assist other departments when required.

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

As a NDIS registered provider we support clients with literacy, speech and language disorders, social skills through to mealtime management and AAC assessment and prescriptions.  Caseloads are varied, and the support is thorough.  

Utilise the skills you have been developing by offering real clients, real therapies.

Get professional training, supervision, support and advice on how to investigate, determine and deliver excellent and effective interventions to improve the lives of clients right now!

A new opportunity for an Office Assistant has become available within the Specials Planning Team, National Buying of ALDI stores, based in Minchinbury. This is a permanent position.

As an Office Assistant, you will be responsible for providing administrative and project support to the Specials Planning team. Your primary responsibilities will be to coordinate product links and changes to Promotions in SAP through data entry, reporting and general administration. 

• Manage internal databases and systems through accurate data entry and maintenance
• Support the Specials Team with administrative and project support
• Manage planning queries and communications on behalf of the Specials Team
• Draft, submit and maintain relevant documentation
• Generate relevant reports as required
• Create and manage templates/schedules
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders

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