Administration Assistant

St Patrick’s Community Support Centre (St Pat’s) is an award-winning not-for-profit homelessness service and community housing provider. For more than 50 years, we have worked alongside people experiencing homelessness and disadvantage across Perth’s south metropolitan region.

Our mission is simple: to lead bold action to end homelessness.

We are looking for an organised, proactive and people focused Administration Assistant to join our Corporate Services team in Fremantle.

This is a part time position, working 22.5 hours per week with flexible days and working hours.

About the role

Working within Corporate Services and reporting to the People & Culture Lead, you will provide broad administrative support across the organisation, with a particular focus on People & Culture, recruitment and onboarding.

Your days will be varied and may include:

• Providing general administration and reception/front of house support
• Supporting recruitment, including advertising, interview coordination and candidate communication
• Assisting with new starter onboarding and employment documentation
• Maintaining accurate employee, recruitment, training and compliance records
• Supporting HRIS, SharePoint and other organisational systems
• Preparing documents, spreadsheets, correspondence and reports
• Coordinating meetings, training sessions, inductions and staff events
• Monitoring shared inboxes and responding to routine enquiries
• Supporting Corporate Services projects and continuous improvement initiatives
• Providing administrative support across the organisation as required

About you

You will be someone who is organised, reliable and enjoys making sure things are done accurately and on time. You will be comfortable juggling competing priorities, working independently and supporting a busy team.

You will bring:

• Previous experience in administration, coordination or a similar support role
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills and a professional, welcoming approach
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills
• Confidence using Microsoft 365, including Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams and SharePoint
• The ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion
• A collaborative approach and the ability to build positive working relationships with people across an organisation

Experience in People & Culture, recruitment, payroll or corporate administration will be highly regarded but is not essential.

Why work with St Pat’s?

• Value based organisation working towards ending homelessness
• Growing organisation with a fantastic culture
• Competitive salary
• An additional week's leave at Christmas
• Salary packaging up to $15,900
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program

If this is the role for you, please demonstrate your capability by providing evidence of how you meet the Essential Criteria in your Cover Letter, attaching your CV with references.

A copy of the position description for this role can be found on our website here: www.stpats.com.au/about/jobs/

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply.

Shortlisting will commence as soon as possible, so if you want to work for an organisation making positive changes to the community APPLY TODAY!