Waipapa Taumata Rau | The University of Auckland

The University of Auckland is New Zealand’s leading University. With over 6000 academic and professional staff supporting over 46,000 students, we are one of NZ’s largest employers.  We have eight academic faculties and 11 service divisions creating a diverse, dynamic and complex organizational culture that demands excellence.

Temp Services is an in-house solution for temporary staffing across the University of Auckland.

The opportunity | Te Whiwhinga mahi

This is an expression of interest as we are looking for highly organised individuals to ensure that our managers within the University are being supported and all service divisions are running at optimum efficiency.

Ideally, we are seeking experienced EA’s who have previously supported C-Level Managers but could also be open to a high performing Personal Assistant. Due to the urgent nature of Temporary assignments we require motivated candidates who will be quick to pick up the reins in these positions.

We are currently receiving requests and are working on roles to place for.

Responsibilities and duties:

• Extensive and complex diary and travel management
• Management support, high level minute taking and co-ordination of meetings
• Producing accurate, well presented and timely documents and presentations as directed
• Working with confidential information
• Responding to telephone and/or email queries
• Ability to work with multiple systems and confident with technology
• Preparing & distributing reports
• Booking meeting rooms, organising catering and any additional equipment
• Building successful relationships

We are looking for suitable candidates who hold recent and relevant experience managing a high-volume workload, in a progressive environment, who have strong communications skills (written and verbal), who can also support our senior teams and represent the University.  You are required to have advanced skill level within the MS Office Suite, as well as proficiency with using Zoom and MS Teams.

Salary for EA's can range from $72,000 FT per annum to $88,900 FT per annum depending on the role.

Direct enquiries only please - no agencies.

Please note that in order to register as a Temp on Campus, you will be required to complete an interview, online testing and successful reference checks.

Ngā āhuatanga kei a mātou | What we offer 

The University of Auckland is committed to providing an excellent working environment through: 

• A competitive salary with five weeks’ annual leave, prorated.
• Flexible working hours as well as hybrid of being able to work onsite and offsite depending on the role.  

For more information please visit Staff Benefits.

To be considered for this role, you must be eligible to work in New Zealand or hold a valid New Zealand work visa.

• As part of your application please attach a copy of your updated CV with a list of systems/Programmes you may have used in your past roles.