Administrative Specialist - Military veterans preferred

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Administrative Specialist

Creativity, collaboration, and excellence are at the heart of KBR’s vision. Does this resonate with you?

We value an inclusive and diverse work environment and are working together to build a culture that embraces each other’s unique strengths and experiences.

Our people are important to us and you will play a key role in contributing to the success of our business. We believe in empowering our employees, nurturing development within a culture of trust. We are looking for someone that is willing to step up and build upon opportunities. We will encourage and empower you to work in a way that suits your style and look forward to discussing the ways in which we can build success.

The Opportunity

Our experienced engineering design team is delivering some of Victoria’s essential infrastructure for the local community.

KBR is looking for an Administrative Specialist to join the team and provide support to our Melbourne office.

Reporting to the Victorian Office Manager, you will be responsible for general administrative duties.

Generally, you will work independently with minimal guidance, but the key success of this role will be to contribute to collaborative culture of the administration team.

Key Responsibilities include;

• Provide comprehensive and confidential administration support
• Receive, review and prioritise all correspondence and reports, including matters of a confidential nature
• Provide assistance as requested with managing calendar appointments, coordinating functions, meetings, preparation of agenda’s and minute taking
• Co-ordinate travel arrangements, prepare expense claims and process relevant invoices
• Management of in-box, monitor respond and re-direct emails as requested
• Format and produce accurate, timely and well-presented documents that conform to the KBR Style Guide
• Maintain a filing system adhering to KBR document management protocols which enables the timely retrieval of documents
• Provide a personal and telephone inception service and manage interruptions to support the effective time management of the Manager;
• Liaise and build professional relationships with staff, management and other key stakeholders
• Provide backup to cover periods of absences and reception duties when required
• Routinely meet deadlines by prioritising workload to ensure internal client needs are met
• Demonstrate commitment to KBR HSE and Quality policies and initiatives.

Who are you?

In a fast-paced environment, your adaptable to ever changing requirements and objectives. You can handle the pressure of negotiating deadlines and prioritizing workload.

You have demonstrated that you can build relationships with a variety of people from different professional backgrounds and disciplines. This gives you the ability to communicate effectively, both in person and via written communication.

You are a team player, KBR is a team of Teams so you are exciting about contributing our success.

You’ll have excellent attention to detail and understand the importance of deadlines. Your initiative, ‘can-do’ attitude, and willingness to take on new tasks as directed will be valued.

You will have the following qualifications and experience;

• Intermediate to advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
• 3-5 years of experience in a similar role
• Demonstrated ability to work to deadlines and prioritise multiple tasks
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
• Comprehensive grammar and editing skills
• Demonstrated knowledge of business policies, processes and procedures
• Experience with SAP would be advantageous
• Previous experience working within engineering and/or construction is highly desirable

Benefits of KBR

• We offer flexible and family friendly working arrangements including flexibility with hours as well as your work location
• Ongoing professional development opportunities
• Employees may benefit from up to 8 additional hours of accrued flexible leave every 4 weeks
• A global business with a local feel
• A variety of work across a wide range of projects

About Us

KBR have been established for over 100 years and we pride ourselves on being an innovative and forward-thinking company with a reputation for delivering on challenging and complex engineering projects. We deliver science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world.

So how do I apply?

If what you've read resonates with your values, experience, and career aspirations then we want to hear from you! Just click apply and upload your resume and cover letter.

KBR values an inclusive and diverse work environment and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. Our hiring decisions are based on the key requirements of each role and candidates are selected based on their unique strengths and experiences.

KBR is a global provider of differentiated professional services and solutions across the asset and program life cycle within the government services and technology sectors. KBR employs approximately 28,000 people worldwide with customers in more than 80 countries and operations in 40 countries. ?

KBR is proud to work with customers across the globe to provide technology, value-added services, and long- term operations and maintenance services to ensure consistent delivery with predictable results. At KBR, We Deliver.

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