About Us
We’ve been doing it since 1960!  The Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) is the source of independent expert transport knowledge, with almost 60 years of experience focused on delivering a connected and adaptable future for Australia and New Zealand. 

ARRB has a strong heritage supporting and delivering high quality applied research for Australian and New Zealand state road agencies (our Members) and for the community.  Our teams are made up of world-leading roads, transport and infrastructure professionals who analyse and interpret global research and apply it to the Australian and New Zealand context.  

Our Mission: Creating knowledge for tomorrow’s transport challenges and solutions for today.

Our Values: Transformative, Collaborative, Energy and Passion and Integrity

Our Vision: To help make the world’s cities smarter, cleaner, greener, safer, more efficient and productive through intelligent transport solutions.

Why join ARRB
ARRB is a dynamic and vibrant organisation providing exciting opportunities for people to do great things, to tackle the big research questions, and to see the fruits of that research being practically applied.  

Our staff operate within a state-of-the-art workplace, within multi-disciplinary teams with highly evolved skills. Here, innovation, personal and professional development can be fostered and nurtured - enabling true collaboration.

About the role and you
This position suits a highly motivated, organised, and efficient administration professional looking for a long-term role.  This role will primarily support the CEO in an EA/PA capacity but will also provide admin assistance to the CFO and the ARRB Board of directors as required. 

You will work closely with two energetic and easy-going executives helping to manage their ever-changing busy schedules.  With busy schedules, they will look to you to keep them organised and on schedule. 

As well as supporting two Senior executives, this role will require you to build strong relationships internally and externally to allow you to quickly develop rapport with dignitaries both locally and internationally.  In turn you will also receive amazing support from the Senior Executives who truly care about the well-being of ARRB staff.

In this position you will be responsible for:
• Diary, email and travel management
• Meeting management
• Corporate client liaison including relationship building
• Recording and preparing minutes and agendas
• Produce documents, briefing papers, reports and presentations
• Expense claims preparation
• Undertake ad-hoc project work as directed 

We seek an individual who has:
• At least 5 years’ experience in a senior PA or EA role
• The ability to work unsupervised and who possess a high level of self-motivation
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for dealing with all levels of staff internally and externally
• Good attention to detail and is highly organised
• Experience dealing with incoming correspondence, and prepare and send outgoing correspondence often on behalf of the manager
• Experience producing documents, briefing papers, reports and presentations
• Experience organising and attending meetings and ensuring the manager is well prepared for meetings
• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality
• Good grooming and presentation essential

What we offer: 
An exciting, dynamic and collaborative workplace with challenging roles, where your skills, knowledge and experience will be recognised and respected, including:

• Opportunities to contribute to high-profile and interesting projects
• A healthy work-life balance, with flexible arrangements for accruing time off
• Strong support for career development and further study
• A competitive salary & staff benefits
• Our Port Melbourne site is a state-of-the-art work campus encompassing basketball courts, pool and ping pong tables, café, end of trip facilities, and hosts the largest pavements laboratory within the southern hemisphere!
• Flexible working times, and with activity based working arrangements
• Free on-site parking
• Access to paid parental leave
• Potential salary packaging benefits available
• Additional leave days over end-of-year holiday period

To be considered:
Please press the "APPLY" button in this job advertisement.  Alternatively, for a confidential conversation, please contact Human Resources.   Please ensure you attached your CV, Cover Letter (addressing selection criteria) and answer the screening questions provided.