Full-Time ADMINISTRATION AND PROJECT OFFICER
Job Description
The Opportunity
Do you have strong experience in administration and financial services? Would you like to join a values driven, not-for-profit organisation? Then this could be the role for you!
We are now seeking an Administration and Finance Officer to join our team, based in Port Vila, Vanuatu. You will be part of an experienced team and will focus on maintaining and strengthening our Vanuatu office management and Country Program systems, contributing to the on-going growth and success of the Vanuatu Country Program.
With the support of the Vanuatu Country Representative and an operations team based in Melbourne Australia, you will be responsible for providing in-country support across human resources, financial management, and administration. You will provide support to a diverse portfolio of projects, utilising a wide range of funding modalities (development contracts, research grants and non-government organisation funding).
Some of your duties will include:
Being the primary point of contact for telephone enquiries, vendors, general public, visitors and clients in the Port Vila Office.
Provide administrative support and coordinate logistics for workshops, meetings and other activities as required
Be the primary point of contact for domestic travel support
Assist with international travel requests (i.e. Visa applications, accommodation bookings, hotel transfers, etc.)
Establishing and maintaining an office filing system.
Providing basic finance support (invoice payments, petty cash record management etc).
Refer to the attached position description for full details.
This is a full-time position, initially for a 12-month period with the possibility of extension.
The Burnet experience…
We want you to have a successful and meaningful career at Burnet and are committed to providing a supportive workplace environment for all our people. You will be part of a collaborative culture where progressive leadership, innovation, respect, and excellence are valued. Join a team of talented individuals who are passionate about what they do – improving the health of vulnerable communities around the world.
Who are we?
Burnet Institute is a leading Australian, unaligned, not-for-profit, organisation that uniquely links medical research with practical action to achieve better health for disadvantaged communities and help solve devastating global health problems.
Burnet Institute brings together a highly diverse skill base, with more than 400 staff and students working across cutting-edge research and projects to address some of the most relevant global health issues. Institute-wide interdisciplinary health programs of Disease Elimination, Health Security and Pandemic Preparedness, and Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health are at the heart of our daily decision making. Harnessing our international and local field presence, our laboratories, and our mixed development and research cultures drives a greater focus on the most relevant health issues and achieves a greater impact as a result.
Whilst our headquarters is in Melbourne, Australia, we also have offices in Papua New Guinea, Myanmar and Vanuatu, and are actively involved in research and public health programs throughout Australia, the Asia-Pacific region and Africa. Burnet is the only unaligned organisation in Australia that has dual accreditation with both the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).
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