Employment opportunities with Breast Cancer Care WA

Administration Officer/Receptionist

Breast Cancer Care WA seeks a highly organised and experienced Administration Officer who will be responsible for;

  • manning a busy switchboard
  • providing a professional first point of contact to our patients, donors and suppliers
  • providing administrative support to the entire office
  • performing a wide range of tasks that contribute to the smooth running of the office.

Key functions of the role

  • Welcome all visitors
  • Answer all phone calls, respond to inquiries, provide general information, refer calls to team members and email messages
  • Coordinate emails sent to info@breastcancer.org.au
  • Coordinate all incoming and outgoing mail, attend post office daily and reconcile Australia Post account
  • Count, record and receipt incoming funds, attend the bank daily to deposit and process EFTPOS and PayPal transactions
  • Data entry and admin support in the lead up to and following fundraising events
  • Data entry of new and existing contact records on the database
  • Process all merchandise sales and coordinate all incoming and outgoing stock for community events
  • Coordinate couriers and reconcile account
  • Coordinate and reconcile petty cash
  • Utilising database functionality, send bulk mail outs via email and traditional mail and following these communications, update the database with any changes to contact records
  • Formatting of email communications
  • Prepare catering for board and staff meetings
  • Stock take of brochures, stationary, office supplies and staff amenities
  • General duties including photocopying, faxing, scanning, shredding, general written correspondence, filing and maintaining office equipment requirements

As a member of the Breast Cancer Care WA team, it is a condition of employment that employees;

  • Understand the importance of and create effective working relationships with the entire team
  • Demonstrate high professional standards in respect of internal and external relationships
  • Demonstrate drive and commitment in all activities
  • Have a flexible attitude to working hours, particularly in the lead up to major events and in relation to attending out of hours events and functions
  • Have strong ethical and business standards
  • Take ownership of key tasks and follow through
  • Meet required timeframes
  • Provide support to other members of the team as required
  • Communicate foreseen issues with Management well in advance
  • Monitor behaviour in times of high stress
  • Impact positively and ensure no adverse impact on others – internally and externally
  • Assist with continuous improvement of processes
  • Communicate priorities and deadlines with the team

To apply, forward a covering letter that addresses the essential criteria below, together with your resume and two professional referees to donna@breastcancer.org.au

Essential criteria

  • Minimum 3 years’ experience in a similar role
  • Excellent phone manner and customer service skills
  • Possesses a “can do” attitude and prepared to “support” the team
  • Experience in banking and reconciliation processes
  • Sound experience using a CRM database with excellent data entry accuracy
  • Highly organised with the ability to multi-task
  • Excellent time management and works well under pressure
  • Sound Microsoft Office program knowledge – word, excel, outlook
  • Willingness to learn and be self motivated
  • Current driver’s license and own transport required

Please forward your expressions of interest ASAP as interviewing has commenced