Executive Assistant

Full Time Ongoing

About Southern Rural Water

Southern Rural Water (SRW) is a Victorian water corporation with nearly 170 staff, managing major dams, weirs, water licencing and more from Mallacoota through to the South Australian border. At SRW, we believe that diversity makes us stronger, and we are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected, valued, and empowered to thrive and contribute to collective success. Through providing a flexible, always safe workplace and promoting employee development, we empower employees to contribute to our strategy of great value for customers and community through excellence in rural water management.

How We Support You

At Southern Rural Water, we recognise and prioritise the wellbeing and fulfillment of our staff members. Here’s what we offer to ensure a balanced and rewarding work experience:

• Embrace flexibility: We support various working arrangements including WFH, 9-day fortnights, tailor your work schedule to accommodate for school drop off and pick up hours.
• Generous leave provisions: 15 days sick leave and 14 weeks paid parental leave to support you during life’s important moments!
• Health and Wellbeing: Yearly reimbursement of up to $150 per financial year to support you in physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
• Professional development: We support your growth through a range of internal and external training initiatives and offer study assistance programs to empower you to reach your full potential.
• Employee Assistance Program: Receive comprehensive support for yourself and your family through our employee assistance program.
• Salary Sacrifice: Salary Sacrifice options for vehicles, equipment, and superannuation to enhance your financial benefits.

About the Role

Behind every well-run executive team is someone who knows how to keep things moving. Someone who is organised, takes initiative, thinks ahead and can be relied upon to bring structure and clarity to a busy environment.

We are looking for that person to join our team as the Executive Assistant to the Managing Director.

This is a trusted and varied role, providing high quality executive, administrative and secretarial primary support to the Managing Director and Corporation Secretary and secondary support to the Chair, Board, Board sub-committees and Executive team. You will be at the centre of a busy environment, managing competing priorities, keeping important matters moving and making sure the right things happen at the right time.

From coordinating complex diaries and preparing Board papers to managing confidential information and supporting governance processes, you will play an important role in keeping the executive team organised, connected and well supported. You will need to be highly organised, adaptable and confident using your judgement to anticipate what is needed.

Just as importantly, you will understand the value of strong working relationships. You will build trust with the people you support, communicate with confidence and bring a calm, positive approach to your work. You are someone who follows through, takes responsibility and gives others the confidence to say, ‘Leave it with me’.

About you

The successful candidate for this position will be able to demonstrate some of the desired experience and abilities below:

• Demonstrated experience providing high-level executive and administrative support in a busy and complex environment.
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build trusted working relationships and engage confidently with people at all levels, including senior executives and external stakeholders.
• Strong organisational and time management skills, with exception attention to detail and the ability manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with the highest levels of discretion, integrity, accuracy and professionalism.

How to Apply

Applications should be made before midnight Sunday 22 November 2026. Please take the time to describe how your knowledge, skills and abilities would make you a suitable candidate for this role as part of your cover letter.

A Position Description for this position can be obtained from this link.