Executive Assistant – Temporary Employment – Clean Energy Regulator
📌 Vacancy Fact Sheet
- Reference Number: VN-0770480
- Agency: Clean Energy Regulator
- Job Title: Executive Assistant – Temporary Employment
- Position Number: NON 072/26
- Classification: APS Level 4;APS Level 5
- Closing Date: Thursday 24 December 2026
- Job Type: Full-Time, Non-Ongoing
- Location: Canberra ACT
- Future Merit Locations: Canberra
- Salary: $85,745 – $98,332
- Office Arrangement: Flexible (The agency supports and promotes flexible working,)
About Clean Energy Regulator
The Clean Energy Regulator is the Government body responsible for administering legislation to reduce carbon emissions and
increase the use of clean energy. The Clean Energy Regulator has administrative responsibilities for the: • National Greenhouse
and Energy Reporting Scheme, under the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 • Emissions Reduction Fund,
under the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011, • Renewable Energy Target, under the Renewable Energy
(Electricity) Act 2000, and • Australian National Registry of Emissions Units, under the Australian National Registry of Emissions
Units Act 2011, • Nature Repair Market, under the Nature Repair Act 2023, • Guarantee of Origin, under the Future Made in
Australia (Guarantee of Origin) Bill 2024. Our purpose is to accelerate carbon abatement for Australia. We work with our
stakeholders and clients including Australian Government departments and agencies, industry bodies, liable entities and the
community to provide regulatory services of the highest standard. We offer challenging and rewarding work in administering
legislation that will reduce carbon emissions and increase the use of clean energy. Our agency is committed to workplace diversity
and aims to create an environment that values and utilises the contribution of people from different backgrounds, experiences and
perspectives. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, people with a disability, people from
diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and mature age workers
Duties
- As a high performing Executive Assistant, you will support your Senior Executive by providing high
- quality, accurate, timely and professional administrative support. This will include, but is not limited
- to:
- Effective diary management and coordination, including but not limited to travel, meetings,
- papers and events.
- Monitoring and managing the General Manager’s to do lists, key deadlines and activities
- through the Microsoft suite of applications (such as Outlook, Teams Planner and OneNote).
- General administrative support to ensure efficient provision of executive assistance,
- including but not limited to:
- taking minutes for meetings, preparation of meeting documentation and logistics
- associated with arranging meetings and administrative support to the
- Branches/Sections.
- quality control of documentation, including checking for accuracy and ensuring
- documentation presented is ready for General Manger review.
- undertaking ad hoc administrative tasks and projects that support agency objectives
- such as maintaining organisation charts, mailing lists, leave schedules, ordering of
- stationery and other tasks.
- drafting basic correspondence as required.
- Creating, preparing and updating reports and visual materials or infographics to collate and
- present data and information using a range of computer applications such as Microsoft
- Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Financial reconciliation, undertaking purchasing and payment of accounts and action
- required in TechOne.
- Liaising with internal and external stakeholders.
- Identifying matters for delegation and escalation and actioning appropriately.
- Participate in the Executive Support Network and attend monthly Executive Support Forums
- Management of Branch finances and travel in line with allocated budgets.
- Knowledge, Skills and Attributes
- We are seeking candidates from a variety of backgrounds to fill these vacancies as they arise.
- Previous experience in an executive and/or administrative support role will be highly regarded.
- Candidates should also be able to demonstrate:
- Proficiency in the Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, OneNote, Word, Excel,
- PowerPoint).
- Excellent communication skills and a strong attention to detail.
- Effective time management and communication skills.
- Flexibility and resilience to achieve results in a dynamic environment.
- Interpersonal skills, with an ability to build and maintain strong professional relationships.
- We are looking for candidates at either the APS Level 4 or APS Level 5. The level offered will be
- dependent on:
- The skills and experience of the candidate; and,
- The availability of roles.
Eligibility / Notes
- Your registration will remain active until 24 December 2026. After this time, you will need to submit
- a new expression of interest by reapplying.
- CER is committed to workplace diversity and aims to create an environment that values and
- utilises the contribution of people from different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.
- To be eligible for a non-ongoing (temporary) employment, you must:
- Be an Australian Citizen.
- Satisfy a number of pre-employment checks.
- Satisfy any mandatory qualification requirements applicable to the position.
- Obtain and maintain a security clearance to the level applicable to the position.
How to Apply
Position Contact Recruitment Team, 02 6159 3223
Agency Recruitment Site https://cleanenergyregulatorcareers.nga.net.au/cp/index.cfm
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applicants found suitable may be offered similar employment opportunities by other Australian Public Service agencies
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