North Queensland Combined Women's Services Inc – Townsville QLD

The Women’s Centre is a not-for-profit service offering a range of supports to women and their children in Townsville and outreach to the local region. Outreach areas include Ingham, Ayr, Charters Towers and The Townsville Women’s Correctional Facility. The Women’s Centre is a women’s only space incorporating the following services; Specialist Homelessness Service, Women's Health and Wellbeing Service, Sexual Assault Support Service, and a 24hour interagency Sexual Assault Response Service.

At the heart of our work is a simple but powerful belief: women deserve safety, dignity, choice, voice and the opportunity to determine their own lives. Our practice is grounded in feminist principles, trauma-informed care, intersectionality, social justice and a commitment to challenging the individual and structural factors that contribute to women’s inequality and experiences of violence.

About You :

You will have:

- Diploma of Business Administration, other suitable qualification or substantial relevant Executive Assistant experience

Essential Registrations:

- Current Working with Children Blue Card.
- Current Police Check
- Right to Work (Australian/New Zealand passport; Australian/New Zealand Birth Certificate or Citizenship Certificate or Passport and Visa)

Position Summary :

The Executive Assistant provides high-level, confidential and proactive support to the CEO, the Executive Leadership Team and the Management Committee. Operating across organisational priorities, the EA coordinates executive workflows, strengthens communication and accountability, anticipates emerging requirements, and ensures that decisions, commitments and strategic actions are progressed.



The role is the central point of coordination between executive leaders and key internal and external stakeholders.

Key Requirements :

- Substantial experience providing high-level executive and governance support to a chief executive, executive leadership team and governing body.
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate complex, organisation-wide priorities with substantial autonomy, sound judgement and accountability for outcomes.
- Experience preparing governance papers, correspondence, briefings, reports, agendas and accurate minutes from discussions or notes.
- Strong organisational, prioritisation and problem-solving skills, including anticipating requirements, managing dependencies and meeting competing deadlines.
- Advanced Microsoft Office, database and document-management skills, with accurate and efficient keyboard skills.
- Highly developed written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills, discretion and attention to detail.
- Experience coordinating organisational communications and social media, including content planning, approvals, audience-appropriate messaging and escalation of sensitive enquiries.
- Strong cultural awareness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
- Experience in the not-for-profit or community services sector.





We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women to apply. The knowledge, culture, leadership and lived experience of First Nations women are important to feminist practice and to the work we do with women across our community. We recognise that cultural capability is not something that can simply be listed as a selection criterion - it is an ongoing organisational responsibility.

About Us :

The Women’s Centre is a not-for-profit service offering a range of supports to women and their children in Townsville and outreach to the local region. Outreach areas include Ingham, Ayr, Charters Towers and The Townsville Women’s Correctional Facility. The Women’s Centre is a women’s only space incorporating the following services; Specialist Homelessness Service, Women's Health and Wellbeing Service, Sexual Assault Support Service, and a 24hour interagency Sexual Assault Response Service.

At the heart of our work is a easy but powerful belief: women deserve safety, dignity, choice, voice and the opportunity to determine their own lives. Our practice is grounded in feminist principles, trauma-informed care, intersectionality, social justice and a commitment to challenging the individual and structural factors that contribute to women’s inequality and experiences of violence.

About You :

You will have:

- Diploma of Business Administration, other suitable qualification or substantial relevant Executive Assistant experience

Essential Registrations:

- Current Working with Children Blue Card.
- Current valid Queensland, Open, C class driving licence.
- Current Police Check
- Right to Work (Australian/New Zealand passport; Australian/New Zealand Birth Certificat

📌 Executive Assistant (Townsville)
🏢 North Queensland Combined Women's Services
📍 Townsville