Australian Fisheries Management Authority – Canberra ACT

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) aims to provide ecologically sustainable and economically productive Commonwealth fisheries, through understanding and monitoring Australia’s marine living resources and regulating and monitoring commercial fishing, including domestic licensing and deterrence of illegal foreign fishing.

About the branch

The Fisheries Operations Branch provides high level deterrence for illegal, unreported & unregulated fishing activities. It does so by providing leadership, contract & project management & policy development.

Capabilities & Experience

Our ideal candidate will:

- Demonstrate strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to effectively manage competing priorities and respond to changing business needs.
- Build and maintain productive working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders, working collaboratively to achieve business outcomes and provide quality client service.
- Possess well-developed written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to liaise effectively with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Be proficient in the use of corporate systems and technology, including travel, records management and correspondence systems, and have the ability to quickly learn new processes and applications.
- Exercise sound judgement, initiative and discretion when handling sensitive information, while maintaining confidentiality and professionalism.
- Demonstrate experience providing secretariat and administrative support, including coordinating meetings, preparing agendas and papers, taking minutes, and monitoring action items.




- An understanding of AFMA’s purpose, and a commitment to both diversity and work, health and safety principles.

About AFMA

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) aims to provide ecologically sustainable and economically efficient Commonwealth fisheries, through understanding and monitoring Australia’s marine living resources and regulating and monitoring commercial fishing, including domestic licensing and deterrence of illegal foreign fishing.

About the branch

The Fisheries Operations Branch provides high level deterrence for illegal, unreported & unregulated fishing activities. It does so by providing leadership, contract & project management & policy development.

Capabilities & Experience

Our ideal candidate will:

- Demonstrate strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to effectively manage competing priorities and respond to changing business needs.
- Build and maintain productive working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders, working collaboratively to achieve business outcomes and provide quality client service.
- Possess well-developed written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to liaise effectively with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Be proficient in the use of corporate systems and technology,



including travel, records management and correspondence systems, and have the ability to quickly learn new processes and applications.
- Exercise sound judgement, initiative and discretion when handling sensitive information, while maintaining confidentiality and professionalism.
- Demonstrate experience providing secretariat and administrative support, including coordinating meetings, preparing agendas and papers, taking minutes, and monitoring action items.

Desirable Capabilities & Experience

- An understanding of AFMA’s purpose, and a commitment to both diversity and work, health and safety principles.

The key duties of the position include:

Executive Assistants are key people within AFMA, providing both direct support to a member of the AFMA Senior Executive and working with staff across the agency to coordinate and assist with delivery on range of outcomes. Executive Assistants are crucial to the Agency and work together as part of a team to deliver cross-agency services, such as administrative support to meetings (including the AFMA Commission), Ministerial correspondence, travel co-ordination and responding to telephone inquiries. AFMA Executive Assistants work closely with management and operational areas and are an expert source of advice on travel booking and credit card acquittal systems along with other government administrative processes.

In addition to meeting the work level standards of the position classification, as an APS Level 4 Executive Assistant, you will:

- Provide high-level executive and administrative support to a member of the Sen

📌 Executive Assistant (Australia)
🏢 Australian Fisheries Management Authority
📍 Australia