Governance Team Assistant [Australia]

 

• 6 month Max term Contract
• Based in Sydney CBD - Hybrid working arrangement
• Engage with senior stakeholders

An exciting opportunity for a highly organised professional to provide administrative and governance support to the Global Head of Governance and Company Secretary.

Sounds interesting? Here are some specifics about the opportunity:

• Provide support to the Company Secretary and corporate governance function to ensure seamless delivery of company secretary support to Board, Executive Committee and Senior Management.
• Support the Company Secretary and Assistant Company Secretaries in drafting meeting agendas and the request of Board and Committee papers.
• Coordinate the collection and distribution of Board and Committee papers ahead of meetings.
• Ensure that all matters relating to the effective and efficient operation of Boards and Committees are attended to in a proactive and diligent manner.
• Maintain Diligent and company statutory registers.
• Oversee and maintain company secretary policies and director interests registers.
• Ad hoc administrative support to the Company Secretary team.

To be considered for this opportunity, your qualifications, skills and experience could include:

• Strong organisational skills, including ability to set priorities and pursue tasks to completion within deadlines.
• Strong administrative and secretarial skills.
• Good stakeholder management and communications skills (both verbal and written).
• Experience with electronic Board and regulatory portals desirable.
• A good understanding of compliance and risk management operations.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to work well independently and in a team environment; flexibility and a willingness to adapt to a changing digital environment.
• A high degree of diplomacy and discretion and be able to maintain confidentiality.
• Qualification in commerce, business or corporate governance.
• At least two years’ experience.
• Prior administrative experience, ideally with a Company Secretary team, or other relevant experience within the corporate industry.

Our opportunity

We’d love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit. Here at Perpetual, we are committed to supporting a flexible working environment enabling you to work how and where you work best.

Why join us?

You'll be joining a growing client-focused and collaborative global team with a values and purpose-driven culture. Each and every day our people bring to life our enterprise behaviours – Stretch, Own It, and Make an Impact. We value Diversity and Inclusion and know that the unique backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives of our people contribute immensely to the delivery of our purpose and strategy. We’re living this commitment as a WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality and have a growing number of employee-led networks to raise awareness and promote Diversity and Inclusion at Perpetual. We are extremely proud to work directly with over 23 Aboriginal language groups in various communities across Australia and we pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People: and to their Elders past and present. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People are strongly encouraged to apply.

Perpetual strongly encourages our employees to be vaccinated for the safety of our team and stakeholders. Some governments require employees to be up to date with their vaccinations against COVID-19 or have a current medical exemption to be able to attend a Perpetual office or attend a face to face meeting. Other roles may also require that full vaccination is maintained for the safety and well-being of our clients. We will ask you to share your status as part of the application process. You will be provided with the relevant information during the recruitment process if you are currently not up to date with your vaccinations or are medically exempt.

 

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