Vacancies

Executive Assistant

• Play a key role in supporting the Vice-Chancellor while gaining valuable insight into university leadership.
• Build strong professional relationships that benefit both your career and the university’s partnerships.
• Contribute to Charles Sturt’s success while developing your skills in a fast-paced, high-profile environment.

About the role

• Continuing, Full Time
• Level 6 - $92,025 to $99,538 pa (plus 17% superannuation)
• Bathurst Campus

This is a unique opportunity to provide high-level executive support to the Vice-Chancellor. As the Executive Assistant, you’ll play a pivotal role in managing the Vice-Chancellor’s schedule, communications, and stakeholder engagement. Your work will help ensure smooth daily operations and contribute to the success of key strategic priorities.
In this role, you will manage the Vice-Chancellor’s complex diary, travel and meeting schedule, act as the first point of contact for the Office of the Vice-Chancellor and coordinate briefing materials and documentation to prepare for meetings and events.

About you

• Demonstrated experience as an executive assistant, office manager or in a similar high-level administrative role supporting senior leaders.
• Strong organisational and time management skills with the ability to prioritise competing demands.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to prepare professional correspondence and engage effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.
• A customer-focused approach, exercising sound judgment and discretion in managing sensitive matters.

About us

Charles Sturt University is Australia’s largest regional university, with campuses across New South Wales and a growing network of partnerships across the country and overseas. We are proud of our strong connection to regional communities and our contribution to building a skilled workforce through innovative teaching, impactful research and industry collaboration.

Our vision is to be Australia’s leading regional university, known for excellence in education and research, and for preparing graduates who make a difference in their professions and communities. Guided by the Wiradjuri phrase yindyamarra winhanganha – “the wisdom of respectfully knowing how to live well in a world worth living in” – we are committed to creating a world worth living in for generations to come.

At Charles Sturt, you’ll find a welcoming, flexible and collaborative workplace, with a wide range of employee benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. Learn more at csu.edu.au

To apply

Click the Apply button and complete your application online, submit a 1-page cover letter demonstrating your skills, knowledge and/or experience relevant to the position and upload your CV. If you experience difficulties applying online or for further information on completing the application process please visit our how to apply page or contact us.

This position is open to Australian Citizens and Permanent Residents; or applicants who hold a current valid work visa commensurate with this position.

Further information

Additional information is available in the position description or by contacting:

Lineve Clarke | Senior Executive Support Officer | liclarke@csu.edu.au 

Closing Date: 11pm, 1 October 2025

Advertised: 17 Sep 2025 09:00 AM - AUS Eastern Standard Time
Applications close: 01 Oct 2025 11:00 PM - AUS Eastern Standard Time