About the role

  • Lead Executive Assistant providing high-quality support to CEO and Executive Leadership Team at Australian Ethical. Managing operations, communications, and team of Executive Assistants.

Responsibilities

  • Providing senior‑level support to the CEO, COO and ELT, including:
  • · Complex calendar and email management
  • · Strategic prioritisation and time optimisation
  • · Preparation of presentations, board/ELT papers, reports and correspondence
  • · Monitoring, reporting and driving progress on ELT/SLT OKRs
  • · Time and workflow optimisation
  • · Acting as a trusted liaison between senior leaders and internal/external stakeholders
  • · Ensuring executive communications are professional, timely, and aligned with organisational messaging
  • · Anticipating business rhythms, pressure points and stakeholder needs to proactively manage competing priorities
  • Leading, mentoring and developing a team of Executive Assistants/Support staff
  • Monitoring team workload to ensure balanced, effective executive support coverage
  • Establishing service standards, workflows and best‑practice processes for executive support
  • Providing coaching, feedback and performance management
  • Driving continuous improvement in administrative systems, documentation and executive processes
  • Building a high‑performing, collaborative team culture aligned with our values

Requirements

  • 7+ years’ experience providing senior executive support, preferably in financial services or an ASX‑listed environment
  • Experience supporting a CEO, COO, CFO - or other senior executives
  • Demonstrated experience leading and mentoring executive support team members
  • A track record of establishing operational excellence within the support function
  • Proven ability to understand business operations and rhythms and apply them proactively when managing work priorities and multiple stakeholders
  • Balancing support for Senior Executives with the leadership of a team of Executive Assistants
  • High proficiency with Office 365 and modern productivity tools
  • Exceptional communication, organisational and stakeholder‑management skills
  • Alignment with our values: authenticity, action, connection, curiosity, and empathy

Benefits

  • A competitive salary, including short-term and long-term incentives including access to an Employee Share Plan
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Wellbeing program that includes an extra 5 days of leave above statutory requirements
  • Purpose aligned volunteer days
  • 20 days paid annual leave with an additional 3 paid days of annual leave over the Christmas period

Job title

Lead Executive Assistant

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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