Your Opportunity
We are seeking a highly organised and detail-oriented Saleyards Administration Officer to join our team. In this key role, you will be responsible for managing the day-to-day administrative operations of the saleyards, ensuring smooth and efficient processes for buyers, sellers, and staff. If you’re passionate about the agricultural industry and enjoy a dynamic environment, we encourage you to apply.
Term: Casual
Hours of Work: Availability for casual role Monday-Friday
Pay Level: $44.41 to $47.30 per hour (Level 2), plus superannuation and annual leave loading
In accordance with Council's Enterprise Agreement and the relevant Award. Pay rate dependant on relevant skills and experience.
Employment Base: Warwick, Queensland
About the Department
The Corporate Services Department comprises four core functions of Council. Together the various teams hold carriage of governance, customer service, saleyards management and land management.
Corporate Governance is responsible for ensuring that Council meets its legislative requirements, adheres to regulatory bodies and delivers on community expectation.
From within Council’s major administrative centres in Stanthorpe and Warwick, Customer Service delivers a high level of frontline customer resolution for both internal and external stakeholders both in person and online.
Through the Warwick Saleyards Council facilitates the delivery of livestock sales on a weekly basis for the region’s beef and sheep producers.
Council’s Land Management team coordinates the leasing of land and facilities, approves easements and permanent road closures and, provides advise on the sustainability of assets across all business units of Council.
What You Will Do
For full details of this position, please ensure you download the Position Description below.
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The complete Key Responsibilities of this role can be found in the Position Description. These include (but are not limited to):
- Input sales data into the Saleyards computer program
- Retrieve relevant saleyard reports from the computer program
- Prepare accounts for the Finance team
- Basic administration tasks
What We Offer
At Southern Downs Regional Council, we know that that our people are our strength. With this front of mind, we provide a wide range of benefits and a holistic approach to supporting our employees, including:
- Competitive wages, conditions and allowances
- Improved work-life balance opportunities, such as a 9-day work fortnight and consideration of other flexible work options
- Generous leave provisions and annual leave loading
- Access to a wide range of health and wellness initiatives, including comprehensive, professional and free Employee Assistance Program for staff and their families (24/7 access)
- Opportunities for on and off the job personal and professional development
To view comprehensive details of our employee value offering, please click HERE. (Note: For applicants viewing this job vacancy through SEEK.com, you will be able to access this link once by clicking on the "Apply" button, or by visiting the job advertisement on our website at www.https://www.sdrc.qld.gov.au/council/careers-at-council/current-job-vacancies)
What You Will Need
To be successful in this role, you will need:
- Office administration experience including demonstration of accurate data entry
- Well developed interpersonal skills including the ability to deal effectively with a diverse range of customers
- Sound keyboard skills and experience in current office computer programs
- Proven ability to operate effectively in a team environment
- Proven ability to maintain confidentiality
- To be able to demonstrate your competence in relation to all of the Selection Criteria as detailed in the Position Description
Further Information
For further information about this role and working for Southern Downs Regional Council, please refer to the documents below:
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If you have any additional enquiries in relation to this position, please contact Belinda Armstrong, Manager Corporate Services on 0409746942.
Southern Downs Regional Council – A Great Place to Work
What we do at SDRC is more than just a job to us. Whether it’s maintaining our clean water supply, keeping our parks and gardens beautiful, servicing our plant and vehicles, providing contemporary library services, responding to natural disasters or showcasing our region’s immense natural beauty and economic strength, every Council employee strives to make a real difference for our local community.
Few employers combine so many diverse disciplines (eg engineers, childcare workers, trades such as mechanics and plumbers, safety specialists, project managers, plant operators, finance experts, IT specialists and urban planners to name a few) in one organisation. At SDRC, we work together towards the same goal. By integrating a multi-disciplined workplace with collective ideas and skillsets, we provide unique opportunities for our people to develop and grow within their chosen career.
We are passionate about aligning business, community and government to achieve social, economic and environmental outcomes. We believe this is best realised when people are invested in the long-term outcomes of where they live and work. If this sounds like you too, then working in local government at SDRC may be right for you.
Our Values
SDRC recognises our people as our strength, and our five values guide how we work with each other, our actions, our decision making and how we serve our community. Our values bring us all together and contribute to our employees having a meaningful and rewarding career, with opportunities to grow and thrive. To learn more about Council's Values, please click on the link in the "Further Information" section of this advertisement, or visit our website.
Apply Now!
At SDRC, we believe that diversity enriches our workplace, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes. We welcome applications from qualified people of all backgrounds, ethnicities, genders and abilities, who have applicable working rights in Australia.
To apply for this opportunity, you will be asked to complete an online application form and provide:
- A short written response (maximum 1-2 pages, dot points acceptable) on how your experience, abilities, knowledge and personal qualities would enable you to achieve the key responsibilities and meet the selection criteria of this role (as outlined in the Position Description); and
- Your current CV or Resume.
When you are ready to begin your application, please click on the "Apply" button below to be taken to our online application portal. Please ensure you provide all of the information requested and that your application is lodged by the closing date (as shown above). Should you have any difficulty lodging your application online, please contact our People & Culture team on ph 1300 697 372 for assistance.
We look forward to receiving your application.
