Executive Assistant to the Mayor

About The Role:

Are you a passionate and progressive operator? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment?

We are looking for someone who is pro-active, brings energy, initiative, and sound judgement to provide trusted executive support to our Mayor. In this role, you will confidently manage competing priorities, deliver seamless support, and ensure the smooth operation of the Mayor’s Office.

You’ll work alongside the CEO’s EA and work closely together across the executive office. You will be the key point of coordination for correspondence, appointments, and briefings, ensuring the Mayor is well prepared and able to focus on delivering for the community. You’ll have poise and empathy and bring skills in managing and de-escalating complaints that may arise. Your sound judgement, and political awareness assists in supporting a wide range of governance and community-facing activities.

In this role, you will:

• Manage the Mayor’s diary, correspondence and workflows to ensure efficiency and responsiveness
• Prepare briefings, reports and responses on behalf of the Mayor
• Coordinate events and functions, including civic and community engagements
• Support interactions with Council Members, government stakeholders and the community
• Provide high-quality administrative and governance support across the Mayor’s Office
• Work collaboratively with Executive Assistants and key internal stakeholders
  
  

Success in this role means keeping things moving, anticipating needs, and ensuring nothing slips through the cracks.

About You:

You’re organised, proactive and thrive in a dynamic environment where priorities shift and no two days are the same.

To be successful, you will bring:

• Proven experience providing executive-level support, ideally in a complex or political environment
• A proactive, solutions-focused mindset and willingness to take initiative
• Strong judgement, discretion and the ability to manage sensitive and confidential matters
• Exceptional organisational skills and attention to detail
• The ability to manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality work under pressure
• Strong relationship-building skills, with the ability to engage across all levels
• Experience preparing briefings, reports, correspondence and managing diaries
• A genuine commitment to delivering excellent customer and community outcomes

If this sounds like you and excites you, we want to meet you!

About Our Organisation:

The City of Charles Sturt is a vibrant community home to over 130,000 people across 105 different cultures. We champion unity in diversity and strive to reflect our community within our workforce - wherever you are from, you are home in the City of Charles Sturt. 

We prioritise customer and employee experience and a supportive environment where everyone belongs. With over 500 employees, our people and our community "Means the World" to us which highlights the importance of our places, our people and our service to the community.

We work flexibly and support one another. Visit our careers page to explore the benefits of joining our team and talk to us about what flexibility works for you.

About Our Team:

As a member of the Executive Office, you will report to the CEO in your support of the Mayor. The Executive Office Team consists of a Performance, Business Intelligence and Improvement team, as well as the Executive Assistants to the Mayor and CEO. Working in this small, collaborative, and agile group also means day-to-day contact across our organisation and with key external stakeholders in both community and government.  

The Detail:

The position is offered on a full-time, permanent basis and is classified at Level 5, with a salary range of $103,782.21 to $108,265.11 per annum + Super + Annual Leave Loading.

Click ‘Apply for this job’ to submit your application for this vacancy by 5pm on Monday 15 June 2026.

For further information about this vacancy, please view the attached position description. 

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