Manager, Executive Assistant

Create impact as a Manager, Executive Assistant.

Join the largest insurance group in Australia and New Zealand. 

Mō te Tūranga | About the Role

As Manager, Executive Assistant, you will be responsible for delivering efficient, confidential, and precise support to the Executive General Manager (EGM) within the Insurance Platform division of Technology & Operations. Your role is pivotal in enhancing the productivity and effectiveness of the EGM by providing seamless administrative assistance, fostering trustworthy relationships with stakeholders, and ensuring the successful execution of critical priorities and initiatives. Additionally, you will lead a team of assistants, ensuring the delivery of exceptional administrative support services. 

This is an 8 month Max term contract position and can be based in Australia (East Coast) or Auckland, New Zealand.

Mō mātou| About You

To be successful in this exciting role, you will be a highly experienced, high performing EA, who is agile, logical and relishes working in a fast-paced work environment. You will have demonstrated experience as a capable people leader, with proven ability to lead and manage a community of PA’s, providing ongoing career and capability development, performance management and mentorship to further grow and develop their careers. You will also;
•    Have a clear and concise communication style and your ability to remain calm under pressure will be highly regarded as will your ability to deal with complex situations; steering yourself and others to achieve results.
•    Be known for your collaborative approach, your can-do attitude, and your strong interpersonal skills.
•    Building trusted relationships with key internal and external stakeholders comes second nature to you.
•    Have exceptional attention to detail and possess a high degree of business acumen
•    Proactively identify challenges and opportunities keeping the leadership team informed to ensure timely response.
•    Proven ability to drive culture and engagement that leads to successful operational performance.
•    Technologically adept, you will have mastered the full Microsoft Suite and ideally have experience in other applications such as SharePoint, OneNote, Teams and Jira

Applications close on Monday, 20 May 2024 at 23:59pm.  

About Us

IAG is the largest general insurance group in Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia. We’re also a tech and research facility, a hub for climate change experts and a centre of resilience design. We chat over coffee with customers, advocate for them in the corridors of Parliament and back them up in the community when life’s moments hit hardest. 

You’ll know our brands – AMI, NZI, State Insurance, NRMA Insurance, CGU, WFI and ROLLiN’ to name a few. Together they turn our IAG purpose of making your world safer into action by helping, supporting ambitions and making insurance accessible. 

We acknowledge Tāngata Whenua in Aotearoa and are committed to growing Māori prosperity and well-being in Aotearoa through He Rautaki Māori (IAG’s Māori Strategy). 

We celebrate unique viewpoints shaped by life experiences, cultures and passions. We expand careers, genuinely connect with community, lead with a powerful purpose and celebrate what makes you individual.  

We're passionate about social issues, walk the talk on sustainability and strive to do more than standard on things that matter, including women in senior leadership, Indigenous empowerment and creating inclusive environments. We’re proud to be an accredited family-friendly workplace and are committed to being a safe and supportive space for all our employees. We do this because we’re ready for you. 

All this shows up in what we offer: 

1.    Access up to 50% off personal insurance, including home and motor insurance
2.    Partner discounts on every day and special occasion items
3.    A certified Family Inclusive WorkplaceTM 
4.    Grow your skills and career development with the IAG Academy program 
5.    A certified Family Inclusive Workplace

We’re ready for you. Apply today. 

Learn more about who IAG is here.