Consultant - Project Support

• Approx. 7month limited term contract (Jan 2025 to 29 August 2025) 
• Open to part time for the right candidate (4+ days a week) 
• Eraring based

Delivering good energy starts from within

It’s an exciting time to join Origin. Creating a great place to work means together we’re progressing our ambition to lead the energy transition through cleaner energy and customer solutions. We’re always looking for better ways to deliver for our customers – and for our people.

About the role:

With the rapid shift towards cleaner forms of generation, Origin Energy has confirmed our intention to retire our coal-fired Eraring Power Station (NSW). This role provides high level business and project administrative support to the team at the forefront of the Eraring People Transition support function.

Origin is committed to ensuring it supports employees during the transition period, not only from a health and wellbeing perspective, but also with whatever future direction they may choose.  Open and transparent consultation with employees and their representatives and working inclusively and ensuring employees have a voice is essential to our commitments and success.

Why this role matters?  

Based in Eraring, this limited term contract until August 2025, role will:

• Provide general administration support to the Eraring Transition Team, including invoice receipting and processing, raising and tracking purchase orders, general account enquiries
• Support the management and tracking of the budget
• Expense management, including allocating and processing expense receipts and ensuring expense compliance and timely lodgement
• Liaise with employees to obtain training invoices and receipts
• Ensure and maintain effective systems to track payments
• Track and record the attendance of people at events and initiatives
• Monitor shared mailboxes and other communication channels, ensuring people receive timely and effective responses
• Collate and report FBT requirements as agreed with the corporate tax team
• Provide efficient and effective administrative and project delivery support (taking notes, organising meetings/workshops, documenting meeting minutes)
• Event management support, including room bookings, arranging equipment, delegate management, catering and diary management

What will you bring?  

• outstanding organisational, planning and communication skills, and ability to work to strict deadlines
• Demonstrated experience in supporting teams’ administration such as diary management, reporting, tracking, etc
• Technology savvy - advanced use of Microsoft applications including advanced Excel and SharePoint, intermediate PowerPoint
• Strong listener and communicator and able to work with quality and pace
• Strong communication
• Proven track record of excellent communication to employees and customers
• Tertiary qualifications in business administration are an advantage
• Previously worked in a large, matrix organisation

So, why join us?  

• Discounted Origin products benefits for employees, including Electrical, Gas and Internet offers! 
• Hybrid working environment, opportunity to connect with your team in our CBD office while working from home 2/3 days a week 
• Competitive salary + annual performance bonus + performance based reviews 
• Origin 360 Electric Vehicles (EV) employee subscription offers a fantastic range of EVs, with flexible month-to-month plans and no lock-in contract.
• Free and confidential counselling for employees and family members. 
• A great high energy team, that encourages interesting, rewarding, and engaging work!

Origin - Where good change happens

At Origin, we’re powered by people who believe in creating change.

We are committed to fostering a diverse, gender equitable workforce, where everyone is welcome, and all applications are evaluated on merit and potential. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, people living with disabilities, culturally diverse people, any stage in life, people with intersex variations and people within LGBTQ+ communities, including trans and gender diverse. 
 

Enjoy a challenging career in an exciting industry where you can grow and explore your potential. If you think you have transferable skills, an appetite to learn and would be a great fit, we’d love to hear from you. 

Here's a little about us: https://www.originenergy.com.au/about/careers/

Background checks may be required to determine your suitability for this position as part of the recruitment process and during your employment. These checks may include police checks, AusCheck, medical assessment and/or drug and alcohol testing.

Please note unsolicited CVs from agencies will not be accepted.

Origin recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and future.