PA to the Director of Community Engagement
Trinity Grammar School, Kew
Melbourne, VIC
Posted on: 23 April 2026
Closing date: 10 May, 2026
Are you a seasoned personal assistant who enjoys working in a fast-paced and diverse team?
Is your engagement style adaptable and personable?
Do you enjoy assisting in the planning and attending large scale events?
This might be the next positive move for you!
The successful candidate will take on a 9-month maternity leave position and provide high level administrative support to the Director of Community Engagement and assistance to the Community Engagement office. This is a high activity role with important responsibilities interacting with the School Community, Alumni groups, Parent groups, Senior Leadership Team and external organisations. Your professionalism, ability to form engaging relationships and your friendly and consultative approach will be the foundations for success in this position.
Main Responsibilities:
- Efficient running of the office of the Director of Community Engagement.
- Accurate diary management including the scheduling and planning of meetings and travel.
- Managing communication and correspondence for the office of the Director of Community Engagement.
- Maintenance and management of the Development database and other records repositories, including effectively reviewing and assisting with reports for fundraising, alumnae and communications.
- Effective support and assistance to the various events and activities of the Community Engagement calendar including correspondence and newsletters.
- Initial point of contact and engagement with external and internal stakeholders of community engagement matters including alumni, parents and staff.
The ideal candidate has experience working in a similar role in a community-based organisation that interfaces with a range of internal and external stakeholders. Your nature will be friendly and inviting, someone that people will want to make contact with and engage with and most importantly, enjoy a friendly chat and a laugh. No two days are the same and the diverse streams within the community engagement team require you to be highly organised and able to shift focus and priorities as required and directed. Your strong ICT skills and ability to troubleshoot, make considered decisions and have the confidence to ask questions and approach others for information are skills that are required for this position.
Our values – Truth, Service, Courage, Community stretch beyond graduation and into an extensive alumni network, parent community and staff cohort who together characterise what makes Trinity, ‘Trinity’. Wellbeing is part of who we are and working at Trinity means joining a team that is underpinned by a culture of collegiality and care for others.
Staff employed in an ongoing capacity are eligible to generous discounts on student fees for children eligible to attend Trinity, and have access to the on-site gym, pool and library facilities. Trinity staff also enjoy regular professional development and learning opportunities, with defined pathways for career growth and development.
Worried that you don’t ‘tick all the boxes’? Don’t be! We would love to hear from you.
Interested? Please click here and then on the ‘Apply’ button, and submit your Cover Letter and CV addressed to the Principal, Mr. Adrian Farrer.
For any enquiries (not applications), please contact the People and Culture team at employment@trinity.vic.edu.au
Applications Close: Sunday 10 May 2026 at 10pm
For 120 years, Trinity Grammar School has been an aspirational learning community and prized a ‘values education’. We are an Anglican, Independent school for boys located in the inner-East of Melbourne, and care for approximately 1,500 students from 3-year-old Kindergarten to Year 12. For more information about our school and offerings, please visit our website.
Child Safety
Trinity Grammar is a school where the dignity of each person is recognised, respected and fostered and is committed to ensuring child safety. The School has zero tolerance for child abuse and will treat very seriously all allegations and concerns. In line with this commitment to child safety, the School has put in place policies and procedures to uphold the Victorian Child Safe Standards. These standards aim to promote child safety, prevent child abuse and set up processes to properly respond to allegations of child abuse. Trinity requires all employees to have a Working with Children Check or VIT registration, to comply with its Code of Conduct, and to complete regular training in child protection matters.
Further information, including the job description, is available here
