The Australian Consulate General Shanghai Commercial Section (Austrade) has a vacancy for the position of Executive Assistant to the Regional Director for the North East Asia (NEA) Region that overseas 23 offices in China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.

Austrade is the Australian Government’s official trade and investment development agency responsible for assisting and facilitating business development for Australian companies in overseas markets.

Applicants for the position of Executive Assistant must have relevant experience in a foreign company or government enterprise, with fluency in spoken and written English and ideally Mandarin Chinese.  Applicants need to be highly motivated, flexible and prepared to work in a performance driven culture, be able to work with minimal supervision and be highly motivated to achieve stated objectives.  Only applicants clearly able to illustrate exceptional abilities in these areas will be considered.

Austrade operates a fully electronic office environment, and ability and interest in working in such an environment is essential.

Applications for the position must be in writing in English and outline relevant business skills and experiences as well as personal details including qualifications and employment history.

Applications should be submitted to Shellin Liu by COB Friday, 26 September 2008 via email:  RDO.recruitment@austrade.gov.au