About the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
The role of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is to advance the interests of Australia and Australians internationally. This involves strengthening Australia’s security, enhancing Australia’s prosperity, delivering an effective and high quality overseas aid program and helping Australian travellers and Australians overseas. The department provides foreign, trade and development policy advice to the Australian Government. DFAT also works with other Australian government agencies to drive coordination of Australia’s pursuit of global, regional and bilateral interests.
About the position
The Executive Assistant position provides administrative, secretarial and research support principally to the Head of Mission (HOM) and Deputy Head of Mission (DHOM). The position will report to the HOM and is suited to someone who is well-organised, has experience providing administrative support to a team and can perform tasks with limited oversight.
For more detailed information, please view the Applicant Information Pack.
Employment Conditions
Please view the Applicant Information Pack.
How to apply
Click the DFAT Careers link to view the vacancy details and start your application by following the website's instructions. It is also searchable by entering relevant key words (e.g. Seoul) in the Job Search tab.
Application closing time and date
09:00 (Korea Standard Time) Monday, 20 April 2026. Applications received after the closing time and date will not be considered by the Selection Advisory Committee.