Welcome to ConocoPhillips, where innovation and excellence create a platform for opportunity and growth. Come realize your full potential here.
Who We Are
We are one of the world’s largest independent exploration and production companies, based on proved reserves and production of liquids and natural gas. With operations and activities in 13 countries, we explore for, develop, and produce crude oil and natural gas globally. We are challenged with an important job to safely find and deliver energy to the world. Our employees are critical to our success, and with them we power civilization.
We’re grounded by our SPIRIT Values – safety, people, integrity, responsibility, innovation, and teamwork. These values position us to deliver strong performance in a dynamic business – but not at all costs. We believe it’s not just what we do – it’s how we do it – that sets us apart.
Fostering an Inclusive Work Environment
To deliver superior performance, we create an environment that respects the contributions and differences of every individual. Wherever possible, we use these differences to drive competitive business advantage, personal growth and, ultimately, create business success.
Job Summary
Exciting 12-month opportunity for an experienced Senior Administration Assistant.Position Overview
ConocoPhillips’ Australian headquarters are located in Brisbane. Our focus is supplying Australian customers with natural gas and international customers with liquefied natural gas. We do this through our 47.5 percent interest in the Australia Pacific LNG joint venture, one of the largest producers of natural gas in eastern Australia. ConocoPhillips Australia also operates the Australia Pacific LNG liquefied natural gas facility near Gladstone. We are also an exploration company, with ongoing exploration occurring in the Bowen and Surat Basin in Central Queensland and new exploration in the Otway Basin along the southern coast of Australia to identify natural gas reserves for supply to Australian customers.
About the Role
Reporting to the Managing Counsel, Australia the Senior Administration Assistant role is responsible for providing professional administration support to the Legal, Commercial & Technical and Digital Technologies functions.
Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:General Administration
- Provide executive administration and secretarial support to the Managing Counsel, Australia, Vice President JV Assets & Commercial, Technical Manager and Manager ABU Digital Technologies.
- Preparation, review of presentations, reports, documents as requested.
- Arrange meetings and appointments.
- Travel arrangements for international and domestic itineraries.
- Process and manage credit card expenses ensuring correct cost codes.
- Coordinate meetings, including catering and meeting room management.
- Manage external visits to the office including APLNG Director (from legal function).
- Event management – offsite, team building, ad hoc.
- Records management.
- Relief support for receptionist role promoting a one team environment.
- Monitor stationery storage and printer areas ensuring a clean orderly environment free from hazardous obstructions.
- Creating SAP Requisitions as required.
- Conduct building orientation and building induction walk arounds for all visitors.
- Onboarding of new starters ensuring all items on the checklist is completed, including support to the Manager by assisting with system set up, ID numbers, and pass cards.
- Assist with formatting, printing and binding legal documents.
- Assist in the preparation and distribution of reports as required.
- Records management of confidentiality agreements, secrecy letters or other legal documentation.
- Legal filing numbers – assistance to make up hard copy and electronic files and register on legal filing spreadsheet.
- Assist draft PLA and related port documents and maintain register.
You will bring to the role
- Cultural alignment with ConocoPhillips’ SPIRIT Values.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in senior administration role providing executive level support in a corporate environment.
- Advanced proficiency in MS Office Suite.
- Has planning, organisational, and interpersonal skills.
- Strong communication - both written & oral presentation skills.
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
Preferred
- Prior administration experience within a legal department (in-house or private practice).
- Qualifications / certifications – business administration, MS Office Suite, Office management.
What we offer
An inclusive environment of belonging where we respect one another and where our success reflects the diverse backgrounds, experiences, ideas and perspectives of our employees.
- A unique culture of SPIRIT – Safety, People, Integrity, Responsibility, Innovation, Teamwork
- A learning organisation that encourages, supports, and celebrates innovative ideas
Support for all applicants
ConocoPhillips Australia encourages and welcomes applications from all members of the community. If we can make adjustments in our recruitment process to ensure we can get to know you in the best way possible, feel free to let us know so we can accommodate you.
Apply Now
Submit your application including your design portfolio before the closing date.
Come and realise your full potential at ConocoPhillips! We look forward to receiving your application!
Important Information
In this role you will be employed by one of ConocoPhillips’ third-party labor hire providers. You will not be an employee of ConocoPhillips and the terms and conditions of your employment will be subject to an employment agreement with ConocoPhillips’ labor hire provider.
Apply By:
Oct 26, 2026Sponsorship:
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Skills Required
- Minimum 5 years of experience in a senior administration role providing executive-level support in a corporate environment
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
- Planning and organizational skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Prior administration experience within a legal department, in-house or private practice
- Qualifications or certifications in business administration, Microsoft Office Suite, or office management
ConocoPhillips Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about ConocoPhillips and has not been reviewed or approved by ConocoPhillips.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a generous 401(k) match with additional discretionary contributions and a separate company-funded retirement contribution, with immediate vesting on most components. Pay practices are positioned as competitively benchmarked to peers to support long-term equity and competitiveness.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off scales with recognized experience and includes paid parental leave for all parents plus additional postpartum medical leave for birth mothers. Short-term disability at full pay for an extended period strengthens income protection during health events.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Base pay is paired with a companywide annual cash bonus program and eligibility for restricted stock units in certain roles. The combined mix of base, bonus, and equity is described as attractive for high-skill positions.
ConocoPhillips Insights
What We Do
We are a global oil and gas company tasked with an important job—to safely find and deliver energy for the world. We’re experts in what we do—from the well site to the office. Across our operations and activities in 15 countries, we never forget our responsibility to be a great neighbor, and a great place to work. Guided by our SPIRIT Values—Safety, People, Integrity, Responsibility, Innovation and Teamwork—we deliver strong performance, keeping our promises to our stakeholders, communities and each other. We solve problems and develop new approaches together, as a team of people—not job titles.
