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All Sailors will serve in fleet units and shore establishments on a rotational basis.

You will be paid while you train, and on completion of your Initial Military Training and Employment Training, you’ll earn at least:

Training

Your starting salary

Trained

Your salary once trained

In the Navy you'll get paid a good salary from day one regardless of your age, experience or qualifications; and your pay increases as you progress through training. In addition to your salary you'll receive a variety of allowances, extra pay for relevant qualifications – plus 16.4% superannuation, a far higher rate than you're likely to find in the civilian world.

General Entry: Non-Technical

Sailors can be selected to undertake advanced training courses later in their career. These courses can include, but are not limited to management courses and category specialisation courses for promotion.

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Take care of the administration, records, welfare and human resource needs of Navy&rsquo;s people onboard ships and ashore.
Whether you have recently finished school, currently studying, already in the workforce or you have no experience at all, you'll be paid from day one. You'll gain all the skills needed with extensive on-the-job training.
As a Personnel Administration Specialist (known in the Navy as Maritime Personnel Sailor), your day-to-day responsibilities could include managing crew administration and human resource functions, supporting the financial management of the ship, providing advice to the crew, handling correspondence, updating official records, or providing executive support to Navy&rsquo;s senior leaders.
Your duties include, but aren&rsquo;t limited to:
<ul>
 <li>Providing personnel management, administrative governance, compliance, and accountability requirements</li>
 <li>Facilitating personnel applications and associated HR processes</li>
 <li>Providing support and advice on conditions of service, entitlements and remuneration</li>
 <li> Maintaining personnel records and HR information management systems</li>
 <li>Assisting with financial reporting, record keeping and compliance activities</li>
 <li>Coordinating deployment administration</li>
 <li>Providing professional, discrete and tailored advice to Command</li>
</ul>
As a sailor, you'll perform additional duties and learn more skills to become highly trained and efficient in supporting the whole ship. This may include ship security, firefighting, flood repair, line handling, first aid, flight deck duties, replenishment at sea, medical emergency team member, ammunitioning or ceremonial duties.
 You'll enjoy a competitive salary package, career stability, opportunities for continuous progression and an adventurous lifestyle, all while making a difference to Australia.
To succeed with the Navy tomorrow, <a href="https://app.adfcareers.gov.au/olat/?_gl=1*1vc9695*_ga*OTc3MDg2NTc2LjE2MjA2MDY3NDQ.*_ga_L7JJVP5TLB*MTY1MTE5MzUzMi41OTUuMS4xNjUxMTkzNTc3LjE1">apply today</a>.

Provide specialist administrative support, advice and personnel management services for Navy’s people at sea and ashore. 

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Personnel Administration Specialist

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Benefits you won't see anywhere else

You’ll enjoy the following:

Great salary from day one, which increases with experience

Generous superannuation of 16.4% – a huge 4.9% over the Australian standard

Help to buy a home, a subsidised home loan or rent allowance

Free medical and dental for you, and subsidised healthcare for you and your family

Fully paid training

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