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Office Manager resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what office managers actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most office managers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Office Manager with a background in coordinating administrative operations, budgets, and staff support across multi-site or fast-moving workplaces. Comfortable managing competing priorities, from facility bookings to payroll and vendor relationships, while keeping office systems compliant and staff supported. Known for clear written communication and steady follow-through on operational detail.
Key skills
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Regulatory and WHS compliance
- Operations management
- Microsoft Office Suite and Google Workspace
- Facility management software (Archibus, Facility Anywhere)
- Payroll and rostering systems
- MYOB and Xero
- Stakeholder management
- Time and deadline management
Experience: example bullet points
- Coordinated meeting, event, and facility bookings across multiple teams, reducing double-bookings and freeing up shared spaces during peak periods
- Managed office supply ordering and vendor contracts, renegotiating terms with two key suppliers to bring recurring costs down
- Processed payroll inputs, leave records, and onboarding documentation for staff, cutting turnaround time on new-starter paperwork
- Prepared monthly reports on office expenses, occupancy, and operational performance for senior management review
- Maintained correspondence and filing systems, resolving staff and client enquiries within agreed response times
- Oversaw compliance with workplace policies and WHS obligations, closing out audit actions ahead of scheduled review dates
Education
No single qualification is mandatory; most Office Managers build the role through administrative experience, often supported by a Certificate III or IV in Business, a Diploma of Business or a Diploma of Leadership and Management, with some progressing from a bachelor's degree in business or a related field.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- WHS compliance
- Fair Work requirements
- payroll processing
- leave records
- onboarding documentation
- vendor management
- procurement
- facility management
- MYOB
- Xero
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Google Workspace
- rostering systems
- occupancy reporting
- budget forecasting
- correspondence management
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.