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Office clerk

  • Work Term: Permanent
  • Work Language: English
  • Hours: 40 hours per week
  • Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  • Experience: 7 months to less than 1 year
  • or equivalent experience

Work setting

  • Office
  • Rural area
  • Supermarket/grocery store

Tasks

  • Type and proofread correspondence, forms and other documents
  • Receive and forward telephone or electronic enquiries
  • Process incoming and outgoing mail manually or electronically
  • Send and receive messages
  • Photocopy and collate documents for distribution, mailing and filing
  • Perform data entry
  • Office management
  • Prepare reports

Computer and technology knowledge

  • Social Media
  • MS Word
  • MS PowerPoint
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader
  • MS Excel
  • MS Outlook
  • MS Windows
  • Electronic mail

Security and safety

  • Reference required

Transportation/travel information

  • Travel expenses paid by employer

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Tight deadlines
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Sitting
  • Attention to detail
  • Work with minimal supervision

Personal suitability

  • Time management
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Organized

Screening questions

  • Are you authorized to work in Canada?
  • Are you willing to relocate for this position?

Employment terms options

  • Evening
  • Shift
  • Morning
  • Day
  • Weekend

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Paramedical services coverage
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

  • Group insurance benefits
  • Life insurance
  • Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Long term benefits

  • Long-term care insurance

Other benefits

  • Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP)
  • Free parking available
  • Other benefits
  • Team building opportunities
  • Wellness program

Support for persons with disabilities

  • Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities
  • Applies accessible and inclusive recruitment policies that accommodate persons with disabilities

Support for newcomers and refugees

  • Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.)
  • Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.)
  • Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)

Support for youths

  • Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth
  • Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth

Support for Indigenous people

  • Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations

Support for mature workers

  • Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
  • Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers
  • Offers phased retirement options that allow mature workers to gradually reduce their workload (for example: flexible or reduced work hours, part time employment, project-based or seasonal work, etc.)
  • Offers phased re-entry options for mature workers who are returning to work after retiring (for example: gradually increasing hours and responsibilities)
  • Provides workspace accommodations, such as age-appropriate ergonomic considerations, to meet the physical needs of mature workers (for example: adjustable desks and chairs, accessible parking, etc.)
  • Offers resources to help mature workers plan their retirement (for example: financial planning, access to pension and benefits, lifestyle adjustments, etc.)

Supports for visible minorities

  • Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)