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Administrative assistant

  • Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
  • Langue de travail: Anglais
  • Heures de travail: 40 hours per week
  • Education:
  • Expérience:

Education

  • College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
  • or equivalent experience

Work setting

  • Relocation costs not covered by employer

Tasks

  • Coordinate the flow of information within the team
  • Direct and control daily operations
  • Direct staff
  • Open and distribute mail and other materials
  • Plan and control budget and expenditures
  • Plan and organize daily operations
  • Determine and establish office procedures and routines
  • Oversee the classification and rating of occupations
  • Schedule and confirm appointments
  • Answer telephone and relay telephone calls and messages
  • Oversee the analysis of employee data and information
  • Answer electronic enquiries
  • Compile data, statistics and other information
  • Oversee the preparation of reports
  • Order office supplies and maintain inventory
  • Oversee payroll administration
  • Arrange travel, related itineraries and make reservations
  • Greet people and direct them to contacts or service areas
  • Set up and maintain manual and computerized information filing systems
  • Type and proofread correspondence, forms and other documents
  • Conduct research
  • Perform data entry
  • Provide customer service
  • Maintain and manage digital database
  • Perform basic bookkeeping tasks

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • First Aid Certificate

Computer and technology knowledge

  • MS Excel
  • MS Outlook
  • MS PowerPoint
  • MS Word
  • Accounting software
  • MS Office
  • Quick Books
  • Electronic mail

Technical terminology

  • Financial

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Welding

Area of specialization

  • Correspondence
  • Reports and records
  • Financial statements
  • Invoices
  • Accounting
  • Payroll services

Security and safety

  • Bondable

Transportation/travel information

  • Own transportation

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Ability to work independently
  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Tight deadlines
  • Attention to detail
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Work with minimal supervision

Personal suitability

  • Ability to multitask
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Organized
  • Team player
  • Reliability
  • Time management
  • Accountability
  • Dependability
  • Due diligence

Screening questions

  • Are you authorized to work in Canada?
  • Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
  • Are you willing to relocate for this position?
  • Do you have experience working in this field?
  • Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
  • Do you live near the job location?

Employment terms options

  • Morning

Experience

  • 5 years or more

Employment terms options

  • Day

Health benefits

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

Financial benefits

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

Long term benefits

  • Long-term care insurance

Other benefits

  • Other benefits