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Administrative assistant

  • Work Term: Permanent
  • Work Language: English
  • Hours: 30 to 35 hours per week
  • Education: Bachelor's degree
  • Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
  • or equivalent experience

Work setting

  • Restaurant

Tasks

  • Arrange and co-ordinate seminars, conferences, etc.
  • Coordinate the activities of the HR department in order to ensure they meet the organization's goals
  • Direct staff
  • Motivate staff
  • Plan and control budget and expenditures
  • Review HR projects to assure compliance with laws and regulations
  • Supervise other workers
  • Train staff
  • Establish and implement policies and procedures
  • Record and prepare minutes of meetings, seminars and conferences
  • Plan, develop and implement recruitment strategies
  • Schedule and confirm appointments
  • Manage contracts
  • Manage training and development strategies
  • 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
  • Advise senior management
  • Order office supplies and maintain inventory
  • Negotiate collective agreements on behalf of employers or workers
  • 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
  • Conduct research
  • Perform data entry
  • Provide customer service
  • Work with the marketing department to understand and communicate marketing messages to the field
  • Recruit and hire workers and carry out related staffing actions
  • Maintain and manage digital database
  • Perform basic bookkeeping tasks
  • Conduct performance reviews
  • Evaluate work environments, programs and procedures to control, eliminate, and prevent disease or injury
  • Supervise office and volunteer staff

Computer and technology knowledge

  • Google Docs
  • MS Excel
  • MS Outlook
  • MS PowerPoint
  • MS Word
  • MS Office
  • Electronic mail

Type of industry experience

  • Food

Area of specialization

  • Reports and records
  • Project management

Transportation/travel information

  • Own vehicle
  • Valid driver's licence
  • Travel expenses paid by employer

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Ability to work independently
  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Attention to detail
  • Repetitive tasks

Personal suitability

  • Ability to multitask
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Flexibility
  • Organized
  • Accurate
  • Quick learner

Screening questions

  • Are you authorized to work in Canada?
  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
  • Are you currently a student?
  • Do you have experience working in this field?
  • Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?

Employment terms options

  • Morning