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Administrative assistant
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 30 hours per week
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 3 years to less than 5 years
Tasks
- Arrange and co-ordinate seminars, conferences, etc.
- Coordinate the flow of information within the team
- Evaluate daily operations
- Motivate staff
- Open and distribute mail and other materials
- Plan and organize daily operations
- Establish and implement policies and procedures
- Record and prepare minutes of meetings, seminars and conferences
- Determine and establish office procedures and routines
- Schedule and confirm appointments
- Manage contracts
- Answer telephone and relay telephone calls and messages
- Answer electronic enquiries
- Compile data, statistics and other information
- Oversee the preparation of reports
- Advise senior management
- 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
Computer and technology knowledge
- Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software
Technical terminology
- Legal
Specialization or experience
- Specialized environmental skills and knowledge
Area of specialization
- Correspondence
- Reports and records
- Contracts
- Project management
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
Transportation/travel information
- Public transportation is available
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Ability to work independently
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Attention to detail
- Repetitive tasks
- Large workload
- Work with minimal supervision
Personal suitability
- Ability to multitask
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Team player
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Reliability
- Time management
- Adaptability
- Accountability
- Dependability
- Due diligence
- Quick learner
Screening questions
- Do you have experience working in this field?