office assistant

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• or equivalent experience

Work setting

• Office
• Transportation company

Tasks

• Type and proofread correspondence, forms and other documents
• Receive and forward telephone or electronic enquiries
• Sort, process and verify applications, receipts and other documents
• Process incoming and outgoing mail manually or electronically
• Send and receive messages
• Perform basic bookkeeping tasks
• Prepare invoices and bank deposits
• Photocopy and collate documents for distribution, mailing and filing
• Perform data entry

Computer and technology knowledge

• MS Word
• MS Excel
• MS Outlook
• Electronic mail

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Tight deadlines
• Attention to detail
• Work with minimal supervision

Personal suitability

• Time management
• Reliability
• Team player

Experience

• 7 months to less than 1 year

Employment terms options

• Shift
• Morning
• Day
• Weekend

Support for persons with disabilities

• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and / or refugees

Support for youths

• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth

Support for Veterans

• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans

Support for Indigenous people

• Provides cultural competency training and / or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers

Support for mature workers

• Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers

Supports for visible minorities

• Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities