administrative assistant
- Work Term : Permanent
- Work Language : English
- Hours : 40 hours per week
- Education : Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience : 1 year to less than 2 years
- or equivalent experience
Work setting
- Construction
- Industrial facility or establishment
Tasks
- Schedule and confirm appointments
- Answer telephone and relay telephone calls and messages
- Answer electronic enquiries
- Compile data, statistics and other information
- Order office supplies and maintain inventory
- Arrange travel, related itineraries and make reservations
- Set up and maintain manual and computerized information filing systems
- Perform data entry
- Provide customer service
- Work with the marketing department to understand and communicate marketing messages to the field
- Evaluate work environments, programs and procedures to control, eliminate, and prevent disease or injury
- Assign, co-ordinate and review projects and programs
- Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate daily operations
Computer and technology knowledge
- Sage Accounting Software
- MS Excel
Security and safety
- Bondable
- Criminal record check
Work conditions and physical capabilities
Attention to detail
Personal suitability
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Team player
- Reliability
- Due diligence
Screening questions
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
Support for persons with disabilities
Provides physical accessibility accommodations (for example : ramps, elevators, etc.)
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