Details of the position
Job title :
School or Center Secretary
School / Centre / Department :
Waterloo Elementary School
Location : Waterloo, Québec
Workload & schedule :
30 hours per week
Monday to Friday, 7 : 45 am to 2 : 45 pm
Status :
Replacement ( 1 year)
Desired effective date :
March 9th, 2026
Salary :
$25.51 - $30.30 per hour
Supervisor : School principal
Nature of the work
The principal and customary work of the employee in this class of employment consists in assisting one or more persons in carrying out secretarial tasks.
Description of tasks
- Enters texts and various data into a computer from manuscripts, or various sources
- Produces letters, tables, reports, and other documents
- Verifies the spelling and grammar rules in the texts entered and identifies the corrections to be made
- Receives and transfers telephone calls and provides general information
- Updates records and registers and files records and documents
- Opens and distributes mail
- Drafts acknowledgements or receipts, simple letters or notes
- Finds and collects information to be included on forms that he or she fills out or in reports and correspondence
- As instructed and within the limits of his or her function, relays telephone messages and information of a general nature concerning such as supply teachers, or to parents concerning school attendance
- Takes part in bulk purchases of school supplies and articles by carrying out transcription and verification duties
- Loans and retrieves books
- Carries out duties related to the sale of school supplies
- May be required to compile, verify, and enter data
- Users necessary software to perform his or her duties related to word processing, database entry, spreadsheets, and in-house programs
- May be required to help, on occasion, colleagues with the common software and programs used
- May be required to train new secretaries
- If need be, performs any other related duty.
Desired profile
Schooling
Hold a Diploma of Vocational Studies in Secretarial Studies, a Secondary School Diploma or a diploma or an attestation of studies recognized as equivalent by the competent authority.
Other requirements
Have a basic knowledge of office automation.Bilingual (both written and spoken)Good organizational skillsGood communication skillsGood knowledge of MS Word, Excel, and Outlook