administrative assistant

Minimum Requirements

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Tasks

• Determine and establish office procedures and routines
• Schedule and confirm appointments
• Answer telephone and relay telephone calls and messages
• Order office supplies and maintain inventory
• 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
• Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate daily operations

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities

• Ability to work independently
• Work under pressure

Personal Suitability

• Ability to multitask
• Organized

Experience

• Experience an asset

Supports for Visible Minorities

• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports members of visible minorities
• Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
• Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees
• Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities