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Job Details

Office Assistant

Employer

Little Scholars ECS Ltd

Date Posted

April 26, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Calgary, AB
  • Earnings $19.00 to $22.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 35 to 40 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 2  Vacancies
  • Closing Date May 26, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

Little Scholars ECS Ltd

Languages

English

Education

  • Bachelor's degree
  • or equivalent experience

Work setting

Office

Tasks

  • Receive and forward telephone or electronic enquiries
  • Work on reports from manual or electronic files, inventories and databases
  • 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
  • Compile data, statistics and other information
  • Prepare invoices and bank deposits
  • Photocopy and collate documents for distribution, mailing and filing
  • Perform data entry
  • Provide customer service
  • File material in storage area
  • Label, file and retrieve documents
  • Locate and remove files requested
  • Organize and schedule office work
  • Prepare and monitor contracts and budgets
  • Store, update and retrieve financial data

Computer and technology knowledge

  • MS Word
  • Quick Books
  • MS PowerPoint
  • MS Excel
  • MS Outlook

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Attention to detail
  • Work with minimal supervision

Screening questions

  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Are you available for the advertised start date?
  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
  • Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
  • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
  • What is the highest level of study you have completed?

Experience

1 to less than 7 months

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Health care plan
  • Vision care benefits

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • Learning/training paid by employer
  • Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
  • Team building opportunities
  • Parking available

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Office Assistant is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

General Office Clerks
OBJECTIVE

Interest in operating equipment such as computers and photocopiers; and in using fax machines and electronic mail to send and receive messages and documents; may service office equipment

METHODICAL

Interest in compiling information to maintain and prepare reports from manual or electronic files, inventories, mailing lists and databases

innovative

Interest in speaking to clients and the public to provide general information; may verify applications, receipts, expenditures, forms and other documents; may order office supplies and arrange for servicing of major repairs

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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Abilities

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