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Job Details

Administrative Assistant

Employer

Calmar Compounding Pharmacy

Date Posted

April 19, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Calmar, AB
  • Earnings $25.64 hourly
  • Work Hours 35 to 40 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date May 26, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

Calmar Compounding Pharmacy

Languages

English

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Tasks

  • Record and prepare minutes of meetings, seminars and conferences
  • Determine and establish office procedures and routines
  • 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
  • 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

Computer and technology knowledge

  • Google Docs
  • MS Excel
  • MS Word
  • MS Office

Area of specialization

  • Correspondence
  • Reports and records
  • Manuscripts, publications or theses

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Work under pressure
  • Tight deadlines
  • Attention to detail
  • Repetitive tasks

Personal suitability

  • Ability to multitask
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Flexibility
  • Organized
  • Team player
  • Accurate
  • Client focus
  • Reliability

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

Support for persons with disabilities

  • Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities
  • Applies accessible and inclusive recruitment policies that accommodate persons with disabilities

Support for newcomers and refugees

Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)

Support for youths

Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youths

Support for Veterans

Recruits Veterans and other candidates with military experience through targeted hiring initiatives (for example: job fairs, outreach programs etc.)

Support for Indigenous people

Facilitates access to Elders who can offer support and guidance to Indigenous workers

Support for mature workers

Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination

Supports for visible minorities

Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Administrative 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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