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Job Details

Administrative Assistant

Employer

Art homes

Date Posted

September 25, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Edmonton, AB
  • Earnings $27.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 40 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 2  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Oct 25, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

Art homes

Languages

English

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Work setting

  • Relocation costs covered by employer
  • Construction
  • Willing to relocate

Budgetary responsibility

$100,001 - $500,000

Tasks

  • Arrange and co-ordinate seminars, conferences, etc.
  • Record and prepare minutes of meetings, seminars and conferences
  • Determine and establish office procedures and routines
  • Schedule and confirm appointments
  • Manage contracts
  • 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
  • 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
  • Assign, co-ordinate and review projects and programs
  • Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate daily operations

Supervision

3-4 people

Computer and technology knowledge

  • Google Docs
  • MS Excel
  • MS Outlook
  • MS PowerPoint
  • MS Windows
  • MS Word
  • Database software
  • MS Office

Technical terminology

  • Legal
  • Financial
  • Business

Area of specialization

  • Correspondence
  • Reports and records
  • Contracts
  • Statistics
  • Financial statements
  • Invoices
  • Manuscripts, publications or theses
  • Charts, tables, graphs and diagrams

Security and safety

  • Bondable
  • Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

Public transportation is available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Tight deadlines
  • Attention to detail
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Large workload

Personal suitability

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

Screening questions

  • Are you available for the advertised start date?
  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
  • Are you willing to relocate for this position?
  • Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
  • What is the highest level of study you have completed?
  • What is your current field of study?

Experience

3 years to less than 5 years

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • Learning/training paid by employer
  • On-site amenities
  • Parking available

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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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