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Administrative Assistant

Employer

Bright Lights for Africa Foundation

Date Posted

April 24, 2025

Languages

Bilingual
  • Location Calgary, AB
  • Earnings $15.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 35 hours per week
  • Position Seasonal Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date May 24, 2025
Job Requirements

Employer

Bright Lights for Africa Foundation

Languages

Bilingual

Education

College/CEGEP

Tasks

  • Answer electronic enquiries
  • Arrange travel, related itineraries and make reservations
  • Type and proofread correspondence, forms and other documents
  • Perform data entry
  • Provide customer service
  • Perform basic bookkeeping tasks
  • Obtain and examine all relevant information to assess client feedback, enquiries and complaints in the delivery of meaningful information and services.
  • Produce reports
  • Manage events
  • Prepare reports and others documents for consideration and presentation to executive committees and boards of directors
  • Complete administrative duties

Computer and technology knowledge

  • Google Docs
  • MS Outlook
  • MS PowerPoint
  • MS Word
  • Google Drive
  • LinkedIn
  • Electronic mail

Area of work experience

  • Project planning
  • Project coordination

Area of specialization

Reports and records

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Ability to work independently
  • Work under pressure
  • Tight deadlines
  • Attention to detail
  • Work with minimal supervision

Personal suitability

  • Ability to multitask
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Flexibility
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Team player
  • Accurate
  • Client focus
  • Reliability
  • Time management
  • Adaptability
  • Accountability
  • Dependability
  • Quick learner

Screening questions

  • Are you available for the advertised start date?
  • Are you currently a student?
  • 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?
  • Do you have the necessary equipment for remote work (i.e. internet, home office, etc.)?
  • What is the highest level of study you have completed?
  • What is your current field of study?

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

Other benefits

Team building opportunities

Support for youths

  • Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment
  • Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth
  • Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth

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.)
  • Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities

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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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