Administrative assistant
Alma Counselling
Overview
Languages
English or French
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Experience
7 months to less than 1 year
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work setting
- Willing to relocate
- Business services
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Open and distribute mail and other materials
- Schedule and confirm appointments
- Answer telephone and relay telephone calls and messages
- Answer electronic enquiries
- 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
- Perform data entry
- Provide customer service
- Maintain and manage digital database
- Perform basic bookkeeping tasks
- Perform administrative tasks
- Manage routine office functions including reception, telephone and booking appointments
- Receive and issue payments
- Enter client information in databases
Experience and specialization
Computer and technology knowledge
- Google Docs
- MS Excel
- MS Outlook
- MS PowerPoint
- MS Windows
- MS Word
- Adobe Photoshop
- Social Media
- MS Office
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Google Drive
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Ability to work independently
- Attention to detail
- Repetitive tasks
- Work with minimal supervision
Personal suitability
- Ability to multitask
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Organized
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Reliability
- Time management
- Accountability
- Dependability
- Quick learner
Employment groups
This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:
Support for Indigenous people
- Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers
Supports for visible minorities
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities