administrative assistant
Education:
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years. or equivalent experience.
Tasks:
- Open and distribute mail and other materials.
- Schedule and confirm appointments.
- Answer telephone and relay telephone calls and messages.
- Answer electronic enquiries.
- Type and proofread correspondence, forms and other documents.
- Perform data entry.
- Provide customer service.
- Consult with clients after sale to provide ongoing support.
Experience:
7 months to less than 1 year.
Employment terms options:
Day.
Other benefits:
Parking available.
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:
- Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.).
- Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.).
- Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.) .
- Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition.
Support for youths:
- Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth.
Support for Veterans:
Offers flexible onboarding options to allow Veterans to gradually adapt to the civilian workplace (for example: gradually increasing hours and responsibilities, etc.) .
Support for mature workers:
- Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination .
- Offers phased retirement options that allow mature workers to gradually reduce their workload (for example: flexible or reduced work hours, part time employment, project-based or seasonal work, etc.) .
- Provides workspace accommodations, such as age-appropriate ergonomic considerations, to meet the physical needs of mature workers (for example: adjustable desks and chairs, accessible parking, etc.) .
Supports for visible minorities:
Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.).