Become a Project Clerk with OCWA today!
In this role, we are looking for a highly organized and enthusiastic individual to provide administrative support to the Operations within the Kawartha Trent Region.
About the job
The Ontario Clean Water Agency (OCWA) believes in Our Communities, Our Environment and Our People. As a trusted partner to municipalities, First Nations communities, businesses, governments and institutions across Ontario, we provide our clients with total solutions in water and wastewater. We are dedicated to working closely with our clients to help them build healthy sustainable communities and organizations and provide safe and reliable drinking water to thousands of Ontarians each day.
What you bring to the team
Knowledge:
• Ability to produce correspondence/reports, receiving inquiries, arranging meetings.
• Excellent knowledge of Data Entry and maintenance of work order system
• Good knowledge to support Hub operations - maintaining databases and filing systems, coordinating information; - monitoring/processing documentation, correcting discrepancies, following-up with suppliers.
• Good knowledge to order and maintain office supplies; shipping and follow up with courier
• Good knowledge with operational services and a good understanding of the water and wastewater industry.
• Good knowledge to use word processing applications, including spreadsheet and graphics software, as well as the ability to type to established OPS standards.
• Good knowledge of timesheet entry
Skills and abilities include:
• Excellent oral communication and customer service skills to liaise with clients, vendors/suppliers to respond to inquiries. Proven oral communication skills.
• Good written communication skills to prepare to routine correspondence, meeting minutes and various documentation. Proven written communication skills.
• Excellent analytical, planning, time management and organizational skills to complete work assignments and coordinate multiple tasks within stated deadline.
• Ability to work independently and in a team oriented environment.
Don't meet every qualification?
If you are excited about this position and meet most, but not all, of the listed qualifications, please still consider applying. We recognize that no one person might have every qualification in this job ad, and you just might be the right candidate!
How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility
We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.
Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's
Human Rights Code and the
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer
accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please
contact us.Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace:
What we offer
• Flexible learning and development opportunities.
• Opportunities for career advancement and specialization with the largest provider of water and wastewater services in Ontario.
• Work with the partner of choice for more communities than any other water and wastewater service organization in Ontario for over 30 years.
• Work with an organization committed to innovation and advanced technology.
• A defined benefit pension plan; Comprehensive Health Plan; Life and Disability Insurance.
• Maternity and parental leave top-up benefits including for adoptive parents.