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Administrative Assistant
Organization:
Ministry of Transportation
Division:
Provincial Highways Management
Language of Position(s):
Bilingual English/French
Job Code:
08OAD - Office Administration 08
Salary:
$23.10 - $26.86 Per Hour*
*Indicates the salary listed as per the OPSEU Collective Agreement.
If you're a bilingual individual seeking a position that will allow you to fully exercise your strong office administrative background, please consider this opportunity with the Ministry of Transportation's Northeastern Region Operations section.
What can I expect to do in this role?
In this role, you will:
• respond to routine inquiries and handle incoming/outgoing mail
• maintain filing systems and appointment calendars
• organize travel and accommodation logistics
• perform clerical tasks in order to provide effective administrative support to the section
How do I qualify?
Mandatory
• Proficiency in English as well as in oral French at the advanced level
Essential Skills:
• You have communication skills to respond to general inquiries with tact and diplomacy as well as to accurately type, compose and proofread correspondence, reports and presentation material
• You have organizational and reasoning skills to determine priorities among tasks with conflicting deadlines and coordinate own work to ensure deadlines are met
• You have analytical skills and attention to detail to identify and resolve discrepancies related to invoices, purchasing card statements and expense claims as well as to assess confidentiality of information when responding to inquiries
• You have arithmetic and financial skills to calculate employee attendance and reconcile expenditures relating to expense claims, purchase card statements, purchase orders, invoices and property purchase agreements
Technical Knowledge:
• You have knowledge of office administration practices, including mail handling and filing systems as well as maintenance of appointment calendars and office supplies
• You are proficient with computers and word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation and email software
Additional Information:
Address:
- 1 Bilingual English/French Permanent, 70 Foster Dr, Sault Ste Marie, North Region
Compensation Group:
Ontario Public Service Employees Union
Schedule:
3.7
Category:
Administrative and Support Services
Posted on:
Friday, August 25, 2017
Please be advised that the results of this competition may be used to form an eligibility list of qualified candidates to potentially fill future vacancies represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU). In accordance with the Collective Agreement, eligibility lists are shared with OPSEU representatives. By applying to this competition, you are providing consent that your name may be shared with OPSEU representatives.
All external applicants (including former employees of the Ontario Public Service) applying to a competition in a ministry or Commission public body must disclose (either in the cover letter or resume) previous employment with the Ontario Public Service. Disclosure must include positions held, dates of employment and any active restrictions as applicable from being rehired by the Ontario Public Service. Active restrictions can include time and/or ministry-specific restrictions currently in force, and may preclude a former employee from being offered a position with the Ontario Public Service for a specific time period (e.g. one year), or from being offered a position with a specific ministry (either for a pre-determined time period or indefinitely). The circumstances around an employee's exit will be considered prior to an offer of employment.
Remember: The deadline to apply is Monday, September 11, 2017 11:59 pm EDT. Late applications will not be accepted.
We thank you for your interest. Only those selected for further screening or an interview will be contacted.
All Ontario Public Service external job advertisements are posted in English and French. To confirm the language requirements of a job, check the "language of position" information at the top of each job ad. For all positions, candidates will be assessed in English, the business language of the Ontario Public Service. For English/French designated bilingual positions, candidates will also be assessed through French-language proficiency testing.
Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario sont affichées en anglais et en français. Pour connaître les exigences linguistiques, vérifiez les renseignements sur la « langue du poste » figurant dans le haut de chaque offre d'emploi. Pour tous les postes, l'évaluation des candidates et candidats se fera en anglais, la langue usuelle de la fonction publique de l'Ontario. En ce qui concerne les postes désignés bilingues, la maîtrise du français des candidates et candidats sera également évaluée.
