Be the Backbone of Emergency Response as a Logistics Clerk! Are you a detail-oriented professional with a knack for organization and leadership? The Ministry of Natural Resources is looking for someone like you to support our Aviation, Forest Fire, and Emergency Services team. You'll play a crucial role in managing finances, administration, and fleet operations, ensuring our team is ready to respond to natural hazards across Northwest Ontario
About the job
You will:
• prepare budget submissions and documentation, reconcile transactions and process invoices and expenses
• provide group leadership to office administration and support staff by assigning/reviewing work and providing training
• provide fleet management services, ensuring fleet and insurance data is updated and reported
• respond to a wide variety of enquiries and provide quality customer service to internal and external clients
• perform a variety of administrative functions including composing and proof reading documents, coordinating meetings, travel arrangements and other office duties
What you bring to the team
Mandatory requirements
• Must possess a valid G driver's license and have access to reliable transportation, as public transit is not available in the area
Financial and administrative support skills
• You have proven financial administration skills to coordinate the financial activities (e.g. budget administration, resource allocation, financial reporting)
• You can assist with human resources administration activities such as staff scheduling and payroll reporting.
• You can interpret and apply policies, procedures and guidelines such as collective agreements, fixed term staff packages and human resources directives and guidelines, administrative and fleet management policies as well as the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy.
• You have proven experience providing a wide range of administrative support services (records management and retention, correspondence tracking, compiling background materials, fleet management etc.).
Communication and interpersonal skills
• You have interpersonal skills to provide administrative direction and leadership to seasonal staff (i.e. assign work, training and guidance).
• You have communication skills to provide advice, training and make presentations.
• You have written communication skills to prepare a variety of correspondence and reports and proofread to ensure completeness, accuracy and proper formatting.
Computer skills
• You are proficient with word-processing, spreadsheets, database, internet, e-mail and corporate software to produce correspondence, enter data, develop reports and create presentations.
• You can effectively use systems applications to input and retrieve data.
Analytical and problem-solving skills
• You have analytical skills to analyze and interpret complex financial reports, identify and resolve accounting issues.
• You have problem-solving skills to resolve discrepancies with vendors and clients and prioritize issues.
Organizational skills
• You have priority-setting, planning and coordinating skills to effectively respond to a high volume of diverse challenges and demands and to meet deadlines during escalated situations.
• You have a proven ability to plan and perform tasks with minimal supervision and work independently to meet work priorities.
Fleet administration
• You have the ability to interpret and apply government fleet management policy and processes to administer the fleet inventory, vehicle license and registration requirements, insurance requirements, and maintenance schedules.
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
The Ontario Public Service is one of Ontario's largest employers. Employees work for a wide range of ministries, with offices in more than 70 cities across the province. We offer:
• a career that can grow across ministries and job functions
• flexible learning and developmental opportunities, including education and mentorship programs
• a comprehensive compensation and benefits package
• base salary that aligns to market trends with performance-based pay and scheduled salary progression
• tailored work arrangements, including opportunities like flex hours, self-funded leave and more
• a modern, friendly and accessible physical work environment