Administrative Assistant, Finance and Corporate Management

Posting date: 2012-01-10

The Standards Council of Canada (SCC) is a federal Crown corporation with the mandate to promote efficient and effective standardization in Canada. Located in Ottawa, SCC has a Governing Council comprised of up to 15 members and a staff of approximately 85. The organization reports to Parliament through the Minister of Industry and oversees Canada's national standardization network.

SCC carries out a variety of functions intended to ensure the effective and coordinated operation of standardization in Canada. It also represents Canada's interests on standards-related matters in foreign and international forums.

Summary of duties

The Administrative Assistant supports and delivers a full range of administrative services that enable the Finance & Corporate Management Branch to function effectively and efficiently. This position provides direct administrative support to the V-P, Finance and plays a pivotal role in supporting the entire Branch administratively by providing enhanced customer service to employees, stakeholders and clients.

Qualifications

Essential Qualifications:

• A secondary school diploma coupled with acceptable experience and/or training; a university degree in administration would be an asset
• Significant experience in providing administrative support services to a multi-disciplinary work group, in a demanding environment
• Significant experience in the use of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook and the Internet
• Experience with correspondence administration, including composing and proofreading correspondence and correcting, editing reports
• Experience with general administrative and office support duties, including scheduling meetings, travel arrangements, completion of expense claims, etc.
• Bilingualism

Asset Qualifications:

• Post-secondary education in a related field

Knowledge

• Thorough knowledge of office administration procedures and administrative practices.

Skills

• Excellent communications skills – both oral and written
• Excellent Interpersonal and relationship-building skills

Abilities

• Ability to communicate effectively – orally and written
• Ability to manage a large number of files in parallel and set priorities to meet established deadlines
• Ability to solve problems with minimal assistance
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to carry out research, collect and assemble information from various sources

Personal Qualities

• Initiative, judgment and adaptability
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Tact and discretion

The SCC is an equal opportunity employer offering competitive compensation and benefits packages.

Qualified candidates are invited to apply to this competition by submitting their résumé to the attention of Director, Human Resources, Standards Council of Canada, at [email protected].

We thank all candidates for their interest; only those applicants whose qualifications are most relevant will be considered and contacted.