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Regina Immigrant Women Centre is looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Administrative Assistant. The Administrative Assistant will work closely with the Executive Director and all staff to ensure smooth operations of the centre.
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate should bring the following qualifications to this position:
-3 to 5 years administration assistant experience required.
-valid driver's license and automobile is required
-strong computer skills
-Excellent communication and organization skills
-Knowledge of and experience in cross-cultural settings and willingness to work with individuals from diverse backgrounds
-Familiarity with languages other than English is preferred
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Numeracy
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Transportation/Travel Information
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
Technical Terminology
- Business
Specific Skills
- Type and proofread correspondence, forms and other documents
- Sort, process and verify applications, receipts and other documents
- Send and receive messages
- Provide general information to clients and the public
- Prepare equipment or software for type of document
- Prepare and format page presentation
- Compile data, statistics and other information
- Receive and forward telephone or electronic enquiries
- Maintain and prepare reports from manual or electronic files, inventories, mailing lists and databases
- Process incoming and outgoing mail manually or electronically
- Order supplies and maintain inventory
- Service office equipment and arrange for servicing in the case of major repairs
- Photocopy and collate documents for distribution, mailing and filing
Work Setting
- Not-for-profit organization
Area Of Specialization
- Invoices
- Correspondence
- Forms and records
Work Location Information
- Urban area
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Repetitive tasks
- Physically demanding
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Sitting for extended periods
Security and Safety
- Bondable
Keyboarding (Words Per Minute)
- 0 - 40 wpm
Business Equipment and Computer Applications
- Word processing software
- Spreadsheet software
- MS PowerPoint
- MS Word
- Excel
- Electronic mail
- Presentation software
- General office equipment
- Internet browser