Our client is looking for a professional to join their team.
What Your Impact Will Be
Reporting to the Manager QI, the Senior Administrative Assistant is responsible for providing integrated administrative support to the Manager and other team members, with any related initiatives, projects, and working groups, including the Committee working group meetings.
The position requires strong organizational and proactive administrative skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
Where is it based?
The role is mostly remote. The role has some in-person meetings and events approximately once a month.
The office is located in Vancouver, BC
Responsibilities
The Senior Administrative Assistant is expected to have excellent oral and written communication skills as they will compose and edit correspondence, and a variety of high-level documents for the Manager, such as meeting minutes, briefing notes, agendas, and PowerPoint presentations.
This will require someone who has outstanding attention to detail, a high level of confidentiality, and the political acumen to communicate with a diverse team and committee members.
Success in this role:
Establishes and maintains relationships and alliances.
Shares information and readily determines to whom to go for relevant information.
Seeks assistance and feedback in the problem-solving process.
Partners with others to achieve expectations.
Conducts discussions with and writes memoranda to all levels of colleagues and peer groups in ways that support troubleshooting and problem-solving.
Seeks and shares relevant information, opinions, and judgments.
Explains the context of interrelated situations, asks probing questions and solicits multiple sources of advice prior to acting when appropriate.
Seeks out new challenges that require low to moderate risk-taking and planning decisions.
Determines the resources, team support, and technical needs necessary to enable success and procure them.
Keeps responding to the challenge despite obstacles and setbacks.
Applies problem-solving methodologies and tools to diagnose and solve operational and interpersonal problems.
Determines the potential causes of the problem and devises testing methodologies for validation.
Shows empathy and objectivity toward individuals involved in the issue.
Analyzes multiple alternatives, risks, and benefits for a range of potential solutions.
Recommends resource requirements and collaborates with impacted stakeholders.
Demonstrates operational agility and renegotiates priorities as necessary.
Uses organizational systems that result in multiple critical activities being identified and completed on time.
Puts systems in place and uses them to monitor and detect errors and problems.
Tests and inspects outputs and applies quality checks prior to work submission.
Must Haves
3+ years of experience working as an Administrative Assistant
High school graduation supplemented by post-secondary education such as business and secretarial courses, workshops, and seminars as well as one year of related experience; OR an equivalent level or related work experience in lieu of post-secondary education may also be considered.
Excellent verbal and written skills, and relationship management skills
Being proactive and assertive
Have excellent attention to detail
Excellent computer skills using Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel
What do they offer?
Salary of $52 000 plus benefits
Remote work
7-hour workday. Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Is this you?
Please send your resume to jobs@expertrecruiters.com and orinih@expertrecruiters.com or apply online https://adr.to/zyt7c with your resume and cover letter to the attention of Darcia Bower, Managing Director, if you have already met a member of our team and are interested in this opportunity please call or email us asap.
