Administrative Assistant

Are you an organized, efficient and detail-oriented, focused administrative professional who is able to effectively respond to changing priorities and work in a team environment? If so, consider this dynamic supporting role within the Capital Program Delivery Branch, Transportation Infrastructure Management Division.

OPS Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Anti-Racism:

We are committed to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to promote a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful and equitable workplace.
We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black, and racialized individuals, as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.
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What can I expect to do in this role?

In this role, you will:
• provide administrative support services in a technical engineering environment
• provide word processing services and compose routine correspondence
• prepare reports, excel spreadsheets and presentations
• greet visitors and respond to inquiries
• maintain information within electronic and hard copy filing systems
• work effectively within an administrative support team

How do I qualify?

Administrative Knowledge and Skills

• you can use knowledge of administrative practices to sort and distribute mail, establish and maintain filing systems, order and maintain office supplies, update asset and inventory control
• you can greet visitors and answer, screen and redirect phone calls to appropriate staff or business unit
• you can use arithmetic and knowledge of financial processes to calculate employee attendance
• you can reconcile expenditures related to expense claims, purchasing card statements, purchase orders and invoices

Interpersonal and Communication Skills

• you can provide good customer service, work effectively with other staff
• you can compose routine letters from brief verbal or written instructions
• you have demonstrated judgment, decision-making and analytical skills to determine priority and forward action items to staff or business units on manager's behalf
• you are able to determine the extent of information to be provided in responding to inquiries
• you can assess confidentiality of information to avoid improper release or disclosure of information, and identify and resolve discrepancies

Organizational Skills

• you have organizational and time management skills to arrange and coordinate conferences and meetings, make appointments and travel and accommodation arrangements
• you are able to manage and prioritize own workload to meet urgent deadlines and provide effective support as part of an administrative team

Computer and Documentation Skills

• you have advanced knowledge of computer applications, such as: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Database software
• you can prepare and track correspondence, charts, tables, graphics, spreadsheets and presentation materials by utilizing a variety of complex features within computer applications