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1.2 Administrative assistant, general – senior

Senior

Minimum mandatory criteria:

Resources must have:

  • A good understanding of federal government procedures and policies including financial management
  • Strong organizational and interpersonal skills

Education: Secondary school diploma.

Experience: 36 months of relevant experience.

Typical duties in addition to those listed under Clerk, general may include:

  • Providing guidance and training to junior support staff
  • Taking general, not verbatim, minutes at meetings
  • Editing, proofreading, and finalizing correspondence, reports, statements, invoices, forms, presentations and other documents
  • Making travel reservations, developing itinerary and preparing travel expense claims
  • Coordinating meetings, conferences, workshops, and seminars and arranging for facilities, equipment and services
  • Reading incoming correspondence and flagging items of importance or preparing summaries
  • Processing invoices, expenditures, receipts and other financial information
  • Maintaining inventories, databases and records
  • Maintaining office supplies and equipment
  • Composing and signing replies to general inquiries and drafting more difficult correspondence for signature
  • Developing and maintaining administrative programs and procedures
  • Participating in senior management meetings
  • Assembling and disseminating correspondence and briefing materials for senior management
  • Planning and organizing project teams
  • Reviewing the effectiveness of operations
  • Administering operational budgets and programs, analyzing expenditures
  • Providing solutions on issues related to procurement, telecommunications, accommodation, training and administration
  • Providing management with advice on various policies, procedures and directives
  • Managing the daily office operations and coordinating the agenda