Administrative Assistant

Dcc Cdc; Winnipeg; On-site; CAD 52,000 - 67,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental premiums

Wellness allowance

Mental health services coverage

Health Care Spending Account

Life and disability insurance

Employee assistance program

Parental leave top-up

Flexible work options

Job summary

Defence Construction Canada (DCC) Winnipeg is seeking an Administrative Assistant to coordinate administrative activities and HR documentation for the National Programs Level B team. You will ensure timely, accurate data entry, records management and service delivery across departments.

The role is onsite five days a week in Canada’s Crown corporation, supporting budgets, purchasing, and cross-functional activities while adhering to security requirements.

Qualifications

• Minimum: college diploma in business or office administration or related field with three years’ relevant experience.
• Preferred: basic accounting courses or accounting experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily administrative and operational support to employees at all levels of the business unit.
• Coordinate and provide administrative support and guidance to new administrative assistants.
• Carry out data entry, quality control of data and reporting in ERP systems.
• Prepare year-end financials, set up files and databases for new fiscal year, archive files.
• Take and prepare minutes of monthly meetings and handle purchasing requests.
• Perform receptionist duties and act as backup for other administrative staff.

Skills

Records management

Data entry

Multitasking

Education

College diploma in business or office administration or related field

Job description

Internal (DCC Employees) and External (General Public)

Salary Range:

$51,566 - $67,035

Employment status:

Continuing

Onsite 5 days/week

Security Level:

Secret

Language Requirement:

Closing Date:

13/11/2026

Country:

Canada

We have an exciting opportunity in Winnipeg !

The Administrative Assistant coordinates and carries out administrative activities for employees at all levels of the business unit. The incumbent provides high-quality, timely, efficient and effective services, including entering and reporting data, and carrying outdocument and records management. The incumbent also coordinates the preparation of human resources documentation.

Work Environment

National Programs Level B (NLB) support Department of National Defence (DND) professionals at all project stages of Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) to modernize, recapitalize and add new critical key infrastructure. DCC support a variety of Aircraft, Drone, Radar and supporting infrastructure projects in support of North American Aerospace Defense Command(NORAD) requirements. From problem identification and analysis, through planning, design and construction, NLB team recommends resource management approaches, project objectives and strategies, and schedule and performance metrics.

KEY AND PERIODIC ACTIVITIES

The duties and responsibilities listed below are representative but not all-inclusive:

Primary

• Provide daily administrative and operational support to employees at all levels of the business unit
• Coordinate and provide administrative support and guidance to new administrative assistants to ensure consistency of business unit or service line requirements
• Carry out quality control of data entry (e.g. monthly expenses, timesheet reporting, accounts payable, service billing)
• Enter data related to service line transactions and activities in enterprise resource planning system (e.g. budget tracking, time entry, procurement, contract administration)
• Track budgets for service level agreements and training and development
• Process account payables and vendor payments, ensure proper financial coding, obtain delegated signatures and enter data in enterprise resource planning system
• Prepare year-end financials, set up files and databases for new fiscal year, archive files

Other

• Take and prepare minutes of monthly meetings
• Prepare purchase orders (e.g. for office supplies, furniture, service contracts)
• Perform receptionist duties and act as backup for other administrative employees, as required
• Other duties as assigned

SKILLS

General and Specific Knowledge

• Records management

Formal Education and/or Certification(s) and Experience

• Minimum: college diploma in business or office administration or related field with three years’ relevant experience, or the equivalent
• Preferred: minimum requirements and general accounting courses and/or basicaccounting experience

Abilities

• Use applicable computer software and operating systems
• Manage multiple deadlines and priorities

DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP

• Provide functional advice and guidance to employees
• Occasionally coordinate work of other administrative staff in business unit

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Typical office environment with occasional travel

Check out your benefits

Working with us offers excellent opportunities for growth and advancement—and entitles you to one of the job market’s best benefits packages valued at between 25 and 30% of your salary.

Your package includes:

Health and Wellness

• 100% employer-paid annual sick leave, and health and dental premiums
• $400 wellness allowance to help cover expenses such as a gym membership
• $2,500 for mental health services on top of regular $2,500 paramedical coverage
• Telus Virtual Health Care and $750 Health Care Spending Account for some expenses not covered under provincial plans

Home and Family

• Life, accidental-death, and short-term disability insurance
• Enhanced inConfidence employee and family assistance program
• Maternity and parental leave top-up plan to 93% of regular gross earnings for up to 37 weeks
• Flexible workplace options, including $400 allowance every two years, to support working from home

Leave and Retirement

• Comprehensive vacation and other paid-leave plans, along with enhanced travel benefits coverage

To begin a career with Defence Construction Canada (DCC), you must be a Canadian Citizen or a permanent resident of Canada. As a condition of employment with DCC, a minimum reliability security status clearance is required and some roles may require secret security status clearance.

DCC is responsible for the Personnel Security Clearance process. Typically to be eligible for a "Reliability" clearance, you must have five years of verifiable background information and to be eligible for a "Secret" clearance, you must have 10 years of verifiable background information. The process usually involves reference inquiries, verification of qualifications, criminal records checks, and credit checks (as required) and may require fingerprints. For more information about obtaining a security clearance, please review the Standard on Security Screening .

The appropriate security clearance is a condition of employment and it is the candidate’s or employee’s responsibility to ensure, they are able to obtain and maintain their required security level clearance to begin or continue their employment with DCC. Failure to obtain or maintain, the appropriate level of security clearance means either the candidate or employee will not receive a job offer, the conditional offer will be rendered null and void or their employment will be terminated with cause. A thorough security clearance process will be applied to all candidates or employees considered for an appointment; this process includes inquiries, verifications and assessments regarding matters such as, but not limited to:

• criminal record checks
• reference checks
• open source checks

DCC's Code of Business Conduct (Code) is a condition of employment. It serves to enhance public confidence in the integrity of DCC Employees and provides clarity to Employees on a number of issues, including real or perceived conflicts of interest. Before applying to this (or any) position at DCC, candidates shall familiarize themselves with the Code, because new employees are required to certify that they have read, understood, and agreed to observe the Code upon commencing work at DCC. Employees are further required to review their obligations under the Code and notify the President's Office of any changes in their circumstances at the earliest possible opportunity, and to complete the Annual Update once a year.

Be part of a diverse and inclusive workplace!

Roles at DCC will require security at various levels including Reliability, Secret, Top Secret and for Canadian Eyes Only (proof of Citizenship required). While we welcome applications to our roles who are not Canadian citizens who are eligible to work in Canada and have at least 5 years of verifiable background information, selection will depend on the specific role’s requirements.

At DCC, we are committed to ensuring everyone has a voice and can be their authentic selves in our workplace. We actively encourage applications from all, including but not limited to, women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, visible minorities and members of the LGBTQ2+ community.

DCC’s goal is to provide barrier-free access to employment opportunities and workspaces for employees and candidates. If you require an accommodation for the recruitment/interview process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms or other accommodations), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs. Should you require accommodation, please email [e-mail] .