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Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation; Vancouver, Calgary; On-site; CAD 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading organization as a Survey Clerk where you will engage in data entry and validation for Rental Market surveys. This role offers varied work hours and needs a detail-oriented individual with strong data handling skills, contributing to significant housing research across Canada.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary education required.
• Experience in data entry, collection, and validation.
• Strong organizational and computer skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Enter and verify housing data accurately and timely.
• Ensure quality of data and verify input.
• Conduct research to address information gaps.

Skills

Data entry

Data collection

Data validation

Strong computer skills

Organizational skills

Numerical aptitude

Communication skills

Education

Post-secondary education

Job description

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About CMHC

The work you do and the work we do together matters. We come to work every day with a common purpose: to contribute to a well-functioning housing system.

At CMHC, we hold ourselves accountable for our results and support our colleagues in their achievements. We thrive on collaboration, connecting across CMHC and involving the right people to get our work done. Our leadership style is guided by trust, where our leaders favour an adaptive approach based on the needs of their teams.

Join us and be part of a team that's committed to making a real difference and be part of something meaningful.

About the role

Join the CMHC Surveys Team and bring your research and data collection skills to work as a Survey Clerk. In this role, you will be responsible to enter data for Rental Market surveys.

We have with multiple vacancies to be filled in various locations across Canada.
Hours of work will vary based on survey workload and geographic area. Approximately 25 - 37.5 hours/per week with no guaranteed number of hours worked per week. The rate of pay is $23.31 per hour.

This is a casual position starting mid September until mid November 2025 (8 weeks in duration, which includes training). Candidates must be available to work full-time during the peak period of the surveys which will take place in October 2025.

What you’ll do:

• Ensure the timely and accurate data entry of housing data for survey purposes.
• Perform the preliminary data verification in time for the survey deadlines.
• Ensure that a full complement of administrative data are received, analyzed, coded and verified for input into the survey applications.
• Oversee the quality of the data and provide timely feedback and support to field Enumerators.
• Proactively conduct research (internet and external client outreach) to address information gaps.
• Work independently and work with the team to meet the data entry deadlines and data quality for all surveys.
• On-site work is required for data entry at our CMHC office in Calgary (Suite 310, 1000 – 7th Avenue S.W. Calgary, Alberta) or Vancouver (1900 – 1111 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, B.C.).
  

What you should have:

• A post-secondary education.
• Data entry, data collection and data validation experience.
• Strong computer skills (Microsoft Office suite, internet research techniques, and databases).
• Strong organizational skills, particularly the ability to organize and accurately record ahigh volume of data efficiently(8000 Keystrokes/hour and 50 words/minute).
• Demonstrated strong numerical aptitude with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and with a remote team to achieve strong results with minimum supervision.
• Strong communications skills (oral and written).

It would be great if you also had:

• Related experience in property management and/or housing industry.

Posting closing date: Note, the competition will remain active until filled.

Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

We’re committed to employment equity and encourage women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, veterans and persons of all races, ethnicities, religions, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities and expressions to apply. We also welcome applications from non-Canadians who are eligible to work in Canada.

CMHC is an inclusive workplace where diversity of thought – and of people – are recognized, valued, and considered essential to achieving our mission.

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