Healthcare Administrative Assistant — Executive Support & Coordination

Interior Health; Kelowna; On-site; CAD 49,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Career Growth

Employer paid training/education

Employer paid vacation

Employer paid insurance premiums

Extended Health & Dental

Balanced lifestyle

Job summary

Interior Health is hiring a term specific full-time Administrative Assistant to provide confidential administrative support functions to the IH Quality team at the Community Health & Services Centre in Kelowna, B.C. This term position ends December 17, 2027 or return of the incumbent.

The successful candidate will coordinate operations, facilitate communication between multiple departments, and help ensure smooth program success in a fast-paced healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Diploma from a recognized secretarial program.
• Three to five years of experience in an administrative support position.
• Equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to type 50 wpm and prepare professional letters, reports, and documents.

Responsibilities

• Provide confidential administrative support to the Director for the department and other management staff.
• Coordinate workflow, determine priorities, and prepare confidential correspondence.
• Design correspondence, documents, presentations, orientation packages, and spreadsheets for authorization by management.
• Maintain confidentiality of information pertaining to client care, operations, personnel, labour relations, finance, and public affairs.
• Support the Director in maintaining a positive, collaborative, efficient department tone.

Skills

Communication (verbal & written)

Organization & prioritization

Typing 50 wpm

Education

Secretarial diploma

Job description

Interior Health is hiring a term specific full-time Administrative Assistant to provide confidential administrative support functions to the IH Quality team at the Community Health & Services Centre in Kelowna, B.C. This term position ends December 17, 2027 or return of the incumbent.

The successful candidate will coordinate operations, facilitate communication between multiple departments, and help ensure smooth program success in a fast-paced healthcare environment.