office assistant

Government of Canada - Central; Toronto; On-site; CAD 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in Toronto is seeking an administrative support professional. Responsibilities include typing, data entry, and customer service. Candidates must possess a secondary school graduation certificate and have at least 7 months of experience. This position requires work to be completed on-site with no options for remote work.

Qualifications

• At least 7 months of experience in a similar role.
• Ability to communicate effectively in English.
• Proficiency in typing and data entry tasks.

Responsibilities

• Type and proofread correspondence and other documents.
• Organize and schedule office work.
• Provide general information to clients and the public.

Skills

Customer service

Data entry

Basic bookkeeping

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Job description

Overview

Languages: English

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience

7 months to less than 1 year

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Responsibilities

• Type and proofread correspondence, forms and other documents
• Receive and forward telephone or electronic enquiries
• Work on reports from manual or electronic files, inventories and databases
• Sort, process and verify applications, receipts and other documents
• Process incoming and outgoing mail manually or electronically
• Send and receive messages
• Perform basic bookkeeping tasks
• Prepare invoices and bank deposits
• Provide general information to clients and the public
• Photocopy and collate documents for distribution, mailing and filing
• Order office supplies and maintain inventory
• Conduct research
• Perform data entry
• Provide customer service
• File material in storage area
• Label, file and retrieve documents
• Organize and schedule office work