Hybrid Administrative Assistant, Construction Research

National Research Council of Canada; United States; Hybrid; USD 35,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan

Health and dental coverage

Disability and life insurance

Relocation assistance

Job summary

National Research Council of Canada is seeking an Administrative Assistant to support the Construction Research Centre in Ottawa. The role involves coordinating meetings, travel, and preparing reports while maintaining efficient filing and responding to inquiries.

The successful candidate will handle procurement tasks and may coordinate non-salaried workers, contributing to a smoothly run research environment and dynamic team projects.

Qualifications

• Successful completion of secondary school according to provincial standards.
• Post-secondary education in administration may be considered an asset.
• Experience providing administrative support services such as arranging meetings, travel arrangements, processing travel claims, creating and maintaining files, or data entry.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate meetings (including events and seminars).
• Make and revise travel arrangements.
• Prepare correspondence, reports and presentations; maintain filing systems and respond to general inquiries.
• Procurement and non-salaried worker coordination may be required.
• Time coordinator roles and other duties typical of a research environment.

Skills

MS Office suite

Meeting coordination

Travel arrangements

Document preparation

Data entry

Procurement coordination

Time management

Customer service

Education

Secondary school completion

Post-secondary education in administration

Tools

SAP

Outlook

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

National Research Council of Canada is seeking an Administrative Assistant to support the Construction Research Centre in Ottawa. The role involves coordinating meetings, travel, and preparing reports while maintaining efficient filing and responding to inquiries.

The successful candidate will handle procurement tasks and may coordinate non-salaried workers, contributing to a smoothly run research environment and dynamic team projects.