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Yarmouth, NS
Administrative
Experienced
Temporary
Competition Number: 2425-257

Operational Support

Administrative Assistant 2 (OA11)

Education,

Burridge Campus

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

School of Access, Education, and Language
Term Part-Time Position (60%): Commencing approximately September 15, 2024 and ending approximately March 31, 2025.
Application deadline is 11:59PM, September 10, 2024

Competition No. 2425-257

Salary range: $ 42,176.04 to $ 47,189.29 annually (prorated to 60%)

What you'll do

Responsibilities

What you'll be doing...

  • Managing budgets and trial balances, creating flyers for advertising workshops, managing workshop participants' payments/receipts, managing website, managing workshop room bookings, managing center resources and tracking resource loans, answering phones and providing related information, and other sundry clerical duties.

What you'll need

Qualifications

Qualifications and Occupational Experience:

  • The minimum educational qualification for this position is a post-secondary certificate or diploma in Business or Administrative Professional/Office Administration combined with a minimum of two years' recent and related experience in a fast-paced office environment. Or you have the recognized equivalency of a high school diploma with significant (10+) years of administrative experience.
  • Occupational experience that includes early childhood education would be considered an asset.
  • Occupational experience in the following areas would be considered an asset:
  • Front-line customer service role in a post-secondary institution.
  • Operating Point of Sale systems.
  • Handling cash, debit, and credit card transactions.
  • You are familiar with and comfortable using computer applications such as the Microsoft Office Suite including Outlook/email and Microsoft Teams.
  • You are comfortable working in a digital environment; you take responsibility for acquiring knowledge about advancing technology; and you are committed to using technology in advancing your work
  • Experience in training/facilitation preparation would be considered an asset.
  • Experience supporting/providing service to students and prospective students would be considered an asset

Relevant Skills and Knowledge:

  • You demonstrate a commitment to inclusion, diversity, equity, accessibility and anti-racism.
  • You possess excellent interpersonal skills and are able to interact at all levels of an organization
  • You are known for your superior customer service skills and are able to create a relationship of trust beyond the immediate interaction
  • Your superb team working skills enable you to contribute positively to a team environment
  • You have specific technical occupational knowledge and skill in most office equipment.
  • You are known for your problem solving and critical thinking skills
  • You are a strong communicator
  • You possess excellent coordination skills specifically related to planning training workshops.
  • Candidates selected for interviews will be expected to provide at least three recent occupational references. The successful candidate will be expected to provide official transcripts to show proof of academic achievements.

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A little bit about us

Nova Scotia Community College

We value Diversity and Inclusion

The College values diversity and inclusion and is committed to employment equity. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates including Aboriginal/Indigenous Persons, Black/African Nova Scotians, members of racially visible communities, persons with disabilities, persons of a minority sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, and women. Applicants from these communities wishing to self-identify may do so by completing the online questionnaire within the application.

All NSCC positions are advertised every Tuesday and Thursday. To learn more about us and our hiring process, please follow this link.

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Candidates selected for interviews will be expected to provide at least three recent, occupational references. The successful candidate will be expected to provide official transcripts to show proof of academic achievements.

NSCC is committed to the full inclusion of all applicants. As part of this commitment, NSCC will ensure that applicants are provided reasonable accommodations, as required. If accommodation is needed to participate in the job application process, please contact Jaclynn Kelly HR Generalist at [email protected]. Our Employee Workplace Accommodation Policy can be found here.