Office Administrative Assistant

Work setting

• Specialty shop

Budgetary responsibility

• $100,001 – $500,000

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Arrange and co-ordinate seminars, conferences, etc.
• Assist with staff consultation and grievance procedures
• Coordinate the activities of the HR department in order to ensure they meet the organization’s goals
• Coordinate the flow of information within the team
• Direct and control daily operations
• Direct staff
• Evaluate daily operations
• Motivate staff
• Open and distribute mail and other materials
• Plan and control budget and expenditures
• Plan and organize daily operations
• Review HR projects to assure compliance with laws and regulations
• Supervise other workers
• Train staff
• Establish and implement policies and procedures
• Train other workers
• Record and prepare minutes of meetings, seminars and conferences
• Determine and establish office procedures and routines
• Oversee the classification and rating of occupations
• Plan, develop and implement recruitment strategies
• Schedule and confirm appointments
• Manage contracts
• Manage training and development strategies
• Answer telephone and relay telephone calls and messages
• Oversee the analysis of employee data and information
• Answer electronic enquiries
• Oversee development of communication strategies
• Compile data, statistics and other information
• Oversee the preparation of reports
• Advise senior management
• Respond to employee questions and complaints
• Order office supplies and maintain inventory
• Liaise with management, union officials and HR consultants
• Negotiate collective agreements on behalf of employers or workers
• Organize staff consultation and grievance procedures
• Oversee payroll administration
• Arrange travel, related itineraries and make reservations
• Greet people and direct them to contacts or service areas
• Set up and maintain manual and computerized information filing systems
• Type and proofread correspondence, forms and other documents
• Conduct research
• Perform data entry
• Provide customer service
• Work with the marketing department to understand and communicate marketing messages to the field
• Recruit and hire workers and carry out related staffing actions
• Recruit and hire staff
• Maintain and manage digital database
• Coaching
• Perform basic bookkeeping tasks
• Consult with clients after sale to provide ongoing support
• Conduct performance reviews
• Evaluate work environments, programs and procedures to control, eliminate, and prevent disease or injury
• Supervise office and volunteer staff

Supervision

• 3-4 people