Administrative Assistant to Director

3 weeks ago


Toronto, Canada City of Toronto Full time

**Job ID**: 46156

**Job Category**:Administrative

**Division & Section**:Economic Development & Culture, EDC Museum & Heritage Services

**Work Location**: Various, see below

**Job Type & Duration**:Full-time, Permanent vacancy

**Hourly Rate and Wage Grade**:$35.17 - $38.53, Wage Grade 9

**Shift Information**: Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week

**Affiliation**: L79 Full-time

**Number of Positions Open**:1

**Posting Period**: 01-Nov-2024 to 18-Nov-2024

**Location Information**:

- The base location will be at Union Station, 65 Front Street West (Floor 2).
- Other locations to which the employee would need to be able to report or travel would be:

- City Hall - 100 Queen Street West
- Toronto History Museum Sites as needed

Reporting to the Director, Museum & Heritage Services, the Administrative Assistant provides the primary assistance to the Director through the coordination of work, information, and calendars. They will produce minutes of section, committee meetings and other documents, inputs, verifies and tracks financial data in databases, prepares materials for distribution, and assists with customer responses.

**Major Responsibilities**:

- Performs specialized and senior level administrative tasks; including preparation, investigation, research, review, and the overseeing of projects.
- Communicates with various internal divisions in the coordination of projects and/or activities and liaises with external parties on administrative matters on behalf of the Director.
- Identifies, screens/prioritizes issues and initiates responses on behalf of the Director.
- Prepares and composes documents, summaries and reports.
- Prepares draft agendas, attends meetings, takes/transcribes/distributes minutes and provides status report to Director on followed-up action items.
- Coordinates special events, workshops; coordinates meetings and schedules, and adjusts workplan to meet unscheduled events; organizes/coordinates and attends quarterly Management Team Meetings and monthly Manager Meetings.
- Provides work direction, training and guidance and acts as a resource to support/clerical staff.
- Reviews correspondence and contract documents for accuracy and conformity to policies and procedures and signing authorities.
- Locates/extracts and consolidates information required in reports and correspondence. Undertakes research/analysis and prepares reports on the various issues/findings.
- Organizes and maintains Director's filing system.
- Prepares/processes documents and handles issues of a confidential/sensitive nature.
- Acts as Divisional liaison when dealing with Councillors and Division Heads.
- Handles enquiries regarding operational policies/practices, general public and stakeholder enquiries/concerns and deals with FOI requests in accordance with the City's FOI protocols.
- Assists in the preparation of briefs, presentation/meeting materials.
- Develops and maintains linkages and contacts with staff, Councillors, and other levels of Government, ABCDs, the public, and private institutions that have regular contact with Director.
- Maintains an awareness of corporate/cluster/divisional administrative systems, issues and initiatives.
- Ensure that reports are finalized, and submitted to Council, Standing Committees and Community Councils adhering to closing deadlines.
- Identifies items for the Director that have potential impact on operations, compiles background information on agenda items to ensure information is readily available to Director. Monitors and reviews committee and council agendas, flagging items of divisional impact and identifies these issues and initiates responses.
- Makes recommendation of new/modified administrative functions and their implementation.
- Follows up on Decisions of Council to ensure recommendations are adhered to.
- Provides follow-up to assignments given to management staff; provides status reports to the Director.
- Assist in Budget information compilation of data for forecasting and co-ordination between sections/units. Monitors/maintains and balances petty cash fund, purchasing records, invoices and items requiring Director's signature.
- Maintains records related to budget administration.
- Arranges business travel including conference registration, accommodation and cash advances. Reviews accuracy of expense claims
- Organizes and maintains policy and procedure manuals. Operates computers utilizing and manipulating a variety of software packages.
- Manages the Director's schedule; eg: arranges business travel including conference registration, accommodations, schedules interviews, general meetings.
- Maintains various staffing records, such as attendance register, establishment lists, requests for staff, EOCR's and individual employee files, on behalf of Director.
- Orders/maintains and oversees the purchase/lease regarding the inventory of office equipment/supplies and maintenance and liaises with computer/printer service contractors.

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