Administrative and Financial Assistant

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The University of Ottawa—A crossroads of cultures and ideas

The University of Ottawa is home to a dynamic community of over 50,000 students, faculty and staff, who live, work and study in both French and English. Our campus is a crossroad of cultures and ideas, where bold minds come together to inspire game-changing ideas. We believe in the power of representation, and that increasing the diversity of our faculty and staff supports this objective. Our goal is to provide students with the best possible learning experience, in an environment that reflects the diversity of its people, their ideas, and their identities.

We are one of Canada’s top 10 research universities—our professors and researchers explore new approaches to today’s challenges. One of a handful of Canadian universities ranked among the top 200 in the world, we attract exceptional thinkers and welcome diverse perspectives from across the globe. Our employees come together around the shared purpose of constant improvement, personal development, service excellence, teamwork and a passion for learning with a desire to make uOttawa and the world a better place. Everyone's contributions are valued, we all play a part in making uOttawa a world-class institution. Most importantly, we make it possible for you to achieve your full potential. Because at uOttawa, you belong
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**About the faculty/service**: Office of Indigenous Affairs

The Office of Indigenous Affairs works closely with all university faculties and services to develop initiatives that support and benefit First Nations, Inuit and Métis students. We provide services that support classrooms, careers and personal needs of students in a manner consistent with Indigenous culture and values. We also promote strong working relationships with government agencies, as well as with Indigenous communities and organizations to enrich the student experience.

**Position purpose**:
Assists with and performs a variety of tasks to support the administrative operations of a department, program or event, while ensuring compliance with applicable policies and procedures.

**In this role you will**:
Performs a variety of administrative tasks to support the administrative operations of the department/program/event, such as entering and updating data, drafting and preparing a variety of documents, and managing schedules and mail, in keeping with uOttawa quality standards.

Provides administrative support for organizing and coordinating meetings and events, to ensure they run smoothly. For this purpose, reserves meeting rooms, makes catering arrangements, and prepares meeting agendas and any other documents.

Provides basic support for the financial operations of the department/program/event by performing a variety of tasks in keeping with established policies, such as administering petty cash, preparing deposits, making journal entries and entering data into the financial system. Participates in the invoicing process: prepares, sends and pays invoices, receives payments from customers and follows up on them.

**What you will bring**:
Postsecondary education in administration and office technology with courses in accounting or finance, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience

Minimum two (2) years of demonstrated experience in a similar role

Basic experience in accounting and/or finance

Sound knowledge of the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)

Experience working with Indigenous communities and knowledge of how to handle payments to external stakeholders is an asset

Experience in bilingual (French and English) administrative writing

Experience producing reports

Ability to produce high quality work under pressure while meeting strict deadlines

Initiative self-reliance, good judgment

Knowledge of an Indigenous language is an asset

Bilingualism - English and French (spoken and written)

**Key Competencies at uOttawa**:
Here are the required competencies for all or our employees at uOttawa:
**Planning**: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realise an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.

**Initiative**: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.

**Client Service Orientation**: Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.

**Teamwork and Cooperation**: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.

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