Jr Administrative Assistant

4 days ago

Kanata, Canada MDA Full time

For those who dream of advancing our space in the Universe and on Earth, we’ll take you there.

Serving the world from our Canadian home and our global offices, MDA is an international space mission partner and robotics & space operations, satellite systems and geointelligence pioneer with a 50-year story of firsts on and above the Earth. Today, we're leading the charge towards viable Moon colonies, enhanced Earth observation, communication in a hyper-connected world, and more.

We’re fueled by a pioneering spirit that carries us beyond. And together we enable highly skilled people to continually push boundaries and tackle big challenges requiring solutions that endure and inspire.

Are you ready to launch the next stage of your career in the new space economy? We would love to hear from you

We’re on the hunt for a **Junior Administrative Assistant** (3 month contract role) on our **Robotics and Space Operations** team at our **Kanata** office.

With 40 years of operational experience and proven performance on the iconic Canadarm programs including Space Shuttle and International Space Station robotics and operations support, our Robotics & Space Operations team has 100% mission success in making space dreams come true. As our Contract **Junior Administrative Assistant**, you will be supporting leaders with administrative tasks and duties for various small projects around the office.

**Administrative Duties**:

- Conduct Inventory process; such as sorting through parts, counting and verifying
- Data Entry and the creation of custom excel spreadsheets
- Pulling reports and gathering information to aid the management decision making process
- Sorting through legacy documents/storage boxes and helping leaders to determine what needs to be retained and what needs to be removed
- Scan documents, file, and store for database
- Work with external vendors/contractor to perform outside services, such as secured shredding
- Completing other assignments and projects according to instructions from leadership as needed

**Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities**
- High School Diploma and/or some college
- Verbal and written communication skills
- Organization and planning
- Initiative driven, reliable, problem solver
- Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures
- Intermediate skills with Microsoft Excel is required
- Must be capable of moving **up to 40lbs** boxes/files throughout the day
- 1 year of experience is an asset

We’re a dream team of purpose-driven, collaborative and passionate people, and we are constantly looking for others to join #TeamMDA to ignite new and innovative approaches to problem-solving that push us forward to improve life on and above Earth. If you’re excited to expand our place in space and driven to inspire the next generation, we’ll take you there.

We have entered a new era of exploration and development, and MDA welcomes all who yearn to suit up and be part of it. An equal opportunity employer prizing diversity, integrity and collaboration, we are committed to growing MDA’s and Canada’s leadership in this next golden age.

**Comments/Special Considerations**:
**Equal opportunity statement**:
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