Administrative Assistant, Priyd

**JOB OPPORTUNITY**:Administrative Assistant 2, PRIYD

**Administrative Assistance, PRIYD **Competition #51-23

**DO YOU WANT A MEANINGFUL CAREER, HELPING OTHERS? JOIN US**

About the Role

At Family Services of Greater Vancouver, we’ve been helping people in crisis since 1928. As a non-profit, we help people develop skills and knowledge, empowering our neighbours to create positive change in their lives. Our team is made up of more than 420 staff, including expert counsellors and support workers who provide compassionate, client-centered care to youth experiencing homelessness, families and children impacted by trauma, victims of domestic violence, and other vulnerable people from an evidence-based, trauma-informed lens. We believe in building a brighter future for all British Columbians and providing a supportive and inclusive workplace for all our staff.

Working within the mission, vision, values and person-centred philosophy of the Agency, the Administrative Assistant 2 is responsible for ensuring the administrative needs of the program are met and carried out in an efficient and supportive manner. This position includes providing direct administrative coordination and support. It actively supports the Agency’s awareness and goals around diversity and inclusion

About Our Opportunity:
**Our Valued Benefits**:

- Flexible scheduling
- Starting at three weeks’ vacation for full time staff
- Three (3) paid household leave days a year
- Two paid Wellness Days a year
- Paid sick days
- Two and a half paid Agency days for full time staff
- Five paid days for education leave/year
- One paid Moving Day/year
- Subsidized professional association annual dues (if applicable)
- Possibility of hybrid work/ remote work
- A work culture that values transparency, teamwork, learning, fairness and integrity

**Health and Wellness Resources**:

- Generous health/dental benefits after 3 months.
- Three flex benefit options to meet your individualized needs
- Option of psychological/counselling services (up to $1500/year)
- Employee Assistance Plan
- Long Term Disability Plan
- Insurance, Travel insurance, ++

**Pension**: Pension plan enrollment

**Work Hours**: 35 hours/ week; Monday
- Friday, 9:00- 5:00 pm

**Salary**: GS 7 Step 1 $42,569.80 annual salary (With review after 3 months)

**Location***: 1638 E Broadway, Vancouver BC (Possible hybrid work, as deemed appropriate by Managers)

**Posting End Date**:Posting will remain open until filled

What you bring:
**Education, Training, Experience**
- Minimum of a Grade XII diploma, plus 2-years post-secondary education in business or administration, with 3-years office coordinator/administrative experience
- An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered

**Knowledge, Skills, Abilities**
- Knowledge of Microsoft Access and query/report building Is considered an asset
- Active working knowledge of and skills in Excel and Word
- Ability to design and implement effective and efficient administrative policies and systems
- Ability to oversee a large program and geographic regions
- Exceptionally resourceful, with the ability to effectively problem-solve
- Ability to prioritize, manage time, and engage in multiple tasks effectively and efficiently
- Superior organizational skills, with strong attention to detail
- Superior verbal and written communication skills
- High degree of initiative and superior client and staff service skills
- Demonstrated record of professional excellence
- Personal leadership, including initiative, judgment and decision-making, creativity and innovation Collaborative communication and exceptional interpersonal skills.
- Personal effectiveness, including integrity and ethical behavior, personal resilience, adaptability/flexibility, commitment to learning
- Commitment to excellence, including results-oriented focus, client-centered service, strategic planning and organizing, professional expertise and technological proficiency
- Respectful of diversity and possessing cultural agility

**Additional Requirements**
- Successful completion of criminal record check
- Proof of Covid-19 vaccination status will be required

How to apply:
Our programs are located on the traditional, ancestral, and unseeded territory of the Coast Salish peoples, including the Xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw(Squamish), Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil Waututh), Qayqayt,Katzie, Kwantlen, Kwekwetlem,Semiahmoo,Matsqui,and Tsawwassen First Nations. Huy ch q’u.