Administrative Assistant, Programs

**Branch**: Negotiations and Programs Branch

**Section**: Programs

**Employment Type**: Indeterminate

**Position Linguistic Designation**: Bilingual (English, French)

**Position Global Linguistic Level**: C1

**Job Band**: Band 6 AEU II_X

**Salary**: $69,941.00 - $78,716.00 + $1,798.58 Bilingual Allowance

**Union**: AEU II Alliance Employees Union

**Location**: Ottawa Headquarters

**Search Area**: Internal; Membership; Public

**Closing Date**: 03/10/2025

**Who are we?**:

- Founded in 1966, The Public Service Alliance of Canada is the union that represents over 230,000 workers in every province and territory in Canada and in locations around the world. PSAC is headquartered in Ottawa with regional offices across the country. PSAC strives to enhance its members’ quality of life and has been at the front of significant and successful campaigns for workplace and human rights; Learn more about our victories.

**We will support your mental and physical health with**:

- Flexible work arrangements. Hybrid employees may have own dedicated workstations.
- Group Benefits (Health, Dental, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance, Employee and Family Assistance), such as $7,500 for mental health professionals, that are 100% paid by employer.
- Defined Benefit Pension Plan (50/50 contribution from you and us).
- Three weeks' vacation to start, plus extra paid leave to support your wellness.
- Generous support for your professional growth and career development.
- Recreation allowance of $800 per year.

**Primary Responsibilities**:

- Under the direction of the Coordinator, is part of a team that provides assistance to the logístical administration of the six (6) National Conferences (Health and Safety, Access, Pride, Women’s, Racially Visible Persons and National Indigenous Peoples), the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC), and The National Indigenous Peoples' Circle and provides bilingual secretarial and administrative assistance to assigned Programs in the Section.

**What you will bring to the table**:
**_Education/Experience_**:

- General administrative and secretarial knowledge and ability associated with successful completion of business and/or secretarial training, or equivalent, normally acquired through several years in providing secretarial services relevant to the duties of the position.

**_ Knowledge_**:

- Basic knowledge of trade union role, objectives and activities as well as some familiarity with government organizations, practices and procedures.

**_ Abilities_**:

- Ability to communicate orally and in writing in both official languages;
- Ability to independently organize, plan and determine work priorities in order to meet strict deadlines in an environment with multiple and competing priorities;
- Ability to work independently as well as cooperatively with others in team environment.

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What you need to know:_**:

- Experience and formal training combined with demonstrated performance and ability may substitute for stipulated academic requirements.
- A full job description is available upon request.

**NOTES**:
**Internal applicants should submit their résumé online through the internal career site.**

The objective of the PSAC's policy on Employment Equity is to achieve equality in the workplace for women, Indigenous peoples, racialized persons, persons with Disabilities, Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and 2SLGBTQIA+ community people.
The Employee Self-Identification Questionnaire is an important part of the PSAC’s Employment Equity Program. All of the individual information collected from this questionnaire will be kept strictly confidential.
The statistics gathered from this survey will assist the PSAC in obtaining an accurate profile of its current workforce, which will enable us to keep an up-to-date and progressive employment equity plan.
In many cases, you may identify in more than one designated group. For example, you may identify yourself as an Indigenous person and a person with a disability and a woman.
False declaration on the Employment Equity Self-Declaration Questionnaire will be taken seriously and may prompt an investigation or further actions, as necessary.