The City’s Seniors Services and Long-Term Care Division supports residents in long-term care homes to have the healthiest, most fulfilling lives possible through exceptional care and services, enabling people to live with support and age with dignity. The Division believes in the values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence.

 

Major Responsibilities

 

• Performs varied administrative duties to support Directors and their sections within the Senior Services & Long-Term Care division.

• Exercises caution and discretion when managing confidential and sensitive information.

• Schedules meetings, organizes materials, and supports activities for the Director and other staff in the section as required.

• Prioritizes day-to-day activities and requests for meetings from various areas, including managing urgent and emerging issues.

• Screens, reviews, and prioritizes incoming phone calls, e-mail and mail, processes correspondence, and where appropriate directs to appropriate staff.

• Assists the Director to monitor and flag hot issues for standing Committees and City Council.

• Ensures that the tracking and following up of requests is maintained and deadlines are met.

• Prepares and processes various documents/statistical summaries/reports requiring the assessment and analysis of data.

• Drafts correspondence composes and types of letters and memoranda and routes or answers correspondence.

• Reviews work for accuracy and conformity with regulations, policies and procedures and corrects/resolves outstanding/incorrect items prior to signature

• Coordinates the development and preparation of summary notes and briefing materials for the Director.

• Prepares and organizes materials (including confidential and employment/labour relations matters).

• Prepares presentation material utilizing detailed layout and formatting.
• Coordinates and maintains a complex record/retrieval system. Maintains supplies and inventories.
• Responds to enquiries and complaints from senior staff, the public, agencies, and other levels of government.
• Maintains awareness of municipal and Senior Services & Long-Term Care matters, administrative systems and procedures to provide effective administrative assistance.
• Works collaboratively with other Administrative Assistant 2s as a team and provides back-up support in each other's absence.
• Provides support in handling special projects as required.

 

Key Qualifications

1. Considerable experience in the performance of administrative support duties to senior management, including handling and solving large scheduling matters, handling a broad range of administrative matters, standard office practices and procedures.
2. Considerable experience utilizing a variety of software packages including Microsoft Office Suite (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook or equivalent) to prepare correspondence, and create charts related to organizing, formatting, editing, and analyzing content.
3. Experience working with and preparing, confidential materials/information for management.
4. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with proven ability to handle sensitive issues.
5. Excellent organizational and time management skills, including attention to detail, and ability to set priorities, meet deadlines and deal with conflicting priorities and work demands.
6. Must be resourceful, flexible, adaptable, and possess a high degree of common sense and initiative.
7. Ability to exercise independent judgment and discretion in dealing with highly confidential operational matters and with senior management staff.
8. Ability to work independently and effectively with minimal supervision, prioritizing work schedule, complete assigned duties within timelines.
9. Ability to work within an organizational culture that emphasizes continuous learning, collaboration, transparency, accountability and trust while promoting a strong code of ethics and integrity to support public service excellence.
10. Ability to support the Toronto Public Service values to ensure a culture that champions equity, diversity, and respectful workplaces.
11. Must be flexible to work long hours in peak periods and be able to work flexible hours, including weekends and evenings, as required.

Toronto, the capital of the province of Ontario, is a major Canadian city along Lake Ontarios northwestern shore. It's a dynamic metropolis with a core of soaring skyscrapers, all dwarfed by the iconic, free-standing CN Tower. Toronto also has many green spaces, from the orderly oval of Queens Park to 400-acre High Park and its trails, sports facilities and zoo.