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Overview

Overview

Overview

Overview

Overview

Overview

Overview

Main Purpose and Function

The Executive Assistant is responsible for efficient and effective departmental operations with an extensive range of administrative services supporting senior level management and the overall business unit

Specific Duties/Responsibilities

• Proactively creates and maintains effective workflow and communications to accomplish the work of the General Manager through handling of a variety of projects and tasks simultaneously.
• Manages the General Manager’s calendars and schedules. Works with multiple, competing, and changing priorities to organize appointments and proactively resolving conflicts to ensure optimal use of General Manager’s time.
• Arranges large and small group meetings and meeting logistics such as scheduling attendees, room procurement, equipment, etc.
• Maintains the image of the office by ensuring that all correspondence prepared for the office adheres to a consistent and professional standard.
• Responds to telephone, e-mail and in-person enquiries and complaints escalated to the General Manager from internal and external stakeholders.
• Provides support to Directors, as required.
• Manages the flow of incoming and outgoing inquiries to the General Manager’s office. Drafts, screens, reviews, and edits sensitive and confidential correspondence. Provides information and referrals based on a broad knowledge of priorities, procedures, and protocol.
• Triages and acts as a liaison between the General Manager and the office, determining when issues need to be escalated for immediate attention.
• Secures, recommends, and coordinates agenda items for departmental meetings.
• Provides support to various committees which the Managers, Directors, GM may Chair by typing and distributing minutes, preparing agenda packages, arranging meeting dates/times/rooms.
• Places and manages orders for such items as office equipment, office supplies, and business cards.
• Drafts and circulates internal staff announcements and other relevant communications on behalf of the leadership team.
• Coordinates and tracks departmental Council report submissions and City Manager Minutes.
• Coordinates travel arrangements for staff and ensures that travel profiles are maintained, and all required approvals are obtained; coordinates training requests for staff.
• Prepares, distributes, and photocopies documents such as reports, presentations, correspondence, and spreadsheets which may contain sensitive, controversial, or confidential information.
• Attends senior leadership team meetings and other meetings as required.
• Submit appropriate human resource action forms for new hires, changes, and terminations.
• Coordinate implementation of new organizational systems and processes to improve efficiencies on behalf of the department.
• Approve expenses and review departmental costs.

• Perform project work and prepare a variety of reports and documents for the Director and senior staff.
• Act as the DBL Mobility and SAP Liaisons
• Other duties/responsibilities as assigned.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Education and Experience:

• Grade 12 supplemented by courses in administrative management with at least 5 years working at a senior management level in an administrative capacity and/or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Requires excellent interpersonal and communication skills including a thorough knowledge of business English, spelling, punctuation, and business math.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Extensive knowledge of office practices and procedures.
• Considerable knowledge of and ability to explain and apply City programs, policies, procedures, and collective agreements.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely orally and in writing, including the ability to prepare business correspondence, presentations, and reports.
• Ability to exercise substantial discretion and deal with highly sensitive and confidential information.
• Ability to multi-task, organize and prioritize work, work under pressure with constant interruptions.
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships at all levels of the organization and with the public and to provide exceptional customer service.
• Ability to work independently and work collaboratively in a team environment. Ability to perform complex mathematical calculations with speed and accuracy.
• Ability to research and analyze a variety of related data and issues.
• Ability to use a multitude of office equipment.
• Ability to use computer software such as Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Outlook, Internet, VanDocs, SharePoint, SAP.

Where operationally appropriate and subject to change, the City of Vancouver has a Flexible Work Program. This program allows staff to work a hybrid work week from locations that are a daily commutable distance from their work at a City worksite.  At this time this position is eligible to be part of the Flexible Work Program.

Business Unit/Department: Development, Buildings & Licensing (1250) 

Affiliation: Exempt 

Employment Type: Regular Full Time 

Position Start Date: May, 2025 

Salary Information: Pay Grade RNG-040: $62007 to $77504 per annum

Application Close: April 30, 2025

Requisition ID: 15855 
Department: Finance and Corporate Services Dept. 
Service: Service Ottawa 
Branch: Counter Services Branch 
Employment Type: Multiple Full-time Temporary -Up to 1 year; Multiple Full-time Permanent
Work Hours: 35.00hours per week  
Affiliation: CUPE 503 Inside/Outside 
Salary Information: $61,663.42- $72,157.54 annually (2024 rates of pay) 
Location: Various locations   
City: Ottawa, ON 
Job Category: Administrative and Support Services 
Application Close: 30/06/2025 

*Applications received will be used to staff current and on-going requirements for 12 months.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Language Requirement: Designated Day 1 Ready – immediate requirement for language proficiency: French: oral, reading, writing English: oral, reading, writing Candidates must meet language requirement for position upon hire.      
• Police Record Check: The successful candidate will be required to complete a Criminal Records and Judicial Matters Check with the Police Services detachment in their jurisdiction to the City of Ottawa’s satisfaction.; Police record checks completed by a third-party company will not be accepted.  
• Driver’s License Requirement: This position requires the successful candidate to use their own transportation.  
• You may initially be paid 95% of your starting rate of pay, in accordance with the collective agreement.
• Experience and formal training combined with demonstrated performance and ability may substitute for stipulated academic requirements. 
• Please save a copy of the job poster. Once the closing date has passed, it will no longer be available. 

We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position. Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. 

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1. Greets all customers in a polite and friendly manner.
2. Assists customers by promoting products/services, locating merchandise and making purchase decisions.
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Walmart will accommodate the disability-related needs of applicants and associates as required by law.

6809 Hwy 16A W, Vegreville, AB T9C 0A2, Canada

Choosing BDC as your employer means working in a healthy, inclusive, and skilled workplace that puts forward the best conditions to bring together unique teams where employees are empowered to act. It also means being at the centre of ambitious economic and financial projects to see further and to do things differently, to fuel the success of Canadian entrepreneurs.

Choosing BDC as your employer also means:

• Flexible and competitive benefits, including an Employee Savings and Investment Plan where BDC matches part of your voluntary contributions, a Defined Benefit Pension Plan, a $750 wellness and health care spending account, to name a few   

• In addition to paid vacation each year, five personal days, sick days as necessary, and our offices are closed from December 25 to January 1

• A hybrid work model that truly balances work and personal life

• Opportunities for learning, training and development, and much more... 

Are you an experienced developer with a proven track record of developing and maintaining secure Full Stack .Net Core solutions with C#? You have relevant experience in an agile delivery team in designing, documenting, developing, securing, and consuming REST APIs? I invite you to read on!

POSITION OVERVIEW

As part of BDC’s digital transformation, we are looking for candidates who are passionate about innovation and wish to contribute to the development of BDC’s financing services and others offered to our clients via our digital channels. Our objective is to provide an intuitive self-service and omnichannel client experience. The development of our digital services is based on automation, advanced analytics, and artificial intelligence in an agile delivery mode. Selected candidates will join a squad responsible for delivering specific functionalities within a product team.

CHALLENGES TO BE MET

• Participate in all phases of the Secure Software Development Life Cycle (SSDLC).

• Design and implement technical solutions that conform both to customer requirements and software development standards.

• Produce and maintain architecture and design documents, throughout the development and after the release.

• Maintain existing applications.

• Be an active participant in agile ceremonies and team meetings.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Experience in developing and maintaining Full Stack secure .Net Core solutions with C#

• Experience developing front end solutions with Angular, Typescript and RxJs

• Experience designing, documenting, developing, securing, and consuming REST APIs

• Mastery of the concepts of object-oriented programming. Good knowledge of SOLID design principles and design patterns

• Experience with modern authentication and authorization mechanisms (OpenID Connect & OAuth)

• Experience developing robust automated tests (Unit Tests, API tests, Integration tests)

• Experience with CI/CD pipeline with YAML (pipeline as code)

• Proficient in using Microsoft Visual Studio, Git, Azure DevOps, NuGet and related tools

• Experience working with Relational databases like SQL server and MySQL

• Good understanding of event-driven architecture, and knowledge of event streaming and messaging systems such as Kafka and ActiveMQ

• Understanding of containerization and Cloud Services (Docker, Tanzu) 

• Understanding of Software engineering approaches such as TDD, DDD, Pair Programming, CI/CD, Trunk-Based development and DevOps

• Naturally collaborative team player, yet possesses an independent/Go-Getter mindset

• Strong communication skills – Ability to convey both technical and business-related ideas and values

• Work closely with stakeholders to gather requirements, create user stories, and translate them into technical solutions

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate applications with other systems and databases

• Troubleshoot and debug applications to resolve issues, optimize performance, and ensure the systems run efficiently

• Contribute to continuous improvement in application development practices and methodologies.

• Experience with integrations to third-party APIs

• Knowledge of security protocols and best practices in application development

• Minimum 8 years’ experience as a developer

• Bilingual (French and English)

• A degree in computer science, engineering, or relevant field is an asset

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