office assistant

Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate. or equivalent experience. Work setting: Office. Retail/wholesale establishment/distribution centre. Tasks: Type and proofread correspondence, forms and other documents. Receive and forward telephone or electronic enquiries. Work on reports from manual or electronic files, inventories and databases.

Sort, process and verify applications, receipts and other documents. Process incoming and outgoing mail manually or electronically. Send and receive messages. Perform basic bookkeeping tasks. Prepare and format page presentation. Compile data, statistics and other information. Prepare invoices and bank deposits. Provide general information to clients and the public.

Photocopy and collate documents for distribution, mailing and filing. Order office supplies and maintain inventory. Conduct research. Perform data entry. Provide customer service. File material in storage area. Label files according to retention and disposal schedules. Label, file and retrieve documents. Locate and remove files requested. Organize and schedule office work. Store, update and retrieve financial data.

Computer and technology knowledge: MS Word. Quick Books. MS Excel. MS Outlook. MS Windows. Screening questions: Are you available for shift or on-call work?. Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?. Do you have experience working in this field?. Experience: Experience an asset.