Education and Experience:

• Legal experience preferred;

• The candidate for this position requires general administrative and secretarial knowledge and ability associated with successful completion of business and/or secretarial training, or equivalent, normally acquired through several years of experience in providing secretarial and administrative services relevant to the duties of the position.

  Knowledge:

• Good knowledge of filing systems, both manual and computerized;

• French and English written and oral communication skills are essential;

• Good knowledge of the organization, functions, and policies of the PSAC;

  Abilities:

• Ability to prepare draft letters and effectively type, transcribe and edit documents;

• Proficiency in the use of a personal computer in a Windows XP environment, and more specifically demonstrated ability to work with Word (intermediate to advance level); Excel or other spreadsheet software (intermediate level); Access or other database software (intermediate to advanced level); and experience with an e-mail software;

• Strong oral and written communication skills in English and French;

• Ability to independently organize, plan and determine work priorities in order to meet strict deadlines, in an environment with multiple and competing priorities;

• Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively with others, good interpersonal skills;

  Personal suitabilities:

• High degree of initiative and good judgement;

• Understanding and commitment to trade union and equity principles.

A detailed job description is available on our website: http://psacunion.ca/jobs-psac or on the attached document