Administrative Assistant

at  Nellies

1-YEAR FULL-TIME CONTRACT MATERNITY LEAVE COVERAGE, NON-UNIONIZED POSITION

For over 50 years Nellie’s has been providing shelter and support for marginalized women and their children in the Greater Toronto Area. Nellie’s breaks the cycle of gender-based oppression through our unwavering commitment to offering a safe refuge for women and their children fleeing violence, poverty, and homelessness. Beyond safe housing, we empower women with advocacy, strength and support-based programming, enabling them to create a new path for life, free from the barriers of violence and oppression.
Our core operations involve our 38-bed emergency shelter for women and their children who are homeless or escaping violent situations. In addition to our shelter, Nellie’s operates Community Support and Outreach programs that provides after care support and follow-up services to women and their children after they leave the shelter, as well as transitional housing support for women living in the community who are homeless or at-risk of becoming homeless.
As an administrative assistant you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the efficiency and effectiveness of daily administration, including providing executive administrative support and fostering a safe work environment. Your leadership will be instrumental in maintaining high standards of performance, and operational excellence across the organization. The successful candidate will be a mature administration professional with strong oral and written communication skills who can exercise discretion in handling sensitive information. They must be proactive, organized and able to prioritize work as needed, and willing to pitch-in in aid of the organization. As Nellie’s is a cultural and ethnically diverse agency, the successful candidate must be respectful of all people in the workplace.
Nellie’s is committed to developing an agency that reflects the women it serves. This position is open to all women. Woman signifies anyone who self-identifies as female, femme and/or woman. This includes transwomen, cisgender women, and non-binary people identifying as femme or female-presenting. Applications from equity-seeking groups are strongly encouraged.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, or a related field preferred.
• 5 or more years’ experience in an office environment
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent computer and database management skills (excel, word).
• Expertise with computer hardware and various software applications.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Minute taking
• Excellent keyboard skills
• Experience in the social service sector ideally in an agency delivering counseling, crisis intervention or advocacy services
• Demonstrates reliable professionalism in working in, out and across the organization.

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