Job opportunity
Receptionist
Defence Construction Canada
Defence Construction Canada (DCC) invites you to consider joining our Halifax team!
The Receptionist provides high-quality, timely, efficient and effective front-office support. The incumbent performs various day-to-day reception duties, including escorting visitors, providing security passes, and answering and directing telephone calls. The Receptionist also maintains a file of employee contact information, and verifies and sorts office deliveries.
KEY AND PERIODIC ACTIVITIES
The duties and responsibilities listed below are representative but not all inclusive:
Primary
Greet visitors appropriately and direct them as needed
Provide security passes and monitor visitor access
Verify and sign for office deliveries and prepare shipments
Answer telephone calls, respond to inquiries or redirect them to the appropriate person
Maintain list of employee contact information
Manage inventory of office and safety supplies
Pick-up, collect and sort mail
Ensure overall order and tidiness of office, including light cleaning duties and maintaining cleaning logs
Ensure boardroom computers are logged into regularly to receive required updates, and provide support to meetings and events
Records and information management support
Other
Carry out basic filing
Other duties as assigned
SKILLS
General and Specific Knowledge
Administrative best practices
Database management
Formal Education and/or Certification(s) and Experience
Minimum:
high school diploma with one year of relevant experience, or the equivalent
Abilities
Use applicable computer software and operating systems
Demonstrate attention to detail and interpersonal skills
DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP
Provide occasional functional guidance to employees
WORKING CONDITIONS
Typical office environment with occasional physical activity
Check out your benefits
Working with us offers excellent opportunities for growth and advancement—and entitles you to one of the job market’s best benefits packages valued at between 25 and 30% of your salary.
Your package includes
Health and Wellness
100% employer-paid annual sick leave, and health and dental premiums
$400 wellness allowance to help cover expenses such as a gym membership
$2,500 for mental health services on top of regular $2,500 paramedical coverage
Telus Virtual Health Care and $750 Health Care Spending Account for some expenses not covered under provincial plans
Home and Family
Life, accidental-death, and short-term disability insurance
Enhanced inConfidence employee and family assistance program
Maternity and parental leave top-up plan to 93% of regular gross earnings for up to 37 weeks
Flexible workplace options, including $400 allowance every two years, to support working from home
Leave and Retirement
Public-service pension
Comprehensive vacation and other paid-leave plans, along with enhanced travel benefits coverage
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Apply on source site The Receptionist provides high-quality, timely, efficient and effective front-office support. The incumbent performs various day-to-day reception duties, including escorting visitors, providing security passes, and answering and directing telephone calls. The Receptionist also maintains a file of employee contact information, and verifies and sorts office deliveries.
KEY AND PERIODIC ACTIVITIES
The duties and responsibilities listed below are representative but not all inclusive:
Primary
Greet visitors appropriately and direct them as needed
Provide security passes and monitor visitor access
Verify and sign for office deliveries and prepare shipments
Answer telephone calls, respond to inquiries or redirect them to the appropriate person
Maintain list of employee contact information
Manage inventory of office and safety supplies
Pick-up, collect and sort mail
Ensure overall order and tidiness of office, including light cleaning duties and maintaining cleaning logs
Ensure boardroom computers are logged into regularly to receive required updates, and provide support to meetings and events
Records and information management support
Other
Carry out basic filing
Other duties as assigned
SKILLS
General and Specific Knowledge
Administrative best practices
Database management
Formal Education and/or Certification(s) and Experience
Minimum:
high school diploma with one year of relevant experience, or the equivalent
Abilities
Use applicable computer software and operating systems
Demonstrate attention to detail and interpersonal skills
DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP
Provide occasional functional guidance to employees
WORKING CONDITIONS
Typical office environment with occasional physical activity
Check out your benefits
Working with us offers excellent opportunities for growth and advancement—and entitles you to one of the job market’s best benefits packages valued at between 25 and 30% of your salary.
Your package includes
Health and Wellness
100% employer-paid annual sick leave, and health and dental premiums
$400 wellness allowance to help cover expenses such as a gym membership
$2,500 for mental health services on top of regular $2,500 paramedical coverage
Telus Virtual Health Care and $750 Health Care Spending Account for some expenses not covered under provincial plans
Home and Family
Life, accidental-death, and short-term disability insurance
Enhanced inConfidence employee and family assistance program
Maternity and parental leave top-up plan to 93% of regular gross earnings for up to 37 weeks
Flexible workplace options, including $400 allowance every two years, to support working from home
Leave and Retirement
Public-service pension
Comprehensive vacation and other paid-leave plans, along with enhanced travel benefits coverage
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