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Who are we?
At WorkSafeBC, we’re dedicated to promoting safe and healthy workplaces across B.C. We partner with workers and employers to save lives and prevent injury, disease, and disability. When work-related injuries or diseases occur, we provide compensation, and support injured workers in their recovery, rehabilitation, and safe return to work. We also work diligently to sustain our workers compensation system for today and future generations. We’re honoured to serve the almost 2.3 million workers and 210,000 employers in our province.
What’s it like to work at WorkSafeBC?
It’s challenging, stimulating, and hugely rewarding. Our positions offer tremendous diversity and excellent opportunities for professional growth. Every day, the work we do impacts people and changes lives. What we do is important and so are the people we do it for.
Our benefits
Being part of WorkSafeBC means being part of a strong, committed team. Along with a competitive salary, your total compensation package may include vacation, optional leave arrangements, health care and dental benefits, and contributions toward your retirement pension. As a member of our team, you'll have access to services and benefits that can help you get the most out of work — and life.
Qualifications & Experience:
Our Courtenay office is looking for a detail-oriented office assistant with good customer service skills to perform a variety of intermediate clerical and administrative duties.
What you’ll do
As an office assistant you will:
• Transcribe and type a variety of materials including correspondence, forms, reports, and material involving technical and industrial terminology
• Receive telephone calls, provide general information, take messages, forward calls as appropriate, and receive and direct visitors
• Set up appointments for various medical examinations, make reservations for travel, and handle other logistics as required
• Obtain information from claimants, employers, or other parties as directed
• Perform a variety of clerical duties for occupational hygiene and occupational safety officers and support specialists
• Record Prevention notices, maintain appropriate files for Prevention, and distribute Prevention pamphlets, booklets, handouts, posters, and stickers
• Receive, open, date stamp, sort, and forward mail as required
• Perform routine clerical duties within the office, including filing, sending faxes, emailing, numbering mail and scanning on a daily basis or as needed
• Provide intermittent back up as required for other levels of office assistants
Is this a good fit for you?
We’re looking for someone who can:
• Use Microsoft Word and Excel proficiently
• Type a minimum of 45 words per minute
• Provide outstanding customer service
• Obtain and record information both orally and in writing
Your experience and educational background:
• Recent, related work experience in a clerical role
• A minimum of grade 12 education