Regular Full-time
One of BC’s Top Employers, the City of Coquitlam offers meaningful career opportunities to make a difference within the local community. As the sixth largest city in BC, we are home to more than 150,000 residents. Our diverse municipality is a great place to work as it continues to grow through innovative urban design, inspiring arts, culture and recreation programs, and state-of-the-art transportation systems. Our brand is built on managing our resources in a responsible and sustainable manner, while supporting a vibrant, growing regional urban centre. We envision a bright future in Coquitlam that we hope includes you!
The City of Coquitlam’s Fire & Rescue department is looking to hire a Regular Full-time Support Clerk to join our team of highly motivated administrative staff. This is an exciting and rewarding opportunity to work directly at one of our Fire Halls, supporting all levels of the Fire department and contributing to the great work of Coquitlam Fire & Rescue.
This clerical position plays an important role in maintaining Fire Rescue applications relating to records management systems and supporting the workforce scheduling and payroll exception tracking. An understanding of workforce scheduling, personnel profiles and various aspects of training, certification and incident records for staff is essential. Maintaining quality of data for regular reporting purposes is a key requirement.
The following are some of the key duties this position is responsible for:
Prepares, processes, and maintains a variety of files, records, computer databases, spreadsheets, invoices and related materials pertaining to department activities; compiles statistical and related reports as required.
Assists payroll timekeeping for all department staff; receives draft time reports, checks accuracy and completeness of information, follows up on omissions or errors, inputs approved information for payroll purposes; provides information and assistance to staff on matters related to payroll.
Produces a variety of correspondence, reports, records, forms, files and other documents through word processing and basic desktop publishing; gathers background information, organizes and edits same for use by senior staff.
Performs a variety of elementary purchasing tasks; obtains price and product information and places order for same; prepares requisitions.
Provides information to and answers enquiries from the public on regulations, bylaws and requests for specific property information.
Our ideal candidate will have the following skills and qualifications:
Minimum Grade 12 education
Minimum 2-3 years of general administrative and customer service experience
Knowledge of office practices and procedures, as well as experience with software systems
Accurate and efficient typing and data entry speed
The ability to make sound decisions, and work both independently and as part of a larger team
Post-secondary education in a related field of study would be considered an asset
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The City offers a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package. This position is based in Coquitlam with some flexible, remote work options available. The City has a vaccination policy in effect with requirements for all current and future employees.
Applicants under consideration may be required to undergo a police security clearance evaluation.
Please apply online at www.coquitlam.ca/careers by 11:55 pm on April 18, 2022
The City of Coquitlam is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
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