<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, CANADIAN AIR TRANSPORT SECURITY AUTHORITY
Ottawa, ON

Permanent position.
The position is located within the following governmental organization(s): Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA).

SALARY: From $30,000 to $55,000 (level 1). In addition, the Administrative Assistant is eligible for variable pay up to 5%. This variable pay is not part of salary but is pensionable.

LANGUAGE: Bilingual imperative.

WHO CAN APPLY:
Persons residing or employed in the National Capital Region.

CHALLENGE:
* The Administrative Assistant, will provide administrative support, including information management/filing, meeting logistics, secretariat and travel management services to an assigned group at CATSA, a new Crown corporation, which will grow in the next year to approximately 130 employees.

EDUCATION:
* The ideal individual will have a secondary school certificate and several years experience in an administrative capacity.

EXPERIENCE:
* Experience in providing administrative and secretariat services and planning logistics support for management meetings.
* Experience in conducting background research and consolidating data into reports.
* Experience in organizing and preparing a variety of documents, reports and presentations utilizing a personal computer and associated word processing software.

KNOWLEDGE:
* Knowledge of the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) organizational structure, mandate, priorities, operating environment and its interrelationship with other internal/external government and industry stakeholders.
* Knowledge of relevant legislation, policies, directives and guidelines, including those pertaining to ATIP, travel and translation, records management, etc.
* Knowledge of CATSA protocols when dealing with offices of the CEO, VP's and other senior government/industry stakeholders.
* Knowledge of methods, techniques and practices related to general administration and secretariat support planning and coordination, time management, file/information tracking, monitoring and maintenance, research, data analysis/verification, report preparation, document composition, database maintenance, and logistics and events planning.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS / COMMENTS:
* Proficiency in English and French is essential. Clearly indicate your language proficiency.
* A written test may be administered to verify knowledge and some abilities. A pass mark must be obtained on any such test for a candidate to be invited to an interview.
* Willingness to work overtime as required and adopt flexible work hours as per operational requirements.
* 37.5 hours per week.
* Secret security clearance - this factor is not used at the pre-selection stage.
* Quote the reference number and clearly indicate your CITIZENSHIP.

REFERENCE NUMBER: CATSA085

CLOSING DATE: June 6, 2003</font>