Administrative Assistant - Research, Innovation & Discovery

Req ID: 158519
Company: Nova Scotia Health
Location: Various Sites and Community Based Locations
Department: Research, Innovation & Discovery
Type of Employment: Variety of Employment Statuses Available (Temporary, Permanent, Full-time, Part-Time, Casual)
Status: Management/Non Union Position
Posting Closing Date: Open Until Filled
Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators and creative thinkers today.
Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe there's a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails. The work-life balance that comes with a Nova Scotia Health role means you'll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle. Visit us today and check out www.novascotia.com to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.
Nova Scotia Health’s Research, Innovation and Discovery portfolio is transforming health care delivery and improving the health of all Nova Scotians by leading initiatives that deliver high-impact health care solutions and developing strategic partnerships with clinical champions, industry, healthcare foundations, governments and academic partners. By pairing leading researchers, innovators, and clinicians with entrepreneurs through our newly formed Health Innovation, Research and Discovery Hub, their creative solutions are improving health and health care while also contributing directly to Nova Scotia’s economy.
The Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub is a first-of-its-kind centre of excellence for health research and innovation in Atlantic Canada; we’re leading health care thinking to deliver better solutions for patients and providers. Through strategic partnerships with patients and families, clinical champions, industry, health care foundations, governments, and academic partners, we are working to transform health care through the best available evidence and well-researched solutions.
The Interprofessional Practice and Learning team facilitates and advances person-centered care through evidence-based professional practice and learning strategies and programs that are designed provincially and implemented locally to enhance collaborative learning and practice. The Interprofessional Practice and Learning team takes a leadership role in creating a culture of collaboration with a focus on team-based care, evidence-informed practice, and learning and professional development to improve health outcomes for patients, families and communities. Through strong partnerships with the academic sector, regulators, and government, the Interprofessional Practice and Learning team has an integral role in influencing and operationalizing health system priorities.
Opportunities Available
The Research, Innovation and Discovery team is hiring administrative professionals to support various teams across the function. There are multiple opportunities available and your application will be paired with an existing vacancy. Location and positions will vary across the Province.
The Administrative Assistant is responsible for providing comprehensive administrative support to the Director by effectively coordinating the day-to-day operation of the Director’s offices. The position coordinates all administrative activities, establishes administrative procedures and guidelines and acts as a liaison with the administrative assistants within the portfolio and across the health authority. In consultation with the Manager, the Administrative Assistant works to enable consistency and standardization of administrative practices and procedures across the portfolio. This position provides additional support to individuals, committees or working groups as assigned, as well works closely with the Research & Innovation Services Administration team. As the first point of contact for the office, the Administrative Assistant demonstrates relationship management and superior customer service skills. Tasks will include meeting coordination, tracking project plans and milestones, reports and budget preparation, office supply management and information tracking and retrieval.
About You
We'd love to hear from you if you have the following:

• Post-Secondary diploma in a recognized office administration, business administration or secretarial program required
• A minimum of 5-7 years’ of progressively responsible experience, providing administrative support and office coordination at the director level required, preferably within a healthcare or research related field, and within an integrated service model provided throughout several locations with multiple partners and stakeholders
• Demonstrated competencies requiring advanced skills and abilities in all facets of modern office practices and technology and with information and meeting technologies
• Experience utilizing technology in meeting planning to create efficiencies and streamline tracking and retrieval of information
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, prioritizing and organizational skills
• Undergraduate degree is an asset
• International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) certification is an asset
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

Successful Applicants are required to provide a Criminal Record Check to Human Resources before starting employment and assume any associated costs as a condition of employment.
PLEASE NOTE: Applicants will be screened on the above qualifications. Applicants must clearly demonstrate how they meet the knowledge and competencies in their cover letter and resume. Applicants relying on education and experience equivalencies must demonstrate such equivalencies in their application. Applicants will not be considered for an interview if applications are incomplete or missing information.
Location & Hours of Work
Permanent, assignments (temporary), casual relief (no guarantee of hours); and Full-time and part-time opportunities.
You will be asked to specify your work hours and location preferences in the screening questions that follow once you click 'Apply now'.
Salary Information
$22.98 - $28.72 hourly
$44,802.40 - $56,003.01 annually
Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.
Once You've Applied
Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. Some opportunities may be eligible for our Employee Referral Program. If a Nova Scotia Health employee refers a candidate who is not working for the organization and the candidate is hired, the employee who made the referral may be eligible to earn up to $1000. For more details and instructions, please visit Recruitment - Incentives
Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.
Preferred candidates must be able to demonstrate proof of primary series of COVID -19 vaccine at time of hire.
Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.
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