Branch: Communications, Education and Human Rights Branch

Employment Type: Term up to one (1) year

Linguistic Requirement: Bilingual (English, French)

Global Linguistic Level: C1

Salary: $84,656 - $95,283 + $1,798.58 Bilingual Allowance

Location: Ottawa Headquarters

Search Area: Internal; Membership; Public

Closing Date: 08/29/2025

Who are we?

Founded in 1966, the Public Service Alliance of Canada represents 250,000 workers in every province and territory in Canada and in locations around the world. PSAC is headquartered in Ottawa with regional offices across the country. PSAC strives to enhance its members’ quality of life and has been at the forefront of significant and successful campaigns for workplace and human rights. Learn more about our victories.

We will support your mental and physical health with:

• Flexible work arrangements (hybrid employees may have their own dedicated workstations).
• Group benefits (health, dental, life insurance, disability insurance, employee and family assistance), such as $7,500 for mental health professionals, that are 100% paid by the employer. Defined benefit pension plan (50/50 contribution from you and us).
• Three weeks’ vacation to start, plus extra paid leave to support your wellness.
• Generous support for your professional growth and career development.
• $800 per year recreation allowance.

Primary Responsibility:

Under the direction of the Branch Director, the position exercises the autonomy, tact, diplomacy and discretion required to handle sensitive and confidential information the Director’s Office is privy to.

The position provides general administrative support to the Director and actively contributes to the continuous improvement of administrative procedures in order to ensure the expediency, quality and efficiency of services delivered by the Director’s Office.

What you will bring to the table:

Education/Experience

• The position requires post-secondary education in a relevant field and/or equivalent relevant experience.
• The position requires 3 to 5 years prior related experience with administrative processes and procedures.
• Prior experience working with labour or political organization would be an asset for this position.

Knowledge

• General administrative and secretarial knowledge and ability associated with successful completion of business and/or secretarial training, or equivalent, normally acquired through several years of experience in providing secretarial and administrative services relevant to the duties of the position.
• Knowledge of bookkeeping skills required to perform tasks such as account reconciliations (e.g. bank reconciliations), to record financial transactions, and prepare basic balance, income statements.
• Advanced software skills, including to use Windows, email, spreadsheets (ideally Excel), word processing and database software and other systems used by the Branch staff.
• Demonstrate sound initiative, judgment and problem solving;
• Knowledge of the trade union role, objectives and activities as well as a commitment to union and equity principles and some familiarity with government organizations, practices and procedures.

Abilities

• Ability to operate office equipment.
• Ability to coordinate special events, organize, plan and determine personal work priorities.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work in a team environment, cooperatively with others.
• Ability to safeguard political, confidential or sensitive information.
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing in English and French.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Advanced grammar, proofreading, editing and formatting skills.

What you need to know:

• Second language level indicated above is based on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Preferred candidates may have their second language skills assessed as part of the hiring process. However, valid federal government SLE results can be used toward this.
• While we appreciate all the candidates’ interest, only those considered in the process will be contacted.
• A full job description is available upon request.

NOTES:

Internal applicants should submit their résumé online through HRMS.

Indeterminate PSAC employees who meet the qualifications of this position can request a transfer in accordance with the relevant collective agreement by submitting an application on or before the closing date. Please upload a cover letter indicating that you are requesting a transfer as well as a resume in your candidate profile (if not previously done) and indicate “Yes” under “Employment Information”.
Employment Equity at PSAC is focused on five groups: women, Indigenous peoples, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, and the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. If you belong to one or more of these groups, please consider responding to the voluntary employment equity section of the online application.

All individual information collected from this questionnaire will be kept strictly confidential.
In many cases, you may identify in more than one designated group. For example, you may identify yourself as an Indigenous person and a person with a disability and a woman.
False declarations will be taken seriously and may prompt an investigation or further actions, as necessary.
Please contact HRactionRH@psac-afpc.com to obtain this questionnaire in an alternate format (e.g., large print), should you need more information, or require assistance in completing this questionnaire.

For accommodation needs or to obtain a copy of the documents in alternate format, please email hractionrh@psac-afpc.com.