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Program Assistant (Full-time, Contract)
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About the role
Catholic Social Services is currently recruiting for a full-time, contract (40 hours/week), Program Assistant in Lloydminster.
This is a contact position that ends August 31, 2026.
Job Summary:
As a Program Assistant, your understanding of the needs of newcomers is very important as you will be responsible in providing contact information, resources and general information to clients and visitors. You will be responsible for filing, documentation, making phone calls, taking meeting minutes, filling forms, and data input. Your attention to detail will assist you in compiling and preparing statistical reports. Your team building skills will assist you in organizing and participating in various meetings. You are self-motivated, resourceful, and comfortable working both independently and part of a service team. You are organized, have great relationship building skills, and are proficient with computers.
What This Job Requires:
- Diploma in office administration or equivalent
- 2 years experience in an administrative office work
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Experience working with newcomers in Canada is an asset
- Strong organizational and interpersonal skills
- Detail oriented and organized
- Criminal Record Check from local RCMP or City Police
- Child Intervention Record Check
What We Offer:
- The compensation for this position begins at $17.85 per hour and is based on qualifications and experience.
- Benefits available when eligible.
- Work within a highly collaborative, team-oriented organization, where your ideas are heard, and you can see your impact daily.
- Growth Opportunities: apply and grow your skills within a dynamic, innovative and expanding Agency that is taking a leadership role in our industry.
About Catholic Social Services
You will be joining an established Agency that is guided by faith to care for and bring hope to people in need with humility, compassion and respect. With more than 60 years of service delivery, Catholic Social Services is one of the largest multi-function social services agencies in Canada, with more than 1900 staff, and 2000 volunteers delivering 130+ programs through Central and Northern Alberta.
Our values are at the core of everything we do!
- Humility: We acknowledge with gratitude our human abilities and limitations. We demonstrate humility by doing the best that we can with the resources that we have.
- Compassion: We respond to people in need with love. We demonstrate our compassion by caring for people without judgment and without condition.
- Respect: We demonstrate our respect by being personally present, open and attentive to those we care for and by honouring their dignity and freedom.
We thank all applicants. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
Catholic Social Services is committed to fostering a diverse and representative workforce. In an effort to enrich our agency and reflect the communities we serve, we welcome applications from qualified individuals of all diverse groups and backgrounds.
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About Catholic Social Services
For nearly 60 years, Catholic Social Services has been providing help to the most vulnerable members of our community. Today, we work in three priority areas, serving individuals with disabilities, children and families, and newcomers to Canada.
In 2018 alone, we served more than 20,000 vulnerable Albertan's through 90 programs, in 11 communities across Central Alberta.
A sample of the work we do includes:
- Providing counselling and other intervention services for families in crisis;
- Facilitating kinship and foster care for vulnerable children;
- Supporting adults and youth with disabilities;
- Developing and delivering residential care programs for vulnerable individuals, including youth, those with chronic illness, and those challenged by addictions;
- Providing shelter for women and children escaping family violence;
- Assisting newcomers to Canada with ongoing settlement supports.