Catholic Social Services is currently recruiting for a contractual part-time 37.5 hours/week, Program Assistant position located in our Edmonton region. Providing excellent client-centered care, you are confident, thoughtful, and motivated to achieve success when supporting others in your community!

This position is a contract until May 30, 2027. Job application closing date: May 22, 2026

Job Summary:
As a Program Assistant, you will provide essential administrative support to ensure the smooth operation and delivery of programs within the Immigration and Settlement Service (ISS). This may include, but is not limited to, liaising with key community stakeholders, making internal or external referrals where applicable, engaging in program promotional activities, keeping accurate and up-to-date records, assisting with report writing, and performing administrative duties as assigned - filing, scanning, uploading documents, database entry, etc.

What This Job Requires:

• Diploma in Office Administration (or equivalent)
• Demonstrated proficiency with technology and various programs, including Microsoft Office suite, Videoconferencing Software Platforms (i.e., Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Webex, etc.), and databases
• 2 years of experience in administrative office work
• Experience in working with extensive data
• Experience with stakeholder engagement and relationship-building
• Experience working with newcomers to Canada is an asset
• Successful candidates must submit a Vulnerable Sector Check and a Child Intervention Record Check.

Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrated commitment to collaboration and strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent planning, organizational, and time management skills
• Demonstrated awareness and sensitivity towards those with diverse needs
• Ability to manage sensitive and confidential information
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Strong public speaking, facilitation, and research skills
• Attention to detail and accuracy with strong problem-solving skills
• Confidence in taking initiative, multitasking, establishing priorities, and working independently with limited supervision
• Strong team player
• The ability to speak a second language is an asset

What We Offer:

• The compensation for this contract (37.5/week) position is $46,314.45to $52,147.8 annually and is based on qualifications and experience
• Comprehensive benefit options 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 65 years of service delivery experience, Catholic Social Services is one of the largest multi-function social services agencies in Canada, with nearly 2000 staff, and hundreds of volunteers delivering over 100 different programs to people in need throughout Central Alberta and Edmonton.

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.