Administrative assistant
- Montreal, QC, Canada
Full-time
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Job details
- Job type
- Full-time
- Apply by
- Experience
- 1–2+ years of experience in a Personal Assistant, Executive Assistant, Office Manager, or similar administrative role.
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
We are looking for a proactive, highly organized, and reliable Personal Assistant to the CEO to provide comprehensive support across both business and personal matters. This role has a clearly defined 50/50 split between business-related responsibilities and personal administrative support. The ideal candidate is someone who is comfortable switching between professional and personal tasks, can handle confidential matters with discretion, takes ownership of assignments, and is flexible when priorities change.
Key responsibilities
Business support
Requirements:
What we offer:
Please send your CV in English.
Key responsibilities
Business support
- Provide daily administrative and operational support.
- Manage and execute various ad hoc business requests and assignments from the CEO, ensuring they are completed accurately and on time.
- Coordinate business travel, reservations, meetings, and appointments.
- Support scheduling and coordination of business-related events and activities.
- Assist with office operations and coordinate external service providers when required.
- Provide day-to-day personal administrative support.
- Handle personal errands, bookings, reservations, and local arrangements.
- Coordinate personal appointments and activities.
- Research and arrange local services, purchases, deliveries, and other personal requests.
- Assist with transportation and local tasks when required.
- Handle various ad hoc personal assignments with flexibility and discretion.
Requirements:
- 1–2+ years of experience in a Personal Assistant, Executive Assistant, Office Manager, or similar administrative role.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills.
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Ability to work independently and take full ownership of assigned tasks.
- High level of discretion and confidentiality.
- Flexible and comfortable with a wide variety of tasks - from business coordination to personal administrative matters.
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
- Valid driver’s license.
- Based in Montreal with strong knowledge of the city, local services, businesses, and resources.
- Professional, proactive, hands-on, and solution-oriented mindset.
What we offer:
- People-management approach and a supportive working environment.
- Direct collaboration with the CEO and C-level team.
- Hybrid / office-based work environment.
- Paid time off.
- A dynamic role with a high level of trust, autonomy, and responsibility.
- The opportunity to work closely with senior leadership and become a key person the CEO can rely on.
Please send your CV in English.
More about this job
Responsibilities
The role involves providing comprehensive administrative and operational support to the CEO, split equally between business tasks and personal errands. Responsibilities include managing schedules, travel, office operations, and handling ad hoc requests with discretion.
Requirements
Candidates must have 1-2+ years of experience in an administrative or executive assistant role and possess strong organizational and problem-solving skills. A valid driver's license and deep knowledge of Montreal are required to manage local tasks and errands effectively.
Skills
- Administrative support
- Organizational skills
- Time management
- Attention to detail
- Problem-solving
- Communication
- Confidentiality
- Discretion
- Office operations
- Travel coordination
- Scheduling
- Event coordination
- Proactive
- Hands-on
Benefits
- Paid time off
- Supportive working environment
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Administrative
- Management & Leadership
Keywords
- Administrative Assistant
- Personal Assistant
- Executive Assistant
- Office Manager
- CEO Support
- Operations
- Scheduling
- Travel Coordination
- Event Coordination
- Confidentiality
- Time Management
- Problem-solving
- Montreal
- Hybrid Work
- Professionalism
- Proactive