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2025-224 Administrative Assistant & Liaison
Moosonee, Ontario, Canada .
full-time . June 9, 2025
Description
Title: Administrative Assistant & Liaison
Division: Integrated Indigenous Health and Specialized Community Services
Affiliation: Public Service Alliance of Canada
Location: Moosonee, ON
Reports to: Director of Indigenous Primary Care Team
Status: Permanent Full-time
Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA) is seeking experience candidate to fill the key role of Administrative Assistant & Liaison.
Life at WAHA
A beacon of healing, wellness, and innovation, WAHA connects remote communities with the care they deserve. With spellbinding views surrounding each site, team members bask in the tranquility of the land, juxtaposed against a bustling workplace busy addressing the complex needs of the region. Here, we work with purpose, knowing each action matters. Patients are neighbours, family, and colleagues. Each day brings a challenge- the good kind that stretches you, helps you grow, and makes you feel vital. These hurdles birth opportunities to problem solve, develop new skills, and explore new roles. Here, we step into a version of ourselves once forgotten, overshadowed by the daily grind, and rediscover a deep connection with ourselves, the land, and each other. Here, we experience work with wonder. #WeAreWAHA
What We Do
There has never been a more exciting time to be at WAHA. We are an integrated health system providing the full continuum of care to the six communities of the western James Bay coast with over 500 employees, physicians, and partners in care. As a health authority, you will work in a unique setting where you have the opportunity to care for patients in all phases of their life journey, in all areas of their health experience. From Primary, Acute, and Mental Health, Dental, Specialty Clinics, Population Health and the WAHA Paramedic Service, the opportunities for growth are boundless. We provide community-based programming in all six of our communities, have six paramedic bases, three hospitals, four emergency departments, one community health centre and a total of 72 beds. Our guiding goal is to be a centre of excellence in Indigenous and remote healthcare. To make this goal a reality, we have formed partnerships with other centres of excellence to remove barriers and eliminate the inequity of health services access that have long impacted the patients that we serve.
At WAHA, we are leading the way in health transformation. Come and immerse yourself in the local Cree culture, work with dedicated and passionate colleagues, and live in beautiful northern communities with amazing community members. Our mission is to provide optimum healthcare as close to home as possible. You can be part of this rewarding experience. Come and find your adventure in the north.
Who You Are
- Excellent organizational skills and ability to multi-task
- Knowledge of administrative functions, computer systems, and procedures
- Ability to interpret client and family needs and connect them with the correct service
- Ability to maintain an elevated level of confidentiality and discretion
- Collaborative team player, contributing positively to team success
What You’ll Do
- Perform a variety of administrative tasks such as minute taking, switchboard duties, scheduling clients and clinician visits, booking travel, preparing client information packages
- Arrange departmental meetings, calendars and send out meeting invites to all relevant parties
- Initiates/aids/plans/carries out a variety of special projects on behalf of leadership team
- Creates and maintains a filing system
- Attends public and community events while representing the department as needed
- Travel within region may be required
What You Bring
- Diploma in Business Administration, Social Work, or a health-related field
- Ontario Secondary School Diploma
- Experience working in Indigenous health setting is considered an asset
- Class G driver’s license
- Ability to communicate in the local native Cree language is an asset
Why Choose Us
- Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan
- Group health, welfare, and Employee and Family Assistance Program Benefits
- A northern living allowance, and vacation travel bonus (all pensionable earnings)
- Be part of an organization leading health transformation in the remote north
- Ability to work with a purpose, connected to an amazing community and culture, with opportunities to learn and grow
Salary: $55,419.00 - $60,489.00
Join our Team
The successful candidate must provide a valid Criminal Record Check within a specified time frame.
Please apply in writing, providing three recent work references, quoting Competition #2025-224 by no later than Tuesday, June 24th, 2025 at 12:00 noon:
- · For more information contact the HR team by email: jobs@waha.ca
- Only those selected for an interview will be contacted
- Please be advised that in order to be eligible for employment at Weeneebayko Area Health Authority, all new hires must have received the full series of a COVID-19 vaccine or combination of COVID-19 vaccines approved by Health Canada
Weeneebayko Area Health Authority is an inclusive employer. Accommodations are available in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights code and Accessibility of Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005.
Compensation
$28.42 - $31.02 per hour