Provides receptionist duties and a range of various administrative and clerical tasks to support the City’s Corporate Office on a casual (on-call) basis.

Key Responsibilities
Reporting to the Manager of Legislative Services, you will be the first point of contact greeting and assisting the public in person and operating the City Hall telephone system – receiving calls, complaints, answering questions and tending to the public’s need or refer the public to the appropriate department. Other duties include clerical support with drafting letters, processing the incoming and outgoing mail and providing back up to other City Hall departments when required. The successful candidate must have the ability to work on short notice and varying lengths of days and times.

Qualifications
The successful candidate will have completed a post-secondary Diploma or Certificate in office or business administration with a minimum of 2 years experience in an office setting. Excellent customer service skills are essential accompanied with proficient use of Microsoft Office Suite and the ability to operate standard office equipment.

This is a CUPE 2262 position offering an hourly wage of $31.35/hr plus 10% in lieu of benefits. Please visit our website at www.castlegar.ca for a full job description as well as additional background information on our community.

Qualified applicants are invited to submit their detailed resume via email by 4:30 p.m. on July 19, 2024 to hr@castlegar.ca with the subject line Casual Receptionist Position.

We wish to express our appreciation to all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position and advise that only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

About Castlegar
Live more at one-third the average housing price of metro Vancouver and two-thirds the B.C. average. Be an outdoors action hero in the West Kootenay wild, in British Columbia’s interior, where the Columbia and Kootenay rivers meet and endless adventures are right in your backyard.

Work for a City going places – with an ambitious vision, a dynamic municipal government, and a track record of doing cool things – including Millennium Ponds, Sculpturewalk, and an ongoing refresh of Columbia Avenue, our main artery. The City of Castlegar is growing and we’re looking for the perfect person to get in on the action.

Learn More
To view all available job positions or learn about applying for a City position, please visit castlegar.ca/careers