Nova Scotia Business Inc. (NSBI) is Nova Scotia’s private sector-led business development agency. We help business enhance their competitiveness through export development and access to capital, and we work to attract foreign direct investment to the province. This is an excellent opportunity to join a progressive team that delivers client-focused business solutions resulting in strong, sustainable economic growth and prosperity for the Province of Nova Scotia. At NSBI, you will have the opportunity to be engaged in a progressive work environment with a competitive starting salary, comprehensive employee benefits, and excellent opportunities for career development and advancement.
Job Opportunity: Executive Assistant to the CEO
As Executive Assistant to the CEO, you will have top-notch communication, technical, and administrative skills, plus the ability to maintain confidentiality and make sound decisions.
To be considered as a potential candidate, you will have a certificate or diploma in office/business administration plus five years’ of relevant experience providing executive level support. You have exceptional computer skills in Microsoft Office, including extensive schedule management through Outlook. Through your experience, you have highly developed organization and time management skills providing you the ability to prioritize multiple, conflicting, and highly time-sensitive tasks. You possess the flexibility to support the CEO’s busy and often changing schedule, readily accept additional responsibilities, and are adaptable in a fast-paced environment. You are dedicated to high standards of quality balanced with integrity, quality judgement, and excellent decision-making abilities. If you possess above-average interpersonal skills, are naturally adept at managing internal and external relationships with clients and stakeholders, then this may be an exciting opportunity for you. Prior experience working in a similar public sector environment or bilingualism would be considered an asset.
NSBI’s professional team is as innovative and energetic as the clients we serve. If you have what it takes to join our team, we would like to hear from you. To learn more about us, please visit our web site at www.nsbi.ca.
Resumes and cover letters will be used to screen applicants for this role. Please ensure you clearly articulate in your cover letter how your skills and attributes will serve to apply to the requirements of this position.
Closing Date: Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. local time.
Competition # 16-NSBI-003
Please send your resume and cover letter merged as one Word document via e-mail to careers@nsbi.ca. The competition number must be included in the subject line.
Applications can also be submitted by mail – please forward to the attention of:
Nova Scotia Business Inc.
World Trade and Convention Centre
1800 Argyle Street, Suite 701
PO Box 2374
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3J 3E4
We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.