Procurement Assistant

Who We Are

For more than 130 years, The Salvation Army has served people in need in communities across Canada and Bermuda. Building on our roots as a world-wide Christian church, each year we help more than 2 million people, providing necessities such as food, clothing and shelter. In addition, we support people experiencing unemployment, addiction and family challenges. We continually adapt and innovate to meet emerging needs and live out our mission, vision and values of hope, service, dignity and stewardship. As a faith- and values-based organization, we hire and serve people of all backgrounds and walks of life - there is a place for everyone to belong here.

Mission Statement

The Salvation Army exists to share the love of Jesus Christ, meet human needs and be a transforming influence in the communities of our world.

Job Description:

Position Purpose

The Procurement Assistant will be responsible for providing administrative support to Procurement Services, which supports various departments and ministry units across the Canada and Bermuda Territory. The Procurement Assistant will gain practical experience in presentation material development, data entry, and data analysis in the business and office context.

Key Accountabilities

• Provide administrative support to the Procurement Services
• Enters and verifies information or data in existing formats or databases.
• Maintain documentation and filing and other administration duties.
• Conduct research for market trends on different procurement projects
• Assist Senior Procurement Specialists for projects and data analysis
• Maintain and update supplier databases and procurement records.
• Provide administrative support, including filing, data entry, and report preparation.
• Schedules and attends meetings as needed, takes minutes and circulates minutes and agenda as requested.
• Create and develop presentation materials.

Education and Experience Qualifications

• Completion of high school diploma or equivalent.
• Certified Office Diploma is an asset.
• Up to 1 year of related secretarial, administrative, or customer service experience is required.
• Working knowledge of Office365 is required.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Experience in SharePoint is an asset.
• Strong sense of integrity and confidentiality with professional ethics and a balanced sense of fairness and flexibility.

Compensation:

The target hiring range for this position is $17.60 to $21.03 with a maximum of $25.23.

Placement in the salary range will be based on factors such as market conditions, internal equity, and candidate experience, skills, and qualifications relevant to the role.

The Salvation Army will provide reasonable accommodation upon request. Please email Recruitment.Accommodations@salvationarmy.ca if you have a need for any accommodation and we will be pleased to discuss this with you.