Administrative Assistant
Posting Date: Oct 9, 2025
Location: Edmonton, AB
Company: Government of Alberta
Job Information
Job Title: Administrative Assistant
Job Requisition ID: 76033
Ministry: Infrastructure
Location: Edmonton
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: October 23, 2025
Classification: Administrative Support 5
Salary: $2,128.30 to $2,692.98 bi-weekly ($55,548 to $70,286/year)
The Government of Alberta is committed to a diverse and inclusive public service that reflects the population we serve to best meet the needs of Albertans. Consider joining a team where diversity, inclusion and innovation are valued and supported. For more information on diversity and inclusion, please visit: https://www.alberta.ca/diversity-inclusion-policy.aspx.
Alberta Infrastructure designs, builds, manages, and maintains government-owned and operated facilities, and collaborates with other ministries to ensure that schools, hospitals, and government facilities infrastructure meet the needs of Alberta’s population. The Ministry also provides accommodation services and manages a large portfolio of owned and leased facilities while maintaining fiscal accountability and optimizing value for Albertans.
For more information about Alberta Infrastructure, please visit http://www.infrastructure.alberta.ca.
Role Responsibilities
This position supports all day-to-day functions of the Land Planning unit, providing administrative support to its professional planners, ensuring timely and professional delivery of documents including Action Requests, including for Real Property Governance Act surplus property assessments and responses, Ministerial Consents for Transportation Utility Corridors, Conservation Easement waivers, instructional memos to other work units, and regular correspondence.
The person in this position ensures unit operations are coordinated and prioritized in accordance with senior direction, and communicates regularly with other administrative professionals at both lateral and senior roles.
Key responsibilities for the Administrative Assistant include but are not limited to:
- Coordinating and administering all Action Requests, Ministerial Consents, and Real Property Governance Assessments for the Land Planning unit.
- Reviewing response documents for completeness, accuracy, formatting, and grammar in compliance with correspondence guidelines; then forward to the Director for sign off and escalation; and file.
- Providing administrative support to Land Planning staff to ensure timely and accurate document completion and accurate filing.
- Coordinating travel and training when required and ensure all written approvals are in place.
- Ensuring document templates are the correct format and make appropriate use of the English language, including tone, grammar, and punctuation.
- Providing personnel support to the unit to ensure compliance with departmental policies/procedures.
- Assisting the Director when required with ensuring required courses, office supply orders, and similar Human Resource requirements are addressed.
Please click on this link to view the job description for this position.
APS Competencies
Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.
This link will assist you with understanding competencies: https://www.alberta.ca/system/files/custom_downloaded_images/psc-alberta-public-service-competency-model.pdf.
Creative Problem Solving: Focuses on continuous improvement and increasing breadth of insight
Develop Self and Others: Develops own career and reduces barriers for others
Drive for Results: Works to exceed goals and partner with others to achieve objectives
Build Collaborative Environments: Facilitates open communication and leverages team skill
Agility: Works in a changing environment and takes initiative to change
Systems Thinking: Observes and understands larger impact of role
Qualifications
Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification. Refer to https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-minimum-recruitment-standards.
Required:
High school diploma and one year of related experience
Equivalency: Directly related experience or education considered on the basis of: one year of experience for one year of education or one year of education for one year of experience.
Assets:
- Certificate or diploma in office administration
- Experience with GOA ARTS
- Awareness of land planning, also possibly through administrative familiarity with real estate, engineering, surveying, or law
Notes
This position is a Permanent, Full Time role with the standard weekly work hours of 36.25, Monday to Friday (8:15 am – 4:30 pm).
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Applicants are required to provide a cover letter and resume summarizing information that clearly and concisely demonstrates how their qualifications meet the advertised requirements, including education, experience, and relevant examples of required competencies.
Any costs associated with obtaining the required documents/checks as noted or interview travel expenses, will be the responsibility of the candidate. Out-of-province applicants can obtain the required documents/checks from the province they currently reside in.
Links and information on what the GoA have to offer to prospective employees.
- Working for the Alberta Public Service - https://www.alberta.ca/advantages-working-for-alberta-public-service.aspx.
- Management Employees Pension Plan (MEPP) - https://www.mepp.ca.
- Alberta Public Service Benefit Information - https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-benefits.
- Professional learning and development - https://www.alberta.ca/professional-development-support-directive.
- Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool – https://researchapscareers.alberta.ca.
- Positive workplace culture and work-life balance.
- Opportunity to participate in flexible work arrangements such as working from home up to two days per week and modified work schedule agreement.
- Leadership and mentorship programs.
How To Apply
Applicants are advised to provide information that clearly and concisely demonstrates how their qualifications meet the advertised requirements, including education, experience, and relevant examples of required competencies.
Candidates are required to apply for a job online. Please visit https://www.alberta.ca/job-application-resources#before for more information. Please visit Recruitment Principles, for more information.
It is recommended applicants who have completed post-secondary studies from outside of Canada obtain an evaluation of their credentials from the International Qualifications Assessment Service (IQAS)(https://www.alberta.ca/international-qualifications-assessment.aspx) or from a recognized Canadian Credential Evaluator; please visit the Alliance of Credential Evaluation Services of Canada for more information (https://canalliance.org/en/default.html).
It is recommended that applicants include the assessment certificate from IQAS or any other educational assessment service as part of their application.
Closing Statement
This competition may be used to fill future vacancies, across the Government of Alberta, at the same or lower classification level.
We thank all applicants for their interest. All applications will be reviewed to determine which candidates' qualifications most closely match the advertised requirements. Only individuals selected for interviews will be contacted.
If you require any further information on this job posting or require an accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact Donna M. Lee at Donna.M.Lee@gov.ab.ca