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In this role, you will provide vital support to the Senior Vice President of Leasing & Operations and their leadership team. Your positive attitude and superior customer service, organizational, project management and problem-solving skills will be key to your success in this role.
You will be a key member of an engaged, high-reaching team—part of a world-class, winning culture that prioritizes people development and focuses on long-term growth. We take great pride in leading the industry by earning respect through every interaction, every day. We go above and beyond to protect and grow relationships by anticipating needs, being honest and considerate and valuing customers and colleagues as genuine partners.
Responsibilities:
Provide a full range of confidential administrative services for a senior leader(s) ensuring quality service and professionalism at every interaction
Meeting management which includes scheduling, preparing agendas, taking minutes and documenting action items at leadership team meetings, strategic sessions and applicable boards the leader is involved in
Preparation and coordination of meetings and events such as all-team Town Halls, Leadership team meetings, offsites and other department-wide meetings
Prepare reports, presentations, communications, and documents relating to matters of sensitive nature on behalf of the leader by identifying required information, conducting research and utilizing appropriate sources as required
Proactively recommend enhancements to processes and issues to increase efficiencies and share best practices
Manage, coordinate, and maintain a complex calendar with conflicting priorities
Overseeing all incoming and outgoing communications, including emails, phone calls, reports, and internal correspondence
Prioritizes and organizes workload of the leader to ensure items that are critical to the business and to key stakeholders are on the agenda
Build strong relationships across the organization, including partnering with internal and external stakeholders
Prioritize conflicting needs, troubleshoot, handle matters expeditiously, proactively and follow-through on projects
Execute and assist with projects and special assignments by establishing objectives, determining priorities, managing time, monitoring progress, problem-solving and adjusting plans as required
Administration of confidential files and presentations
Managing invoices, budget reports including monitoring and analyzing budgets, expenses and year end accruals
Perform diverse range of tasks that involve a range of complexity with autonomy and discretion to make decisions within well-defined parameters
Be an effective teammate and flexible in adjusting to changing work priorities
Participate fully as a member of the team and contribute to a positive and inclusive work environment
Coordinate extensive and sometimes complex domestic and international travel arrangements, hotels and itineraries.
Plan and coordinate for onsite and offsite meetings, meeting rooms, special functions and events including logistics such as location, meals, technology, communication, materials and RSVP’s.
General office duties when back in the office may include ordering catering, mail distribution, greeting guests, etc.
To succeed in this role, you have:
7-10 years’ experience supporting a senior executive in a large, complex, international organization
A post-secondary education (college or university) is preferred
Excellent computer literacy, MS Office Suite experience and digital tools experience including MS Teams, SharePoint etc.
Works extremely well under pressure with the ability to meet tight deadlines while maintaining attention to detail
Demonstrate superior customer service skills and professionalism when partnering with all levels and external stakeholders.
Demonstrated strength in time management and organizational skills with the ability to multi-task in a fast paced and demanding environment.
Demonstrate the ability to prioritize, multi-task, and work independently with minimal direction and proficiency in dealing with ambiguity
Detail oriented when writing and editing business documents, communications and presentations
Proactively resolve any issues in a professional and calm manner.
Exercises high levels of discretion and judgment to deal with sensitive and confidential materials and matters
Possess exceptional interpersonal, influential, verbal and written communication skills
Drive to achieve results and continuously strive to deliver the highest performance through creative thinking
Demonstrate the ability to be a proactive and independent thinker to make judgement calls
Resiliency, resourceful and flexible in adapting to changes to the leader’s accountabilities, projects, and priorities and able to devise contingency plans as needed
Thrive in dynamic organizations that constantly evolve and adapt
Experience in mentoring or supervising other administrative professionals is an asset
Have flexibility to work extra hours on occasion and sometimes on short notice
Oxford's purpose is to strengthen economies and communities through real estate.
Our people-first culture is at its best when our workforce reflects the communities where we live and work — and the customers we proudly serve.
From hire to retire, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process that extends all the way through your employee experience. This sense of belonging and connection is cultivated up, down and across our global organization thanks to our vast network of Employee Resource Groups with executive leader sponsorship, our Purpose@Work committee and employee recognition programs.
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Founded in 1962, OMERS is one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, with $133.6 CAD billion in net assets as of June 30, 2024.
With employees in our offices in Toronto, London, New York, Amsterdam, Luxembourg, Singapore, Sydney and other major cities across North America and Europe, OMERS invests and administers pensions for over half a million active, deferred and retired employees of 1,000 municipalities, school boards, libraries, police and fire departments, and other local agencies in communities across Ontario
