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Chartwell Retirement Residences

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Senior Executive Assistant

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The Opportunity

Reporting to the Chief Investment Officer / Chief Legal Officer and Chief Financial Officer, this role provides confidential, proactive support by managing schedules, meetings, communications, documents, travel, expenses, and sensitive information.

What You’ll Do

  • Manage complex executive calendars, priorities, meetings, and follow-ups.
  • Prepare agendas, minutes, briefing materials, presentations, reports, and correspondence.
  • Coordinate confidential legal, finance, governance, and corporate documents through review, approval, signature, filing, and distribution.
  • Arrange travel, offsites, events, expenses, invoices, and related logistics while liaising with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Identify, learn and apply new and emerging technology tools to improve how work is delivered
  • Support special projects, process improvements, confidential initiatives, and other executive assigned duties

What You’ll Bring

  • At least 7 years of progressive administrative experience, including 5 years supporting senior executives or C-suite leaders.
  • College diploma, university degree, or equivalent experience in business, office administration, legal administration, finance, or a related field.
  • Advanced Microsoft Office skills, especially Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; document comparison and presentation experience are assets.
  • Highly organized, discreet, adaptable, and detail-oriented, with strong judgement, communication, initiative, and follow-through.
  • Ability to manage competing priorities independently and handle sensitive legal, financial, governance, personnel, and strategic information.
  • Comfortable using AI and digital tools, including Microsoft 365 Copilot, to support daily work and improve processes.

What We Offer

  • Competitive compensation and benefits
  • Opportunities for leadership development and career growth
  • A safe, inclusive workplace where you’re supported and appreciated
  • A warm, welcoming culture inspired by our vision of making people’s lives better, driven by our mission to create happy, healthy, and meaningful lives for our residents
  • Criminal Reference Check and Vulnerable Sector Screening required. Flexibility to work outside regular business hours during peak executive, Board, financial, legal, or governance periods.

Additional Requirements

  • Criminal Reference Check and Vulnerable Sector Screening required. Flexibility to work outside regular business hours during peak executive, Board, financial, legal, or governance periods.

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