Executive Assistant to the Bishop

The Anglican Diocese of Islands and Inlets is seeking an Executive Assistant to support the Bishop’s office, located near Fairfield in downtown Victoria. This position is full-time weekdays with group health benefits and pension. The expected start date is January 6, 2025. The ideal candidate will be able to commit to at least three years in the role. 

The Bishop has oversight of a large and complex organization with many sites, people, and projects. In the role of Executive Assistant to the Bishop, the candidate must possess excellent verbal and written English communications skills, enthusiasm for change and adaptation, and a positive, unflappable attitude. We are looking for an individual who has a strong background in administration, preferably at the executive level.

The ideal candidate:

• has well-developed organizational and time-management skills, and can manage the competing priorities and demands of a multi-faceted organization and role;

• can maintain boundaries and confidentiality;
• has advanced computer literacy, as a large portion of this position is email, website, correspondence, and file management. Proficiency in Microsoft 365 (especially Outlook, Word, Forms, Publisher, Teams, and the admin panel) and in Adobe Acrobat and Canva is indispensable;
• has experience editing and writing correspondence and communications to a variety of audiences;
• can work both independently and as part of a team. The office is a dynamic team environment where we help and assist one another with projects, events, and problems.  At the same time the executive assistant to the bishop must be able to work independently when the bishop is away travelling;
• is skilled in planning and executing events;
• can serve as a role model and mentor for other staff in the office and diocese

It would be beneficial for the candidate to have knowledge of the Anglican Church of Canada's structure and culture. Candidates must be able to provide a Police Information Check with a Vulnerable Sector search, complete Safe Church training (provided), and abide by the diocesan policies.

Apply for this position by emailing jobs@bc.anglican.ca with your cover letter and resume. Deadline for applications is December 13^th but we will be contacting candidates for interviews as applications come in.

About the Anglican Diocese of Islands & Inlets

The office is a professional but casual working environment where a team of ten to twelve people work together to serve a diocese of forty-six worshipping communities through the administration of people, payroll, finance, insurance, property management, refugee programming, community and congregational development, and archival management.

The Diocese of Islands & Inlets is an equitable employer that operates on Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands and the Broughton Archipelago. As an institution we acknowledge the Coast Salish, Nuu-chah-nulth, and Kwakwaka'wakw nations whose relationship with these lands and waters is ongoing. We acknowledge our role in the historic dispossession of land, language, and culture, and are committed to being a part a reconciliatory path forward. We are a regional expression of the Anglican Church of Canada, part of the worldwide Anglican Communion. We are a progressive church where seekers are welcome to receive communion, baptism, marriage, and ordination on an equal basis.