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Administrative jobs in Ottawa

Administrative support is one of the most accessible ways into the capital's market, and often the first step toward a permanent public service position.

The route usually runs through an agency

A large share of federal administrative roles start as a temporary contract through a staffing agency. It is a legitimate and common path: it gets you reliability status and experience of how the machine works, both of which count later in competitions.

Keep precise records of every assignment, with dates, department and duties. Federal competitions ask for that level of detail, and reconstructing it afterwards is painful.

Reliability status changes your profile

Once obtained through an employer it stays valid for a period and makes you markedly more employable here. Many administrative postings treat it as an entry condition rather than something to arrange after you start.

Put it in the first line of your résumé if you hold one, with the level and the date.

French is rarely optional

Administrative support is in constant contact with internal and external audiences. It is one of the categories where the bilingual requirement appears most often, in the private sector as much as the public one.

Software matters more here than elsewhere too: name the systems you actually know rather than writing "office suite".

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301 administrative jobs in Ottawa, September 24, 2026