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Summary

CSIS jobs for admin assistants are available and you can get hired without a degree

You'll work with Canada's national intelligence and security agency!

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Senior Writer

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) is hiring admin assistants and financial clerks.

You don't need a university degree for these CSIS jobs, just a high school or college diploma and some experience.

There are Administrative Assistant and Financial Clerk positions available in Burnaby, Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal.

As an Administrative Assistant, you will:

  • process and distribute administrative requests
  • compose administrative correspondence (including documents, reports, tables and presentations)
  • assist in coordinating logistics related to travels, visits, meetings, interviews, conferences or other events
  • input, track and schedule appointments, meetings and events into the executive calendar
  • provide guidance on administrative processes and procedures

As a Financial Clerk, you will:

  • perform account verification responsibilities
  • administer and maintain the contingency account/cash advance system
  • liaise with managers and employees on expenditures
  • process payment of invoices and accounts
  • liaise with suppliers to ensure the accuracy of accounts and financial transactions

The CSIS salary for these jobs is $52,392 to $63,716.

Only Canadian citizens are allowed to apply.

You must have a high school diploma and years of experience, or a college diploma and two years of experience.

That experience must be in:

  • general administrative duties
  • providing service to internal or external clients or the general public
  • using a variety of software (including word processing, email, database and spreadsheet apps)

Any higher level of education, like an undergraduate degree, could be recognized as experience.

The positions in Burnaby and Toronto require you to know English, and the positions in Ottawa and Montreal require you to know English and French.

You must be eligible to receive an Enhanced Top Secret security clearance.

That process includes a security interview, a polygraph, and a background investigation with credit and financial verifications.

The closing date for these CSIS jobs is June 24, 2025.

Administrative Assistants and Financial Clerks

Salary: $52,392 to $63,716

Location: Burnaby, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal

Company: CSIS

Who Should Apply: You should apply if you're a Canadian citizen.

Also, you need a high school diploma and years of experience, or a college diploma and two years of experience.

That experience must be in:

  • general administrative duties
  • providing service to internal or external clients or the general public
  • using a variety of software (including word processing, email, database and spreadsheet apps)

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  • Senior Writer

    Lisa Belmonte (she/her) is a Senior Writer with Narcity Media. After graduating with a Bachelor of Journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), she joined the Narcity team. Lisa covers news and notices from across the country from a Canada-wide perspective. Her early coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic earned Narcity its first-ever national journalism award nomination.

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