Extension Assistant Jobs in Alberta (NOW HIRING)

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The Opportunity

Build the Future with Us

As an Executive Assistant supporting a Clevel executive, you will operate at the heart of enterprise leadership-enabling strategic focus, seamless execution, and confident decisionmaking within a complex, fastpaced environment. Acting as a trusted partner and extension of the executive, you will bring structure, foresight, and discretion to priorities that span national or global operations.

This role is ideal for a highly experienced executive assistant who thrives in complexity, exercises sound judgement, and takes pride in enabling leadership impact at the highest level.

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Your Impact

• Enable executive effectiveness by providing highlevel, endtoend support to a Csuite leader, ensuring focus on strategic priorities and organisational outcomes.
• Strategically manage complex calendars and priorities, balancing internal leadership commitments, external engagements, governance activities, and competing deadlines across time zones where applicable.
• Act as a trusted liaison and gatekeeper, facilitating effective communication between the executive and senior leaders, board members, clients, partners, and key external stakeholders.
• Prepare and refine executivelevel materials, including correspondence, presentations, briefing notes, and reports, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and professional tone.
• Coordinate highlevel meetings and governance forums, including agenda development, preparation of briefing packages, minutetaking, and followup on actions.
• Support executivesponsored initiatives and special projects by tracking milestones, coordinating contributors, and ensuring timely delivery of commitments.
• Safeguard confidential and sensitive information, exercising mature judgement, discretion, and professionalism in all situations.
• Contribute to enterprise resilience by providing backup support to other executive assistants and collaborating across administrative teams as needed.

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The Skills That Set You Apart

• Extensive experience (typically 10+ years) providing executivelevel support to senior leaders within large, complex organisations.
• Proven capability supporting Csuite executives (e.g., CEO, CFO, or equivalent) in highly confidential and fastmoving environments.
• Exceptional organisational and prioritisation skills, with the ability to anticipate needs, manage ambiguity, and perform under pressure.
• Strong executive presence and communication skills, enabling confident interaction with senior leaders and external stakeholders.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office and Outlook, including complex calendar and travel management; familiarity with enterprise systems and collaboration platforms is an asset.
• Demonstrated sound judgement, discretion, and integrity when handling sensitive information and highstakes situations.
• A proactive, resourceful mindset with the ability to work independently and bring structure to complexity.
• Bilingual proficiency in English and French is considered an asset for roles supporting Canadian executives.

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Why Choose WSP?

Why Choose WSP? We exist to shape communities to advance humanity. The brightest engineers, advisors and scientists from across the globe call WSP home.
Proudly Canadian - we are a Top 100 Employer in Canada for 2026.
A global community of brilliant minds - your next idea, mentor, or opportunity is always within reach.
Limitless opportunities start here. Whether it's across the country or around the globe, we help you tailor your role to match your ambition - because your growth drives ours.
Flexible work, real balance - we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours.
#WeAreWSP

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Compensation

AB, BC, NT, NU, SK & YT: $85,100 - $112,800
MB & ON: $77,700 - $107,000
NB, NL, NS, PE & QC: $76,900 - $102,100

Disclosure:
The final salary awarded for this role may vary from the above range based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. The wage range provided in this job posting may be subject to change for business purposes.

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Ready to Shape the Future?

Join a global team of visioneers and play a pivotal role in enabling leadership that shapes communities and advances humanity.

At WSP, we exist to shape communities to advance humanity.
It's why we bring people together who are wired to solve complex challenges - engineers, scientists, advisors, and technical experts who are driven by a common passion - to redefine what's possible and shape what comes next. We are Visioneers.
As one of the world's leading professional services firms, we partner with clients across transportation, infrastructure, environment, buildings, energy, water, mining and metals. We pair deep local knowledge with global insights to pioneer solutions designed to leave a lasting, positive impact.
At WSP, you'll join a community of brilliant minds that push boundaries every day - applying deep expertise and fuelling innovation to help create a more connected and resilient future. Here, your ideas are valued, your growth is supported, and you are encouraged to bring your authentic self to work. We empower our people to collaborate across disciplines, challenge the status quo, and shape a career with purpose.
Join us.
Please Note:
Health and Safety is a core paramount value of WSP. Given the importance of keeping one another safe it is expected that you comply with our Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) policy at all times as well as client HSE policies when working at client locations. Full details here.
Some safety-sensitive positions involve fieldwork and may include work in a variety of environmental conditions, such as remote or isolated areas, working alone, and in inclement weather (within safe and reasonable limits).
WSP welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
WSP is committed to the principles of employment equity. Only the candidates selected will be contacted.
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Full details here.