External Application Deadline: September 9, 2026

There is a temporary vacancy for the position of Bilingual Senior Administrative Assistant assigned to the Political Action and Communications Department.

This position is based at our Headquarters office in Ottawa, Ontario, with regular in-office presence expected.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Arrange meetings, maintain committee contact lists, inform committee members about meeting arrangements, distribute materials, respond to enquiries, make arrangements for meals and refreshments;
• Provide assistance on campaigns and projects;
• Register participants for conferences and events;
• Organize and maintain files within parameters of the records management system;
• Make travel arrangements as needed, including visas, itineraries, accommodation, schedules;
• Produce correspondence, reports, briefs, bulletins, and other documents;
• Format documents, scan text and graphics, manipulate charts and graphs;
• Edit and proofread documents and review for grammar and spelling;
• Use specialized software to format and/or draft layout design for publications;
• Draft routine correspondence and reply to email enquiries;
• Answer phones, screen calls, take messages, answer enquiries and direct calls to appropriate person;
• Open, sort, prioritize and distribute incoming mail;
• Arrange for translation as needed, taking into account priorities and deadlines;
• Post material on the web as requested;
• Conduct information searches on the Internet;
• Take notes at meetings as requested; and
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Post-secondary education in Administration with two to three years’ relevant experience;
• Oral and written fluency in English and French is essential;
• Professional level written and verbal communication skills;
• Excellent proofreading and formatting skills;
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook), as well as experience using OneDrive, Teams, and Adobe Acrobat.
• Familiarity with WordPress, Adobe InDesign, Asana, digital campaign suites such as Action Network, and Client Relationship Management databases such as iMIS are considered assets.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team as well as independently.

The starting salary for this position is $75,948.29 as of July 1, 2026, plus benefits under the COPE 225 Collective Agreement. This includes a four (4) day work week
(30 hours), generous health, vision, and dental benefits, group life insurance and LTD coverage, pension, as well as fitness allowance, free parking, and other staff perks.

Please submit your application in English to the attention of Lori McCarthy, Director of Human Resources, via email: careers@clcctc.ca by September 9, 2026. Please quote Bulletin 286 in your application.

Note: While we appreciate all applications received, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not used as part of the hiring process at the CLC.

The CLC is an equal opportunity employer. Members of equity seeking groups are encouraged to self-identify. Women, workers of colour, workers with disabilities, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, two-spirit, intersex and Indigenous workers are encouraged to apply for
this position.

The CLC is dedicated to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities during the hiring process as needed. Please inform us if you require any accommodation.

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Internal Posting Deadline: August 26, 2026
External Posting Deadline: September 4, 2026

The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) is the largest labour organization in Canada, bringing together dozens of national and international unions, provincial and territorial federations of labour and community-based labour councils to represent more than 3 million workers across the country.

Our staff are a team of dynamic professionals dedicated to growing worker power and ensuring every working person has a voice on the job. When you work at the CLC, you’re more than just an individual employee — you’re helping to lead a movement.

The Canadian Labour Congress has vacancy for a Senior Researcher within the Social and Economic Policy (SEP) department. This position is based at the CLC’s headquarters located in Ottawa, Ontario with the expectation of regular presence in the office to help facilitate collaboration with colleagues, management, and the leadership team.

The successful candidate will work closely with the Director of SEP and will have broad responsibilities for monitoring and analysis of social and public policy issues, and for supporting the development and articulation of the CLC positions on social and economic policies.

Duties and Responsibilities

Current priority policy areas for the CLC include investing in the care economy and workforce, a Just Transition to a net zero-carbon economy, affordability and cost-of-living pressures, labour market, training and skills development policies, labour law and employment standards reform, and corporate accountability in Canada and around the world.

The successful candidate will be expected to develop broad familiarities with these areas, and more specifically expertise in the areas of social policy, the changing world of work, and the regulation of global supply chains. The Senior Researcher will support research needs for the CLC’s engagement on national and international corporate accountability issues.

In addition to undertaking research and analysis, the duties of the Senior Researcher include:

• working in close collaboration with staff from Social and Economic Policy and other CLC departments, researchers from affiliated unions, and researchers and advocates from the progressive policy community on several issues;
• briefing CLC Officers;
• supporting CLC campaigns and digital media engagement;
• preparing briefs, research, policy papers and education materials; and
• representing the CLC in meetings with affiliated unions and government representatives and in public forums.

Qualifications

The successful applicant will have:

• a graduate degree in a field directly related to the research topics, or significant research and policy analysis experience and a publication record which demonstrates a similar level of knowledge and expertise;
• a sound knowledge of the labour movement, working class issues and the role of unions in our workplaces, communities, country and international solidarity;
• a demonstrated understanding of social policy and public services issues;
• knowledge of the social policy process and of the part played by the labour movement in that process;
• an ability to communicate analysis and issues clearly in written form to a range of audiences, including public officials and policymakers, the social policy community, and union activists;
• an ability to produce clear written work on complex issues to meet deadlines, and to work cooperatively with colleagues;
• the ability to integrate a feminist and anti-racist perspective into union work;
• the ability to travel (mostly domestic);
• fluency in English is required, and French language skills are considered an asset;
• knowledge of techniques of quantitative analysis and familiarity with statistical analysis software which is considered an asset; and
• experience as a researcher in a political party/analyst in a union and/or a social policy organization which is also considered an asset.

The starting salary for this position is $127,361.35 annually (plus benefits) under the Collective Agreement of IAMAW Local Lodge 3111 CULR. This includes generous health and welfare benefits, pension, as well as a monthly vehicle allowance and coverage for fuel, internet, and cell phone.

Please submit your application to the attention of Lori McCarthy, Director of Human Resources, via email: careers@clcctc.ca, by August 26, 2026, for internal candidates and by September 4, 2026, for external candidates. Please quote Bulletin 2026-07 in your application.

Note: The CLC will complete its internal hiring process prior to proceeding with external candidates. While we appreciate all applications received, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not used as part of the hiring process at the CLC.

The Canadian Labour Congress is an equal opportunity employer. Members of equity seeking groups are encouraged to self-identify. Women, workers of colour, workers with disabilities, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, two-spirit, intersex and Indigenous workers are encouraged to apply for this position.

The CLC is dedicated to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities during the hiring process as needed. Please inform us if you require any accommodation.

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