All jobs within 400 km around Amherst

We are searching for a Casual Support Services Attendant to join our Orchard Court team based in Kentville, Nova Scotia

Meaningful Benefits

You will be surrounded by supportive and talented team members who make our communities great places to live, work and visit. As an established and respected organization in the healthcare sector, Shannex offers opportunities for growth, development and advancement. And at the end of every day, you will know you’ve made a measured difference in the lives of our residents. Additional benefits include:

• Approximate hourly wage: $16.61
• Free onsite parking
• Employee discounts on select apparel, fitness, and retail partners through our Perks Program
• Access to continuing education and training through Shannex’s Centre of Excellence
• Opportunities to be part of sector innovation and continuous improvement initiatives
• Recognition and Rewards for service excellence and safety

About the Opportunity

• Dusts, cleans and polishes furniture, counters, shelving, walls, and window/door ledges.
• Cleans sinks, toilets and bath facilities.
• Fills and replenishes supplies in resident rooms, nursing units, and rest rooms.
• Empties and cleans trash receptacles and places trash in compactor and/or trash pickup area.
• Sorts laundry into appropriate piles based on the type of laundry (linens, mops, personal clothing)
• Operates washing machine using proper washing formulas.
• Operates dryer and extractor; loads clean, wet laundry into the machine, sets dials so the laundry is dried or damp-dried appropriately and unloads the machine.
• Sorts clean laundry into appropriate baskets or racks; counts linen needed for each area as per linen quota and puts on cart; notes name tags on resident clothing and puts on correct rack.
• Picks up soiled laundry and delivers clean laundry to resident areas within the facility using laundry carts.
• Checks laundry for tears, holes, missing buttons, etc. and forwards clothing needing repair to the seamstress.

About You

• High School/ GED completion
• Minimum of one (1) year experience in commercial housekeeping and/or laundry preferred
• Ability to learn and work in fast paced environment
• Ability to work a schedule of flexible hours/ shifts inclusive of days, weekends and holidays

As a Customer Experience Associate, you are the face, character and heart of our branches. Scotiabank is a place where we put our customers first, and our priority is to help them achieve their financial goals.

Our Customer Experience Associates are people-centric and  connect with customers in a relatable way. As an essential member of the Canadian Banking Branch network, the focus is to provide exceptional service throughout the customer’s journey by:

• Taking a proactive approach to discovering our customer’s needs and listening to understand what they are asking for
• Processing day to day transactions
• Nurturing rich, long-standing relationships
• Contributing to the Branch’s targets by identifying and fulfilling simple sales opportunities
• Being a technology expert and sharing your knowledge by introducing clients to our mobile banking applications and assisting them to better manage their banking needs

Is this role right for you?  In this role you will:

• Build strong customer relationships and deliver excellent customer service
• Uncover and solve customers’ needs
• Explain complicated concepts simply
• Demonstrate success in a target-based performance environment, as well as contribute positively to a team-oriented work environment
• Demonstrate an eagerness to learn and determination to succeed

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? – We’d love to work with you if you:

• Have proven customer service skills through work or community involvement
• Are willing to assist in a professional, friendly and efficient manner
• Are available to work a flexible schedule
• Are comfortable in simple sales situations
• Have strong technical skills and the ability to promote digital and self-service banking options to our customers

What’s in it for you?

• The opportunity to join a forward-thinking organization surrounded by a collaborative team of innovative thinkers
• A rewarding career path with diverse opportunities for professional development
• Internal training to support your career growth and enhance your skills
• An organization committed to making a difference in our communities – for you and our customers
• You can expect to be recognized and rewarded for high-performance. You’ll be supported by leadership through meaningful development conversations that enable faster advancement and internal training to support your growth and development.
• A competitive compensation and benefits package

Overview

Overview

Store 6002509: 30 Main Street, Truro, Nova Scotia B2N 4G6

As a Lead Customer Service Representative, you will enjoy:

• Medical, Vision, Dental, & Life Insurance/long term Disability

• Flexible schedules
• Large, stable employer
• Opportunities for fast career advancement
• Task variety
• Weekly pay
• Night shift premium
• Employee discount
• Scholarship program
• Years of service Recognition program
• Corporate discount program;
 

Your key responsibilities:

You will assist the store manager and the assistant manager with administrative tasks. You will greet customers, run the cash register, make purchase suggestions and sometimes work with our food program. There is never a dull moment as you will be working around the store (inside and out) in many different areas to help maintain our high standards for store appearance and provide fast and friendly service to our customers.

You will interact with many customers daily, all while working in a fun, energetic environment accomplishing daily tasks around the store!
 

What we are looking for:

• Customer service

• Communication and friendly conversation
• Performing at a quick pace while having fun
• Working as part of a team to accomplish daily goals
• Coming up with great ideas to solve problems
• Thinking quickly and offering suggestions
 

Great if you have:

• Customer service skills
• Supervisory experience
• Motivation to advance in your career!
• Willingness to learn and have fun!

Overview

As a Financial Planner, you will focus on developing and deepening client relationships by providing high quality advice and service within the mass affluent market. Most importantly, you realize that your clients are your greatest asset, and your priority is providing investment and financial planning advice to help them meet their unique goals. 

Following a comprehensive financial planning framework, you will be focused on investment sales and new client acquisition, as well as establishing business development opportunities with prospects and clients within the assigned market area. 

Promote the development and sustainable growth of proprietary investment business in the assigned market area by: 

• Conducting in-depth reviews for assigned clients including retirement planning, wealth accumulation and estate planning utilizing financial planning skills and tools to support our clients’ financial goals.
• Exhibiting a natural curiosity to uncover and solve for client’s needs, deliver trusted financial advice to clients regarding their investments and retirement planning.
• Demonstrating self-motivation and a goal-oriented mindset when identifying our clients' needs to craft personalized financial strategies and solutions.
• Fostering strong engagement, educating clients, offering insights, and delivering expert advice.
• Exercising a collaborative approach when dealing with peers, clients, and partners. 
• Building relationships, focusing on providing a great client experience and growing long-standing relationships with existing clients. 

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We’d love to work with you if you have: 

• Experience in financial planning and investment sales is preferred.
• Successfully completed (or working towards) the Personal Financial Planning (PFP®) designation (or IQPF designation within Quebec), and/or the Certified Financial Planner(CFP®) designation. 
• You’re an accredited mutual funds professional in good standing with CIRO licensing requirements (Investments Funds in Canada or Canadian Securities Course). 
• You're able to work independently as a self-motivated entrepreneur with minimal supervision.
• Knowledgeable of competitive offerings, market trends, economic conditions, and the regulatory environment. 

What’s in it for you?

• A competitive compensation and benefits package that rewards growing and maintaining your client base.
• Access to leading-edge resources to support your growth including dedicated marketing support, powerful mobile technology, leading CRM, portfolio, and financial planning software.
• The ability to build long-lasting client relationships through exceptional advice and service.
• A work culture that promotes diversity, respect, and inclusion.
• An organization committed to making a difference in our communities – for you and your clients.

#financialplanner

Job Summary: As a member of the BGIS Sustainable Cleaning Solutions Team, you will be generally responsible for cleaning in a designated zone with an emphasis on quality control, health and safety & striving to exceed client expectations. 

Key Responsibilities: Functioning as a core member of the operational team and reporting to the Manager/ Supervisor as a Cleaner you may be required to perform some of the following tasks as required by the Manager/Supervisor and needs of the client:

• Clean floors by sweeping, scrubbing, or vacuuming
• Dry/wet mop (wash/scrub) and polish hard surface floors. (The washing/scrubbing of floors is done with handheld or auto scrubbers. In large open applications, automatic equipment may be used to perform these functions) 
• Strip and finish hard surface floors manually or with power equipment when required 
• Dry/wet mop (wash/scrub) and polish hard surface floors including washroom floors. (The washing/scrubbing of floors is done with handheld or walk behind buffing machines. In large open applications, automatic equipment may be used to perform these functions) 
• Transport garbage from drop points to garbage bins or compactor 
• Transport maintenance machinery, where necessary, between floors and job sites 
• Cleans and stores equipment and machinery used
• Cleans glass areas requiring ladders, scaffolding or other extension equipment to reach. 
• Cleans washroom floors including stripping and finishing 
• Cleans stairwells and elevator cabs where ladders are required 
• Loads and unloads supplies and replenishes cleaning solutions
• Follow procedures for the use of chemical cleaners and power equipment to prevent damage to floors and fixtures
• Other duties that management may assign 
• Strip, seal, finish, and polish floors
• Strip and finish hard surface floors manually or with power equipment when required 
• Steam clean or shampoo carpets 
• Notify managers concerning the need for major repairs or additions to building operating systems
• Mix water and detergents in containers to prepare cleaning solutions, according to specifications
• Strip, seal, finish, and polish floors
• Steam clean or shampoo carpets
• Remove snow and debris from sidewalks, driveways, or parking areas, using snowplows, snow blowers, or snow shovels, or spread snow melting chemicals.

Job Requirements:

• Experience in performing various cleaning, housekeeping and maintenance activities in an institutionalized environment.
• Experience in using floor maintenance machines, cleaning equipment, materials and solutions.
•  Knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the provisions that apply to this work including WHMIS.
• Ability to lift, push and pull heavy items as well as climb ladders.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to maintain cooperative working relationships with staff, clients and the general public.
• Ability and willingness to work weekends, holidays and shifts as assigned as well as work in multiple locations.
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions, prepare and maintain manual and electronic records.

Licenses and/or Professional Accreditation

• Must meet security clearance requirements, where applicable
• Must have a valid Class G license (may be required)

Physical demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. 

Job Summary: As a member of the BGIS Sustainable Cleaning Solutions Team, you will be generally responsible for cleaning in a designated zone with an emphasis on quality control, health and safety & striving to exceed client expectations. 

Key Responsibilities: Functioning as a core member of the operational team and reporting to the Manager/ Supervisor as a Cleaner you may be required to perform some of the following tasks as required by the Manager/Supervisor and needs of the client:

• Clean floors by sweeping, scrubbing, or vacuuming
• Dry/wet mop (wash/scrub) and polish hard surface floors. (The washing/scrubbing of floors is done with handheld or auto scrubbers. In large open applications, automatic equipment may be used to perform these functions) 
• Strip and finish hard surface floors manually or with power equipment when required 
• Dry/wet mop (wash/scrub) and polish hard surface floors including washroom floors. (The washing/scrubbing of floors is done with handheld or walk behind buffing machines. In large open applications, automatic equipment may be used to perform these functions) 
• Transport garbage from drop points to garbage bins or compactor 
• Transport maintenance machinery, where necessary, between floors and job sites 
• Cleans and stores equipment and machinery used
• Cleans glass areas requiring ladders, scaffolding or other extension equipment to reach. 
• Cleans washroom floors including stripping and finishing 
• Cleans stairwells and elevator cabs where ladders are required 
• Loads and unloads supplies and replenishes cleaning solutions
• Follow procedures for the use of chemical cleaners and power equipment to prevent damage to floors and fixtures
• Other duties that management may assign 
• Strip, seal, finish, and polish floors
• Strip and finish hard surface floors manually or with power equipment when required 
• Steam clean or shampoo carpets 
• Notify managers concerning the need for major repairs or additions to building operating systems
• Mix water and detergents in containers to prepare cleaning solutions, according to specifications
• Strip, seal, finish, and polish floors
• Steam clean or shampoo carpets
• Remove snow and debris from sidewalks, driveways, or parking areas, using snowplows, snow blowers, or snow shovels, or spread snow melting chemicals.

Job Requirements:

• Experience in performing various cleaning, housekeeping and maintenance activities in an institutionalized environment.
• Experience in using floor maintenance machines, cleaning equipment, materials and solutions.
•  Knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the provisions that apply to this work including WHMIS.
• Ability to lift, push and pull heavy items as well as climb ladders.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to maintain cooperative working relationships with staff, clients and the general public.
• Ability and willingness to work weekends, holidays and shifts as assigned as well as work in multiple locations.
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions, prepare and maintain manual and electronic records.

Licenses and/or Professional Accreditation

• Must meet security clearance requirements, where applicable
• Must have a valid Class G license (may be required)

Physical demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.