Advice please: wage negotiation

[shootingstar]

SS - what sort of work do you do?

In my experience, an administrative assistant always has some vagueness in the job description. But there are some specifics, and some strategic things they want my help and expertise with.

Yes, with the information I have today, I plan to retire in Vernon. That's 15-25 years away (holy!), so, obviously, things can change in that time, but we moved here with that in mind, and we haven't had any desire to change that yet.

I'm sorry about your grandmother's death.

In this particular job, I am a document control manager. My job requires planning, hands-on database design, taxonomy design, working with dept. heads to develop and implement project-wide best practices and quality procedures for document workflow and document/records management. Job includes developing and delivering computer-based group training regularily. Our business controls must meet specific project contractual needs for records retention. Job requires interpreting and implementing practices that meet legislative requirements at federal and provincial level.

By the end of next year, have forecasted over 100,000 different documents (electronic & originals). All of this acquired within a 3-yr. period. System is deployed for 150 employees over 6 different locations. (There are nearly 300 employed, but not all want to darken an office doorway.). Some of these locations are work trailers..out in muddy fields...I have to make site visits to all. I do manage /supervise and evaluate other staff.

In the engineering sector, document management systems are audited to met ISO QA standards. Have in the past, audited other departments, which were libraries.

My formal training and other career experience is as a librarian. You'll find us in: knowledge management, content management, document/records management, competitive intelligence....plus your so-called "libraries".

Hope you make a meaningful decision for yourself. As for the stability of a job, nothing is forever these days. Not even in govn't...one could easily be shifted somewhere else. I don't hang my hat on a company pension..but as long as the pension can be vested and is portable, if one leaves.

Forest industry in B.C. has seen some big changes in past decade. Not easy... But then the mining industry that seems to be bouncing not too badly, might fall on its nose later...as it did for quite awhile.