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Job Description
Provide high-level administrative support by conducting research, preparing statistical reports, handling information requests, and performing clerical functions such as preparing correspondence, receiving visitors, arranging conference calls, and scheduling meetings. May also train and supervise lower-level clerical staff.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 43-6011.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 57,910.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 27.00
- Currently, there are 631,610 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants”.
Also Known As…
- Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Office Manager
- Executive Secretary
- Executive Assistant
- Executive Administrative Assistant
- Administrative Secretary
- Administrative Coordinator
- Administrative Associate
- Administrative Assistant
- Administrative Aide
- Unit Secretary
- Trust Manager Assistant
- Staff Assistant
- Secretary to the Vice President
- Secretary
- Secretarial or Administrative Duties Clerical Administrative Assistant
- Secretarial or Administrative Duties Administrative Assistant
- Scheduler
- Protocol Officer
- Project Assistant
- Program Support Specialist
- Program Support Assistant
- Personal Secretary
- Personal Assistant
- Office Automation Secretary (OA Secretary)
- Office Assistant
- Office Administrator
- Management Assistant
- Human Resources Administrative Assistant
- Helper Coordinator
- Front Office Secretary
- Financial Secretary
- Executive, Secretarial, Managerial, or Official Duties Assistant
- Executive Staff Assistant
- Executive Associate
- Executive Administrator
- Court Analyst
- Corporate Secretary
- Confidential Secretary
- Community Youth Secretary
- Clerical Specialist
- Assistant To The Vice President
- Assistant To The President
- Assistant To The Director
- Administrative Support Specialist
- Administrative Supervisor
- Administrative Specialist
- Administrative Services Assistant
- Administrative Officer
- Administrative Office Specialist
- Administrative Office Assistant
- Administrative Liaison
- Administrative and Technical Specialist
Tasks for “Secretary”
- Prepare agendas and make arrangements, such as coordinating catering for luncheons, for committee, board, and other meetings.
- Provide clerical support to other departments.
- Make travel arrangements for executives.
- Review operating practices and procedures to determine whether improvements can be made in areas such as workflow, reporting procedures, or expenditures.
- Supervise and train other clerical staff and arrange for employee training by scheduling training or organizing training material.
- Process payroll information.
- Set up and oversee administrative policies and procedures for offices or organizations.
- Perform general office duties, such as ordering supplies, maintaining records management database systems, and performing basic bookkeeping work.
- Interpret administrative and operating policies and procedures for employees.
- Greet visitors and determine whether they should be given access to specific individuals.
- Read and analyze incoming memos, submissions, and reports to determine their significance and plan their distribution.
- Prepare responses to correspondence containing routine inquiries.
- Coordinate and direct office services, such as records, departmental finances, budget preparation, personnel issues, and housekeeping, to aid executives.
- Manage and maintain executives' schedules.
- Conduct research, compile data, and prepare papers for consideration and presentation by executives, committees, and boards of directors.
- Attend meetings to record minutes.
- Open, sort, and distribute incoming correspondence, including faxes and email.
- Answer phone calls and direct calls to appropriate parties or take messages.
- Prepare invoices, reports, memos, letters, financial statements, and other documents, using word processing, spreadsheet, database, or presentation software.
- File and retrieve corporate documents, records, and reports.
- Compile, transcribe, and distribute minutes of meetings.
- Meet with individuals, special interest groups, and others on behalf of executives, committees, and boards of directors.
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