management assistant
Management assistants perform varied types of jobs, usually under general supervision. They carry out administrative tasks and support managers to ensure the entire department functions smoothly.
Also called: office administrator, assistant manager, office assistant, project assistant, management aide
- 18
- essential skills
- 23
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 3343
- ISCO-08 group
Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
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- secretary7 skills in common
- marketing assistant6 skills in common
- auditing clerk5 skills in common
- investment clerk5 skills in common
- office manager4 skills in common
Essential skills
18- build business relationships
- company policies
- coordinate events
- disseminate internal communications
- disseminate messages to people
- draft corporate emails
- fix meetings
- liaise with board members
- liaise with managers
- maintain internal communication systems
- perform business research
- perform clerical duties
- process commissioned instructions
- support managers
- use different communication channels
- use office systems
- use spreadsheets software
- write work-related reports
Optional skills
23- accounting department processes
- apply statistical analysis techniques
- assist visitors
- draft press releases
- financial department processes
- human resources department processes
- legal department processes
- maintain register of shareholders
- maintain statutory books
- manage personnel agenda
- management department processes
- marketing department processes
- operations department processes
- perform cost accounting activities
- personnel management
- public relations
- revise drafts made by managers
- sales department processes
- speak different languages
- track key performance indicators
- translate language concepts
- use free typing techniques
- write meeting reports
Definition and skills from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Source concept
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