secretary
Secretaries perform a variety of administrative tasks to help keep an organisation run smoothly. They answer telephone calls, draft and send e-mails, maintain diaries, arrange appointments, take messages, file documents, organise and service meetings, and manage databases.
Also called: executive secretary, administrative assistant, assistant, front office secretary, corporate secretary, office administrative assistant, school secretary, private secretary
- 22
- essential skills
- 21
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- administrative assistantWhat changes?14 skills in common
- office clerkWhat changes?13 skills in common
- executive assistant8 skills in common
- management assistant7 skills in common
- marketing assistant6 skills in common
- receptionist6 skills in common
- property assistant5 skills in common
- investment clerk4 skills in common
Essential skills
22- administer appointments
- communicate by telephone
- communicate schedules to the people concerned
- company policies
- disseminate internal communications
- disseminate messages to people
- draft corporate emails
- file documents
- fill out forms
- handle mail
- keep task records
- maintain internal communication systems
- manage digital documents
- manage personnel agenda
- monitor staff absences
- organise business documents
- organise facilities for office personnel
- perform office routine activities
- process commissioned instructions
- use microsoft office
- use spreadsheets software
- use word processing software
Optional skills
21- accounting techniques
- deliver correspondence
- demonstrate professional attitude to clients
- develop documentation in accordance with legal requirements
- education administration
- education law
- handle financial transactions
- handle petty cash
- issue sales invoices
- labour law
- liaise with typists
- manage accounts
- manage budgets
- manage needs for stationery items
- manage online content
- organise travel arrangements for staff
- place orders for printed paper goods
- prepare presentation material
- use office systems
- use personal organization software
- write meeting reports
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