administrative assistant Verified

Work setting

• Urban area

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Plan and control budget and expenditures
• Supervise other workers
• Establish and implement policies and procedures
• Train other workers
• Record and prepare minutes of meetings, seminars and conferences
• Determine and establish office procedures and routines
• Plan, develop and implement recruitment strategies
• Schedule and confirm appointments
• Answer telephone and relay telephone calls and messages
• Answer electronic enquiries
• Compile data, statistics and other information
• Respond to employee questions and complaints
• Order office supplies and maintain inventory
• Arrange travel, related itineraries and make reservations
• Greet people and direct them to contacts or service areas
• Set up and maintain manual and computerized information filing systems
• Type and proofread correspondence, forms and other documents
• Provide customer service
• Assign, co-ordinate and review projects and programs
• Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate daily operations

Experience and specialization

Computer and technology knowledge

• Google Docs
• MS Excel
• MS PowerPoint
• MS Windows
• MS Word
• MS Office

Area of specialization

• Correspondence
• Reports and records
• Invoices
• Charts, tables, graphs and diagrams

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Own transportation
• Public transportation is available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Attention to detail
• Repetitive tasks

Personal suitability

• Ability to multitask
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Flexibility
• Organized
• Team player
• Accurate
• Client focus
• Reliability