Secretaries (General)

Secretaries (General) perform secretarial, clerical and other administrative tasks in support of Managers and Professionals.

What the job involves

• Liaises with other staff to arrange meetings, and to gain and provide information

• Prepares reports, briefing notes and correspondence, and proofreads work for typographical and grammatical errors

• Maintains appointment diaries and makes travel arrangements

• Processes incoming and outgoing mail, files correspondence and maintains records

• Answers telephone calls, responds to inquiries and redirects callers

• Takes and transcribes dictation of letters and other documents

• Greets visitors, ascertains nature of business and directs visitors to appropriate personal

• May implement management decisions and maintain records of meetings

• May handle bookkeeping and petty cash functions