Administrative and executive secretaries perform liaison, coordination and organizational tasks in support of managers and professionals and/or prepare correspondence, reports and records of proceedings and other specialized documentation.
Skill level:
Skilled
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- A Executive Assistant in Alberta in administrative and support service activities with 4 years or less experience earned minimum $57.20 and maximum $69.80 per hour in 2020.
- A Executive Assistant in Alberta in administrative and support service activities with 4 years or less experience earned minimum $55.70 and maximum $67.80 per hour in 2020.
- A Executive Assistant in Ontario in administrative and support service activities with 4 years or less experience earned minimum $55.20 and maximum $65.90 per hour in 2020.
Job Responsibilities
- Drafting administrative correspondence and minutes
- Obtaining, proposing and monitoring deadlines and follow-up dates
- Screening requests for meetings, scheduling and organizing meetings and travel arrangements
- Assisting in the preparation of budgets, monitoring of expenditures, drafting of contracts and purchasing or acquisition orders
- Liaising with other staff about a range of matters relating to the organization’s operations
- Writing and answering business or technical letters and other similar correspondence
- Preparing verbatim reports of proceedings in legislative assemblies, courts of law or other places using shorthand or specialized office equipment
- Supervising the work of clerical support workers
