What is the Job Description of a Secretary/Administrative Assistant? (Job Seeker Question)

Users keeping sending me mails asking me job descriptions of various job roles. I keep telling them to Google such things. However, I have decided to answer a few of them and put it up here.


What is the Job Description of a Secretary/Administrative Assistants?

Secretaries and administrative assistants perform routine clerical and administrative duties. They organize files, draft messages, schedule appointments, and support other staff.

Secretaries and administrative assistants typically do the following:

• Answer telephones and take messages or transfer calls
• Schedule appointments and update event calendars
• Edit company correspondence and ensure document accuracy
• Maintain databases and filing systems, whether electronic or paper
• Arrange staff meetings
• Handle incoming and outgoing mail and faxes
• Draft routine memos, billing, or other reports
• Perform basic bookkeeping