Elgin Middlesex Oxford Workforce Planning & Development Board

Administrative assistants

National Occupation Code (NOC): 1241

Administrative assistants perform a variety of administrative duties in support of managerial and professional employers. They are employed throughout the private and public sectors.

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Job Duties for Administrative assistants

  • Prepare, key in, edit and proofread correspondence, invoices, presentations, brochures, publications, reports and related material from machine dictation and handwritten copy
  • Open and distribute incoming regular and electronic mail and other material and co-ordinate the flow of information internally and with other departments and organizations
  • Schedule and confirm appointments and meetings of employer
  • Order office supplies and maintain inventory
  • Answer telephone and electronic enquiries and relay telephone calls and messages
  • Set up and maintain manual and computerized information filing systems
  • Determine and establish office procedures
  • Greet visitors, ascertain nature of business and direct visitors to employer or appropriate person
  • Record and prepare minutes of meetings
  • Arrange travel schedules and make reservations
  • May compile data, statistics and other information to support research activities
  • May supervise and train office staff in procedures and in use of current software
  • May organize conferences.

Working Conditions for Administrative assistants

Work is completed indoors, either from an office environment or home. It typically involved sitting at a desk for extended periods of time at a computer or answering phone calls.

Alternate Job Titles

  • Administrative Assistant
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  • Contracts Secretary
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  • Finance Secretary
  • Human Resources Secretary
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  • (can) Administrative Store Support
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  • Coordinator, Residence Learning
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