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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- The majority of Administrative and executive secretaries earn a salary between R4 962 and R22 893 per month in 2024.
- A monthly wage for entry-level Administrative and executive secretaries ranges from R4 962 to R10 587.
- After gaining 5 years of work experience, their income will be between R7 240 and R14 199 per month.
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- A Research Assistant in human health and social work activities in scale 7 with 5 years or more experience earned minimum R18 700,00 and maximum R34 989,00 per month in 2019.
Duties and tasks
- 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
