Secretary Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Graduation from high school or equivalent.
• One and one-half (1 1/2) years of progressively responsible typing, stenographic and/or substantive clerical work experience which demonstrated knowledge of English grammar, spelling and arithmetic; knowledge of common office equipment; knowledge and understanding of computer word processing and software applications; the ability to read and understand oral and written instructions; the ability to speak and write simply and directly; and the ability to carry out procedures in clerical work systems and perform secretarial tasks.
• Typing and/or keyboarding skills (40 net words per minute) and/or the ability to use typewriters, computers and word processing and/or other software applications.

Responsibilities

• Serving as telephone and walk-in receptionist
• Maintaining a system of files
• Making travel arrangements
• Composing correspondence
• Obtaining and presenting information from files
• Routing correspondence
• Reviewing outgoing correspondence for format, grammar, spelling and typography
• Maintaining a log of pending work
• Preparing and finalizing documents using computer word processing applications
• Preparing and finalizing charts, tables, graphs and other materials using computer software applications