Administrative and executive secretaries
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.
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- Salary range for the majority of workers in Administrative and executive secretaries - from R8 383 to R29 372 per month - 2025.
- A Administrative and executive secretaries typically earns between R8 383 and R15 950 net per month at the start of the job.
- After 5 years of service, this is between R10 980 and R21 126 per month for a working week of 45 hours.
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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