4120-Secretaries (general)

Job Title: 

Secretaries (general)

Job Description: 

Secretaries (general) use typewriters, personal computers or other word-processing equipment to transcribe correspondence and other documents, check and format documents prepared by other staff, deal with incoming and outgoing mail, screen requests for meetings or appointments, and perform a variety of administrative support tasks.

Tasks: 

Tasks include

  • checking, formatting and transcribing correspondence, minutes and reports from dictation, electronic documents or written drafts to conform to office standards, using typewriter, personal computer or other word processing equipment
  • using various computer software packages including spreadsheets to provide administrative support
  • dealing with incoming or outgoing mail
  • scanning, recording and distributing mail, correspondence and documents
  • screening requests for meetings or appointments and helping to organize meetings
  • screening and recording leave and other staff-members' entitlements
  • organizing and supervising filing systems
  • dealing with routine correspondence on their own initiative.
Specific Occupations: 

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41202
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41203
Secretary, union council

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Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, PSCO-2223