Secretary Jobs
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Yorkshire ,
West Yorkshire ,
Bradford
Salary band: £20k - £25k
Personal Assistant / PA / Secretary
Bradford, West Yorkshire – commutable Leeds, Halifax, Dewsbury, Keighley
Circa £25,000 dependent on skills
An exciting and challenging opportu...
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London ,
City ,
East London
Salary band: £30k - £40k
An outstanding opportunity is available for an extremely well experienced and presented Legal Corporate Secretary/Personal Assistant to join the Docklands branch of this world famous and highly reg...
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Bristol
Salary band: £15k - £20k
On behalf of our client we are seeking a Legal Secretary within their Construction tea. Part of the Commercial Services Group, the specialist construction team provides a comprehensive servic...
The role of secretary has been around for decades but the job
has evolved greatly in recent times due to developments in office technology
and mobile communications. Often secretaries take on a role similar to a PA,
supporting and providing clerical and administration work for a boss or group
of senior employees. There will be great deal of paperwork and computer work
involved in the secretary's role, and the position often provides a vital link
between clients and key personnel. Most secretary jobs require a full
vocational qualification and these can be achieved in colleges around the
country.
Daily activities of the secretary include answering phone
calls, directing calls, booking appointments, filing, data entry, managing
inventory, managing a departmental diary and handling enquiries. Typing skills
– sometimes audio typing - and shorthand are the usual skills expectations for
secretaries, and today knowledge of office management computer programmes such
as Microsoft Office, Excel, Powerpoint will be expected by most employers.
Some secretaries may have GCSEs
or an NVQ in office administration but for those who want to progress with more
advanced training and qualifications under their belt, it's possible to obtain
a City & Guilds certificate, or even a Bachelor's Degrees in Business
Administration. Some secretaries choose to specialise so can study for a City
& Guilds Legal Secretaries certificate, for example.
Salary-wise secretaries can earn
quite well once they have some experience behind them. The average UK salary
for a secretary job is £18,000 but for London that rises to £25,000 and across
the south east secretaries are typically paid around £22,000. Executive
secretaries and PAs go on to earn over £30,000 per annum.
Many large companies are
expanding their interests globally, with office bases across Europe, the Middle
East and Asia. For ambitious secretaries who like the idea of travel and want to land an international secretary job, it will be well worth learning a second language.
