supervise and coordinate activities of staff
liaising with colleagues and external contacts to book travel and accommodation;
interview job applicants and recruiting, training and supervising junior staff and delegating work as required
conduct orientation programmes for new employees
administer salaries and work out leave entitlements
be involved in staff training and development, the preparation of job descriptions, staff assessments and promotions
prepare annual estimates of expenditure, maintain budgetary and inventory controls and make recommendations to management
using a variety of software packages, such as Microsoft Word, Outlook, Powerpoint, Excel, Access, etc., to produce correspondence and documents and maintain presentations, records, spreadsheets and databases;
devising and maintaining office systems;
ordering and maintaining stationery and equipment;
locate suitable business premises and negotiate reasonable leasing agreements
provide and maintain business premises and other facilities including plant machinery and equipment
review and answer correspondence
provide secretarial or executive services for committees.
sorting and distributing incoming post and organising and sending outgoing post;
arranging both in-house and external events.