Becoming a Secretary (General) in Queensland

About this role

Secretaries (General) perform secretarial, clerical and other administrative tasks in support of Managers and Professionals.

What you might do day-to-day in this job

Typical tasks for a Secretary (General) include:

• liaises with other staff to arrange meetings, and to gain and provide information
• prepares reports, briefing notes and correspondence, and proofreads work for typographical and grammatical errors
• maintains appointment diaries and makes travel arrangements
• processes incoming and outgoing mail, files correspondence and maintains records
• answers telephone calls, responds to inquiries and redirects callers
• takes and transcribes dictation of letters and other documents
• greets visitors, ascertains nature of business and directs visitors to appropriate personal
• may implement management decisions and maintain records of meetings
• may handle bookkeeping and petty cash functions.