As a personal assistant (PA) you`ll work closely with senior managerial or directorial staff to provide administrative support, usually on a one-to-one basis.
You`ll help a manager to make the best use of their time by dealing with secretarial and administrative tasks.PAs need extensive knowledge of the organisation in which they work.
You`ll need to know who key personnel are, both external and internal, and understand the organisation`s aims and objectives.
Managers often rely heavily on their PA, trusting that work will be handled efficiently in their absence.
Discretion and confidentiality are therefore essential attributes of a successful PA.A personal assistant is sometimes called an executive secretary, as well as a personal or private secretary.
Responsibilities
In addition to supporting managers, their team and departments, many PAs also have their own personal workload and responsibilities.
The scope of the PA`s role can be extensive and additional duties may include:carrying out specific projects and researchtaking responsibility of accounts and budgetsworking more closely with management if taking on some of the manager`s responsibilitiesdeputising for the manager, making decisions and delegating work to others in the manager`s absencebeing involved in decision-making processes.