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12100.00 – Executive assistants

Executive assistants coordinate administrative procedures, public relations activities and research and analysis functions for members of legislative assemblies, ministers, deputy ministers, corporate officials and executives, committees and boards of directors.

Overview

Example job titles

  • Committee clerk
  • Corporate secretary
  • Executive assistant
  • Legislative assistant

Core competencies

  • Management of Material Resources to manage and handle a wide range of materials, including documents, office supplies and equipment
  • Coordinating to manage multiple tasks, schedules and projects, ensuring smooth operations and seamless collaboration among teams and stakeholders
  • Verbal Ability and Speech Clarity to effectively communicate with executives, clients and teams, ensuring messages are understood and tasks are carried out efficiently
  • Speech Recognition to ensure accurate transcription of verbal communications, which is crucial for maintaining precise records of meetings, discussions and official documents
  • Attention to Detail to accurately manage schedules, correspondence and tasks, ensuring no important information or deadlines are overlooked
  • Knowledge in Clerical to ensure proper management of documents, including filing, indexing and retrieval

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • Establish and coordinate administrative policies and procedures for officials, committees and boards of directors
  • Analyze incoming and outgoing memoranda, submissions and reports and prepare and coordinate the preparation and submission of summary briefs and reports to executives, committees and boards of directors
  • Prepare agendas and make arrangements for committee, board and other meetings
  • Conduct research, compile data, and prepare papers for consideration and presentation by executives, committees and boards of directors
  • Meet with individuals, special interest groups and others on behalf of executives, committees and boards of directors to discuss issues and assess and recommend various courses of action
  • Liaise with departmental and corporate officials and with other organizations and associations on behalf of executives, committees and boards of directors.

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NOC hierarchy breakdown

NOC version

NOC 2021 Version 1.0

Broad occupational category

1 – Business, finance and administration occupations

TEER

2 – Occupations usually require a college diploma or apprenticeship training of two or more years; or supervisory occupations

Major group

12 – Administrative and financial supervisors and specialized administrative occupations

Sub-major group

121 – Specialized administrative occupations

Minor group

1210 – Administrative and regulatory occupations

Unit group

12100 – Executive assistants

Occupational profile

12100.00 – Executive assistants

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