Office Assistant

Work setting

• Office

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Receive and forward telephone or electronic enquiries
• Maintain and prepare reports from manual or electronic files, inventories, mailing lists and databases
• Send and receive messages
• Compile data, statistics and other information
• Provide general information to clients and the public
• Photocopy and collate documents for distribution, mailing and filing
• Order office supplies and maintain inventory
• Perform data entry
• Provide customer service
• File material in storage area
• Label files according to retention and disposal schedules
• Label, file and retrieve documents
• Locate and remove files requested
• Organize and schedule office work

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Tight deadlines
• Attention to detail