As an administrative assistant, you would be involved with managing the day-to-day office work and providing administrative support to your employer. In most companies, you would have the following duties:

• filing and retrieving information and documents
• data entry
• typing letters and other documents
• recording or updating information electronically or manually
• photocopying documents
• managing diaries
• dealing with incoming and outgoing post
• facilitating logistical arrangement of meetings/events
• supervising petty cash accounts
• maintaining inventory and office resources