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Secretary

521211 · Sedentary Next-day ready

Career data Verified

Legal secretaries prepare and file legal documents and correspondence. They may assist with legal research.

Most common salary $55k – $80k
Upper salary up to $95k
Training 0-2 years

Description

Performs secretarial, clerical and other administrative tasks in support of managers, legal professionals and other professionals.

Typical work tasks

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.

Typical work environment

  • Indoor office environment which may range from large corporate-type head offices down to smaller sole-charge offices.
  • Works predominantly at computer workstations.
  • Usually works in adequately heated and ventilated spaces.

Typical physical and mental demands

  • Sedentary role.
  • Employees constantly sit at workstations operating computers and other related equipment.
  • Occasionally stands and walks about the office.
  • Stretching, twisting, climbing is not a significant component of the job.
  • Lifting is not a significant component of the job.
  • Bending, squatting or crouching is not a significant component of the job.
  • Repetitive arm hand and finger movements are constantly required when carrying out word-processing or data entry tasks.
  • Driving is not likely to be part of required work activities.
  • Use of hand-held objects such as pens, calculators and staplers, as well as telephones will also be occasional to frequent. Employees will also need to operate printers, copiers and a range of other office equipment and refill paper trays and ink supplies. May also use dictaphones and take shorthand.
  • Mental skills necessary include a high level of concentration, accuracy and organisation, planning, communication and decision-making.
Entry signal Model estimate

Enter via experience or on-the-job training; no mandatory pre-entry qualification. Flagged next-day ready.

Entry barrier Experience or on-job training
Licence / registration No licence required
ANZSCO skill level 2
Next-day ready Yes

Unverified — this label is model-generated and not yet clinician-reviewed. Confirm against the WTDS before relying on it.

How this was determined (model-generated): Secretary: NZ secretaries overwhelmingly enter via experience/OJT, not a mandatory Diploma; the 3-yr experience route is dominant, so experience_or_training.

Entry Requirements

An NZQF Diploma, or at least three years of relevant experience (ANZSCO Skill Level 2).

In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification.

Further Comments

There are opportunities for flexibility of movement.