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What are the main criteria and the skills required of an administrative support?

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Question added by Hiba Zeayter Ahmarany , CEO Personal Assistant , Defical
Date Posted: 2013/07/01

1.
Reliable2.
Punctual - good timekeeping3.
Tidy worker - tidy work area, tidy mind4.
Can multi-task5.
Good telephone manner and verbal communication6.
Good basic data inputting skills7.
Routine - has a 'start of the day' and 'end of the day' routine8.
Adaptable - can cope with the unexpected.9.
Able to see where they fit within the company and that there work is of value.10.
Willing to keep learning.

Janet Villanueva Tejares
by Janet Villanueva Tejares , Senior Marketing & Events Assistant , Emirates Diplomatic Academy

Hi! In general, Administrative Support is considered the driving force of all organization, whether it is local, private nonprofit or profit.
They are sometimes referred to as the backbone or back office.
Without them, daily operations fail.
They define the structure of every organization and company.
Administrative Support is very broad since it means jobs, tasks and a scope within a group of Administrative assistants often with job descriptions of Secretaries, personal assistants, receptionists, office managers and other.
These are only some of them since sometimes a huge company has stems of Administrative Support functions in different levels and department.
It is very broad indeed.
To make it simple, we have provided the specifics of what an Administrative Support is in a common organizational setting or structure.
Job Description As an administrative support one can either be assigned to submit daily logs and reports of another administrative staff or it can be someone who is required to run the whole operation daily.
To generalize the job description of someone who is an entry level or clerk to someone that can be the department head or manager; we prepared a table for your reference.
For Entry Level or Clerk : >Completes his/her assigned daily task.
It can include a seies of work like to file all invoices, print all purchase orders, journalize all sales receipts etc.
>Submits his/her comprehensive report at the end of the day of all the assigned work within the day.
>Checks the Quality of his/her completed tasks and reports before submission and collaboration.
>Assesses one’s performance at the end of the week.
For Department head/Supervisor/Manager: >Provides work load and work assignments to his/her support staff daily.
>Submits his/her comprehensive report at the end of the week or month to the management.
>Monitors, Implements and does Quality check on the whole staffs’ assigned work >Assesses the support staffs’ monthly and weekly performance for management review.
Hope these could help.
Amazing Wednesday my friend!

Hilda Alfonso
by Hilda Alfonso , Administrative Officer , CAPITAL SCAFFOLDING CO. LLC

The Main Criteria and Skills required of an Administrative Support Staff are:

1.  Good Team Player

2.  Strong Commitment i.e proper time management

3.  Integrity

4. Good Interpersonal Skills

Ttamer Mady
by Ttamer Mady , Deputy Projects Manager , El Masriah El Khalegyah

1.
Multitasking.2.
Time Management.3.
MS.
Office.

Ahmad AlHadeed
by Ahmad AlHadeed , Planning And Analysis Manager , SHIFT Financial Services Ltd.

Main Criteria - Management Skills - Administrative Skills - Time Management Skills - Communication Skills - Highly Developed Interpersonal Skills

Mike Emerson Pasaron
by Mike Emerson Pasaron , Safety Officer , Arabian Petrochemical Co. (PETROKEMYA)

Skills in office management, knowledge in MS Office Applications, good interpersonal and communication skills for me are essential in providing administrative support.

MOHAMMED AL-RABAA
by MOHAMMED AL-RABAA , Information Technology Sp. , Vinnell Arabia

To be able to support the management and Personnel by all thier administrative needs You have to be: - aware of SOPs and policy statements and Procedures - able to manage the time wisely - attention to details - computerized and organized - available most of the time to assist - good communicator and having effective writing skills - dynamic and decision maker - maintain resources and equipments in the office to unsure it works all the time - safety enforcer to secure life's and assets - updated and always keep tracking

Muhammad shareef
by Muhammad shareef , Security , Mohammed Abdallah Sharbatly Co. LTD

As an Technical user you should know the basic things to end what you have studied, from the technical point of view the criteria for an Admnistrative Support you should have the skills of Trobleshooting, Monitoring, taking regular backups, working with an Antivirus, supporting desktop users problems, installations of Applications Softwares, stay up to date, using Patches for Operating Systems & for Antivirus. The main Important thing you have to notice that the Technical / Advanced users should have the good knowlege on DOS. Only the Advanced user can work on DOS in case of System Failure..

Rami AlHawas
by Rami AlHawas , HUMAN RESOURCES REPRESENTATIVE , SADARA

• Receive and print out the all document related to employees and keep copies for reference and future record.
• List down all actions related to project and develop table in order to share it with people who working in same project.
• Create files for equipments and information that related to operation in save it in computer folder.
• Responsible for communication method between operation department and project and list down all action plan in order to share it with respective manager.
• Follow up with new comers employees and provide all needs to them such as ( computer, offices, telephones, ID, SAP no, safety orientation, and …etc).
• Explain to new comers how to utilize e mail, portal, SSRS.
• Add new comers employees and open special folder to each one including Organization update from time to time.
• Introduce new comers employees to operation staff.
• Receiving request related to employees such as ( vacation plan, overtimes, vehicle stickers, passport release and pass it to respective area superintendent in order to get the approval.
Get copy to documentation and future reference.
• Receive visitors and coordinate all needs.
• Provide all office need to employees and facilitate stationary needs to them.
• Arrange and facilitate required paper work for employees who attend business trips and course out of kingdom.
• Provide proper arrangement for vehicle company users by utilizing check in and out form.
• Distribute all needs to employees that comes from admin building.
• Arrange, remind and follow up with department manager for meetings and appointments.
• Familiar utilizing SAP system.
• Familiar with portal and intranet utilization.
• Familiar with work flow system.
• Arrange and coordinate the gathering outside companies.

Divyesh Patel
by Divyesh Patel , Assistant Professional Officer- Treasury , City Of Cape Town

Administrative assistants must be able to handle many details and challenging situations at once. They keep an office running while supporting the efforts of an executive, manager, business owner or professional group.

    1. Technology Skills

    2. Communication Skills

    3. Organizational Ability

    4. Time Management

    5. Technical Oversight

    6. Management

    7. Problem-Solving Skills

    8. Planning Skills

    9. Written Expression

 

I think the top skill they require he is Microsoft Word and Excel, and being able to stay invisible and pull strings of all sort from the background

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