Executive Assistants
Other titles : administrative assistant (health and social services network), legislative assistant, ministerial assistant
Details
Description :
Executive assistants co-ordinate 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. They are employed by governments, corporations and associations.
Main duties :
- establish and co-ordinate administrative policies and procedures for officials, committees and boards of directors;
- analyze incoming and outgoing memoranda, submissions and reports and prepare and co-ordinate the preparation and submission of summary briefs and reports to the executive, 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 the executive, committees and boards of directors;
- meet with individuals, special interest groups and others on behalf of the executive, 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 the executive, committees and boards of directors.
Regions where this career
has the best propspects:
- Lanaudière
- Laval
- Chaudière-Appalaches
- Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine
- Nord-du-Québec
- Côte-Nord
- Capitale-Nationale
- Mauricie
- Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
- Bas-Saint-Laurent
- Estrie
- Montréal
- Abitibi-Témiscamingue
- Laurentides
- Montérégie
- Centre-du-Québec
Training
Diploma of College Studies (DCS)
Office System Technology
Program length : 3 year
Program Objectives
Specialization A: Office Work Coodination
This program is designed to develop theoretical and practical skills in management, in interpersonal relationships, and in the use of software and new areas in computer technology. It prepares students to be able to plan, organize, supervise and evaluate work in the office unit, in the recruitment and in the training of office staff. It teaches writing skills, text translation and revision, how to carry out procedures, the management of material resources and finances in an office unit, to manage a database, to manage documents and to organize seminars, conferences, congresses and other types of events. It develops their leadership skills and their sense of responsibility.
Specialization B: Micropublishing and Hypermedia
This program is designed to develop theoretical and practical skills in information technology as well as writing skills, and text translation and revision. It prepares students in the production, graphic concept and page layout of training manuals, forms, reports, publicity documents, newsletters and internal bulletins, multimedia presentatoins, web pages and other types of hypermedia documents. It prepares the students in project management. It develops in the students creativity, a sense of esthetics and to be conscious of minute details.
Where this program is available
More information
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