Senior Secretary

Senior Secretary

Salary

$32,225.00 - $41,000.00 Annually

Location

Normal

Job Type

Full-Time

Job Number

202300835

Department

Social Sciences

Opening Date

06/25/2026

• Description
• Benefits
• Questions

Description

Summary:

Under direct supervision provides secretarial assistance to an administrative unit or to the chairperson of an academic unit with seven or more professional employees.

Examples of Duties

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• May report to the unit head or department chairperson or to some other supervisor, and may supervise all other student assistants assigned to the unit or department office.
• Takes dictation and types correspondence, memoranda, reports, instruction sheets.

forms, file cards, statistical data or any other material that is relevant to the work of the administrative unit or program to which assigned.

• Proofreads all materials typed to ensure their accuracy.
• Composes letters and memoranda from general notes.
• Compiles factual information from files, records, publications and other sources, and tabulates this information in accordance with standardized report forms.
• Receives, open, sorts and distributes mail as directed, and assembles related material for use by the supervisor in answering mail.
• Maintains accurate and current records of departmental purchases, equipment, travel, statistical data, daily office activities, daily program activities and appointments.
• Establishes and maintains accurate and current files o£ letters, reports, records, and other documentary material, and ensures that information in these files is kept confidential.
• Renders some limited kinds of administrative assistance as directed by the immediate supervisor and in accordance with specific written or oral instructions.
• Receives and places telephone calls, schedules appointments and meetings, makes reservations, greets visitors and callers, records messages, and performs the functions of an office receptionist.
• Prepares requests for office supplies when needed, and receives such supplies.
• Performs general office management duties, and recommends methods for improving office procedures.
• Performs any other duties that may be assigned by the immediate supervisor

Typical Qualifications

Minimum Position Requirements (including certifications, licenses, etc.):

• Associate degree.
• Two (2) years of administrative or clerical experience.

Supplemental Information

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Considerable knowledge of office management practices and procedures.
• Considerable knowledge of business English, spelling and commercial mathematics.
• Ability to compose and prepare accurate reports, records and correspondence.
• Ability to prepare and maintain complex clerical files including statistical reports and materials.
• Ability to deal effectively with the public in giving and obtaining information, referring callers and arranging appointments.
• Ability to take dictation and to operate a word processor at a corrected rate of fifty words per minute

We offer a complete benefits package to full-time employees including health care, dental, vision, retirement, deferred compensation plans, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, short and long-term disability, holidays, vacation, and sick leave.

To learn more details, visit our benefits page at http://www.aamu.edu/hr

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Do you have an associate degree?

• Yes
• No

02

Do you have two (2) years of administrative or clerical experience?

• Yes
• No

Required Question

Employer Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University

Address 449 Buchanan Way

Normal, Alabama, 35762

Phone 256-372-5835

Website www.aamu.edu