Administrative assistant
Administrative assistants are responsible for performing clerical and administrative duties in an office setting and support of business operations within a department. They assist all the administrative staff, secretaries, and assistants by sorting mail, filing forms and documents, answering phones, greeting clients and scheduling meetings.
Key metrics
All labor market data as of Q4 2025. All education-related data as of academic year 2023/2024
"Entry Level" is the typical starting salary for individuals entering the labor market for the first time.
"Experienced" refers to the salary that professionals in this job may earn after building experience and advancing their skills.
Essential Skills & Knowledge
Essential Skills
- align content with form
- apply grammar and spelling rules
- communicate by telephone
- communicate with customers
- deliver correspondence
- disseminate internal communications
- disseminate messages to people
- facilitate access to information
- file documents
- fill out forms
- handle delivered packages
- handle mail
- maintain correspondence records
- manage digital documents
- organise business documents
- organise facilities for office personnel
- perform office routine activities
- prepare correspondence for customers
- process commissioned instructions
- process data
- route correspondence to business departments
- use different communication channels
- use office systems
- use spreadsheets software
Essential Knowledge
- company policies
- information confidentiality
The “Essential Skills and Knowledge” content is derived from the European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations (ESCO) framework for more information refer to ESCO's website.
Top sectors hiring Bahrainis for this job
- Information and Communication
- Financial and Insurance Activities
- Wholesale and Retail Trade
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