administrative assistant

American  

noun

1. a person employed to aid an executive, as in a corporate department, by coordinating such office services and procedures as the supervision, maintenance, and control of the flow of work and programs, personnel, budgeting, records, etc., for the entire department.

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Example Sentences

Madigan was born in Chicago on September 11, 1950 to a journalist father and a mother who worked as an administrative assistant and did community theater in her spare time.

From Barron's

Bert Ramlow, who was Schroeder’s administrative assistant, recalled Takaichi as a hard worker.

From The Wall Street Journal

He was sent to India for the BBC in 1965 - at first as an administrative assistant, but in time he began to take on a reporting role.

From BBC

Natalie’s mom worked as an administrative assistant at a doctor’s office, and Natalie knew her salary wasn’t that big.

From Literature

Jones, who worked for the Jaguars as an administrative assistant during their inaugural season in 1995, has no problem admitting she’s a fan of the team she now covers.

From Los Angeles Times