Since I’ve just gotten back to work after being ill for a few days, I thought I’d talk about my job some.
My official title is Personal Assistant to the Senior Management Team (which is much neater than it used to be. It used to be Personal Assistant to the CEO and Two Other Executives. No joke, that was my title. Now you know why I don’t have business cards). But what does that mean, day to day?
It means I run the office. I type letters, take minutes, write Board papers, write minutes, ‘tart up’ (NISP definition, to tart up, verb, to fix a document so that it is in Science Park format and won’t make your eyes bleed. There is a severe lack of the ability to put full stops at the ends of sentences around my office!) papers, keep track of diaries, book travel, order supplies, make coffee, drink coffee, file, staple, collate, bind, post things, open post, book doctors appointments for the CEO, book appointments of all sorts for the other two Execs…basically anything that has to do with the smooth running of NISP, I do.
My day basically starts with email (as, I think, does most people’s these days). In my email will be instructions for the day. Drafts of letters, notes of meetings to be booked. Then I check the Exec’s diaries for their appointments during the day, to see if they need taxis booked. Then I get to work. Of course nothing ever goes as planned and I am interrupted all day long by people needing things. Asking questions. Etc etc etc.
Oh, and I’m also the web mistress.