administrative assistant

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.

Example Sentences

Traumatized by memories of a childhood punctuated with vicious bullying and bereft at the more recent death of her father, the beleaguered administrative assistant soon finds solace in slashing her way to some semblance of justice.

From Salon

A single mother who lives in Highland Park, Jurado got her start at City Hall as an administrative assistant and scheduler for Mayor Eric Garcetti.

From Los Angeles Times

“I’m a moderate Democrat,” he said when Nancy Welsh, a 63-year-old pharmaceutical administrative assistant, opened the door.

From Los Angeles Times

“A lot of these boxes are not designed by artists — they are designed by people that are there ... it could be an administrative assistant,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

Vargo, who for years worked as an administrative assistant to several Bucknell University presidents, suffered a traumatic brain injury in a fall about five years ago and now has short-term memory loss and is unable to care for herself.

From Seattle Times