State of Maryland

An Office Secretary III is work providing secretarial support to an official, administrator or administrative staff. Employees in the Office Secretary classifications type on keyboards of personal computers using word processing software. Employees in this classification may supervise lower-level clerical employees.

Employees in this classification receive supervision from an official, administrator or administrative staff.

The Office Secretary I, II and III classifications, the Administrative Aide classification and the Management Associate classification are differentiated based on the total points accrued by the application of the Office Secretary Point Factor System. The job evaluation factors are: Education, Starting Experience, Skills Required, Training Time, Working Conditions, Ingenuity and Complexity, Supervision Received, Accuracy Required, Supervision and Training Given and Personal Contacts. The point range requirements for the Office Secretary I classification is 600 - 749 points. The point range requirements for the Office Secretary II classification is 750 -990 points. The point range requirements for the Office Secretary III classification is 991 – 1250 points. The point range requirements for the Administrative Aide classification is 1251 – 1550 points. The point range requirements for the Management Associate classification is 1551 plus points.

Provides secretarial support to one or more officials, administrators or administrative staff;

Types manuscripts, correspondence, reports and other documents using a keyboard of a personal computer;

Relieves the supervisor of operational details by assembling, compiling and summarizing data into a concise form and preparing reports;

Drafts correspondence;

Receives telephone calls and visitors and arranges for appointments and interviews;

Provides information to callers in regard to laws, rules, regulations, operations and procedures governing the agency's operations;

Obtains material from a variety of sources to be used for articles, reports and speeches;

Maintains important and confidential records, schedules, expense accounts and office supplies;

Reads reports and summarizes information to facilitate the supervisor's review;

Types manuscripts, correspondence, statements, tables and forms from corrected copy, rough draft or oral instruction;

Opens, sorts, reads and distributes incoming correspondence;

Proofreads outgoing correspondence and reviews records for completeness and accuracy;

Prepares and maintains statistical and numerical reports and records;

Develops special forms and summaries using a variety of records in order to secure complete and accurate information;

May compose and sign outgoing correspondence;

May develop, revise and implement office procedures;

May use word processing, data base, spreadsheet or desktop publishing computer software applications in order to prepare reports, charts, graphs or other documents;

May enter, update, verify and retrieve data using computer data base or spreadsheet software applications;

May take dictation using shorthand;

May supervise lower-level clerical employees;

Performs other related duties.

Class Descriptions are broad descriptions covering groups of positions used by various State departments and agencies.  Position descriptions maintained by the using department or agency specifically address the essential functions of each position.           

Class Descriptions provide information about the Nature of Work, Examples of Work and General Requirements for a classification in the Skilled or Professional Service in which all positions have been designated Special Appointments.  Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities; specific Minimum Education and Experience Requirements; Special Requirements; and recruitment and testing procedures are set by the using agency.

This is a Skilled Service classification in the State Personnel Management System.  All positions in this classification are Skilled Service positions.  Some positions in Skilled Service classifications may be designated Special Appointment in accordance with the State Personnel and Pensions Article, Section 6-405, Annotated Code of Maryland.  

This classification is not assigned to a bargaining unit, as indicated by the designation of S (Supervisor), M (Manager), T (Agency Head), U (Board or Commission Member), W (Student), X (Used by Agency or Excluded by Executive Order), or Z (Confidential).  As provided by State Personnel and Pensions Article, Section 3-102, Annotated Code of Maryland, special appointment, temporary, contractual, supervisory, managerial and confidential employees are excluded from collective bargaining.  Additionally, certain executive branch agencies are exempt from collective bargaining and all positions in those agencies are excluded from collective bargaining.  

Employees in this classification are eligible to receive overtime compensation.  An employee who works more than the normal workweek is entitled to be compensated for that overtime as provided by the State Personnel and Pensions Article, Section 8-305, Annotated Code of Maryland.