Editing Administrative assistant (section)

{{Short description|Type of administrative job}}
A person responsible for providing various kinds of administrative assistance is called an '''administrative assistant''' ('''admin assistant''') or sometimes an '''administrative support specialist'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/advice/planning/jobprofiles/Pages/administrativeassistant.aspx/ |title=Administrative Assistant Job Information &#124; National Careers Service |publisher=Nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk |date=2012-01-27 |access-date=2013-12-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://msn.careerbuilder.com/Article/MSN-2612-Job-Info-and-Trends-The-good-bad-and-strange-of-being-an-administrative-professional/ |title=Find Jobs on CareerBuilder.com |publisher=Msn.careerbuilder.com |date=2010-12-13 |access-date=2013-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109174732/http://msn.careerbuilder.com/Article/MSN-2612-Job-Info-and-Trends-The-good-bad-and-strange-of-being-an-administrative-professional/ |archive-date=2013-11-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In most instances it is identical to the modern iteration of the position of [[secretary]] or is a [[Subspecialty|sub-specialty]] of secretarial duties.