Proficiency Skills for Clerical Officers Seminar
This short course for office administrators and executives is important for the overall quality work delivery. An administrator/executive assistant is responsible for providing financial services, budget preparation,
procurement, travel arrangements, property control, and general administration. They offer services, advice and guidance to the programs, sections and offices within the Institute as endeavor to ensure sound and efficient financial management of resources and funds, in accordance with institutional financial rules and regulations, established policies and procedures, and specific donor requirements.
This training is therefore designed to help the administration staff in the institution to build and project
confidence, keep conversations focused and productive, exhibit knowledge and credibility and exert influence in everyday interactions.
Participants will be able to create a powerful alliance with superiors and enhance a professional profile within the organization. Discussions will also examine the essential relationship-building skills will help in the development of workable strategies and establish one’s authority and get ideas noticed. Another focus will be the impartation of skills that are needed to make a difference and grow in one’s career and in the organization.
To excel in this rapidly changing work environment, one needs more skills than ever before – like
understanding the organization’s business, managing change, communicating strategically, leading, working in teams and juggling new assignments with current responsibilities.
Expected Training Outcomes.
Understand and apply strategic language used by managers and executives
Analyze operational systems in their areas of responsibilities and develop enhancement plans
Manage changing roles and responsibilities whether working with bosses, peers, team members or
external stakeholders
Meet dynamic work expectations by expanding proactive capabilities
Assertively and confidently manage conflicts to achieve results
Apply emotional intelligence and effective listening practices
Use strategic diplomacy to handle office politics, difficult people and demanding situations
Effectively run office projects from initiation to close-out
Understand and apply protocol, diplomacy and etiquette when interfacing with VIPs
Distinguish between records and non-records documents
Understand the benefit for keeping records and archives
Design and implement a simple office records management system that works for their organization
Develop a records classification system for their offices
Identify suitable records storage equipment
Design a working file plan for electronic records
Know what record to keep and for how long in their respective offices
Embed records and information management ethics
Who Should Attend?
From UN Agencies, Government, Foreign Ministries, International Organizations’ & Major Corporations,
Trade Unions, Political Parties, NGOs etc.
Program Managers
Program Assistants
Program Executives
Executive Associates
Executive Secretaries
Protocol Personnel
Diplomatic Personnel
Administrators
Supervisors
Secretaries
Support Staff
PA’s
Anyone who is responsible for coordinating, managing or being an effective member of Protocol,
Diplomacy Or an office team
Anyone wishing to gain knowledge on Protocol, Diplomacy & Administrative skills
Training Modules.
Working in An Executive Office.
Ability to clearly convey, persuade, and negotiate information and ideas to individuals or groups
Understand and awareness of program services, policies, procedures laws, rules, and regulations.
Ability to demonstrate and apply this knowledge in performance of administrative support tasks
Ability to explain and interpret program information to clients/customers and staff.
Ability to identify and understand issues, problems, and opportunities;
Determine course of action
Develops appropriate solutions
Ability to compile assimilate, organize, and analyze printed and electronic information.
Ability to apply knowledge of data research and manipulative analysis.
Working in an Executive Office.
Create a master list of goals and activities that are competing for one’s time and attention
Learn how individual behavioral styles influences the way one manages time
Understand how to distinguish important and urgent issues using a matrix
Develop a strategy for aligning daily activities to support job description and performance contract
Explore best practice processes for leveraging time to achieve goals
Learn effective techniques to over come the main time bandits that divert their time and attention
away from pursuing most important goals (including how to deal with the burden of email, how to
cope with interruptions, how to say no to low priority requests, how to deal with procrastination,
how to delegate low priority tasks, and much more).
Develop a strategy for making meetings more efficient and productive (logistical & coordinating
responsibilities before, during and after the meeting)
Problems with file system data management
Differences between databases and file systems
Problem Solving & Decision Making
How thinking and reasoning processes operate
Natural barriers to sound reasoning
Analytical techniques for comparing alternative solutions
Structure, standards, and ethics of critical thinking
Problem analysis best practices-using your decision time most effectively
Understand problems from multiple perspectives
Formulating creative solutions
Analytical decision analysis techniques such as sequencing, sorting, timelines, and matrixes
Analysis & Information Processing
What do I really want to find out?
Where can I find the in formation I need?
What information do I really need to use?
Presentation Skills.
Prepare and structure a presentation
Use body language/non-verbal language to enhance their presentations
Use their voice effectively-(paralanguage) by varying the pitch, tone ,pace and making use of
pauses.
Understandtheimportanceofpersonalimageanddresswhengivingapresentation
Make use of visual aids to enhance their presentation
Overcome nervousness
Make use of notes so that they don’t become a distraction to the audience
Prepare and structure a presentation
Use body language/non-verbal language to enhance their presentations
Understandtheimportanceofpersonalimageanddresswhengivingapresentation
Make use of visual aids to enhance their presentation
Overcome nervousness
Make use of notes so that they don’t become a distraction to the audience
Effectively handle questions from the audience
Records Digitization
Overview of Records and Archives Management
Difference between Record and Archives
Benefits of managing records/archives
Records digitization
Electronic Records
Electronic Records Management
Electronic File Management
The database, E-commerce, Life cycle of electronic records
Image Records Magnetic and optical records
Microform, Data input device, Retention Records safety and security
Records management standards
Digitization of data, Database development
Challenges of Records Digitization
Records Management Systems
(Cris, Globodox, Docvolt, File hold, Docuware and Laserfiche)
Records, ethics & accountability – Government
Ethics in Records and Archives management
Professional business writing & Minutes Taking
Learn the value of good written communication.
To learn how to write and proofread your work so it is clear, concise, complete, and correct.
Revisit the rules of good grammar and clear communication and Improve sentence
Develop effective business letters for tough situations and Discuses-mail etiquette.
Develop and appropriate writing style and format for your letters, business cases and
Learners will be able to draw up an agenda and produce professional, concise and accurate minutes
for form a land in formal meetings.
They will understand that the important criteria for effective meetings should be to encourage
effective communication and understand the importance of their role in that process.
Demonstrate and understanding of the rules of grammar, tenses most frequently used in business
grammar, vocabulary.
Building human Relations
Determining your interpersonal strength sand weaknesses: how you work with people
Establishing report: making others feel valued
Building relationships in a multicultural workforce
Crossing the divide: working effectively with other departments
Overcome negativity in the work place–and stop it from spreading
Understanding how your behaviors and attitudes impact others
Strategies for quickly defusing explosive situations
Communicatinginter-culturallyinagloballyrepresentativeinstitution
Collaboration among different personality types
Assertiveness
Demonstrate and model assertive behavior for win-win outcomes
Gain self-awareness of your attitudes, behavior patterns and habits
Develop a positive, proactive response to difficult behaviors in others
Exhibit confidence in your ability to address challenging situations
Enhance your skills using proven tools, tactics and techniques
Generate the results you want when dealing with others
Stress management
Understand positive stress
Identify symptoms of burnout and overload
Identify the sources of stress in your work life
Change behaviors which add to stress
Make changes to situations that can be influenced
Develop positive responses to situations that cannot be changed
Develop strategies to prevent feeling overwhelmed
Influencing staff and partners without Authority.
The Law of Reciprocity—“exchange” as the basis for genuine “influence”
Giving power of “mutual exchange”—getting what you want and giving others what they need
Goods and services—the “currencies” of exchange
Knowing what they want—understanding the world of your “allies”
You are more “powerful” than you think—understanding your own world
Fundamentals of protocol.
What Is Protocol and Etiquette
Order of Seniority for Official Functions
Flying of the Flag with flags of sovereign states
How to arrange for signing ceremonies
How to Address Various Office Bearers in Speech, in Letter Writing and when with Spouses (Heads
of State, Heads of Government, Diplomats, etc.)
Way forward After the Training
Participants will develop a work plan, through the help of facilitators that stipulates application of skills
acquired in improving their organizations. ASPM will monitor implementation progress after the training.