Message #70520

[Cathy S]

I have been in a similar position in a past role:

I managed the Secretarial Support Team and was PA to varying numbers of Directors at different points in the role - my job title "Business Services Support Co-ordinator"

Then I was 'made redundant' and offered a job at 25% less salary supporting 4 Directors and was called "Senior Secretary"

Finally I was given the job of allocating student staff to audits AND database analyst for client fees and my job title was "Business Services Administrator" but even though I managed both of these tasks I could not be called a Manager because that would suggest I was equal to the Audit Managers!

In my current post I am an Administrator, which is a higher grade than a PA which is a higher grade than a Secretary - there is no discussion those are the grades and the titles.

I think on balance I would prefer to have an individual title that reflected correctly what I contribute to an organisation ...