Executive Secretaries work in comfortable office settings, under normal working hour. Executive Secretaries usually work with other professionals in corporate settings, legal firm or government institutions. They perform more challenging and complex administrative support tasks involving a thorough knowledge of the policies and procedures in their functional areas with a significant degree of independent decisions. They are assigned significant responsibility for carrying out administrative and office secretarial duties, frequently of a complex, highly sensitive, and confidential nature. They may also lead a small number of staff and perform technical duties in support of assigned operations.