clerical staff
Administrative support team
Clerical staff are the employees who handle administrative and office tasks—filing, typing, answering phones, processing paperwork, maintaining records.
The term distinguishes these workers from professionals, managers, or manual laborers: The clerical staff handles all the scheduling.
In church contexts, clerical instead refers to clergy, but clerical staff almost always means office workers.
- receptionistVisitor-greeting office worker
- officeProfessional work location
- secretaryAdministrative office aide
- administrative assistantOffice support worker
- telephoneVoice communication device
computer · filing cabinet · office supplies · email client · government agency · printer · scanner · organization · human resources · call center · spreadsheet software · paperwork · headquarters · temp agency · inventory management · typing · inbox · problem-solving skills
- Office Operationsreception, lobby, receptionist, secretary, admin
- school staffteacher, teachers, principal, professor, librarian
- support staffassistant, aide, administrative assistants, helper, secretaries
- workforceworkers, employee, employees, labor force, employer
- underlingsunderling, underlings, subordinate, minions, minion
- workplace groupsteam, crew, department, division, shift
clerical staffexecutives
Senior corporate officers
senior management · top brass · C-suite · directors · leadership
clerical staffmanual laborers
Workers using physical effort
blue-collar workers · field workers · tradespeople · factory workers · skilled trades
clerical staffindependent contractors
Self-employed service providers
freelancers · consultants · self-employed · business owners · entrepreneurs