ADVISOR

the executive secretaries have one Advisor for each of his or her divisions who operate as liaison officers. An Advisor has the rank of officer. The Advisor advises the executive secretary not the division he is in liaison with and issues no orders with his own authority and uses only the authority of the executive secretary even in conversation or letters. He must be given express orders to issue by the executive secretary even though he in fact writes them. An Advisor is really an aide to the executive secretary for the division he is appointed to advise upon. The Advisor is there to lighten the executive secretary's burden in all possible ways as they relate to the area of responsibility for which the Advisor is named. The executive secretary usually seeks the advice of an Advisor before handling a situation in that Advisor's type of division but is in no way bound to take it, whereas the Advisor is bound to issue and get executed any orders expressly given by the executive secretary. (HCO PL 20 Jan 66 II)