The work shows an analysis related to the emergence of the profession of the executive secretariat, highlighting the importance of the functions performed by the people who occupy these positions, for the good performance of public and private institutions. The results of an investigation carried out in the GAD of the Portoviejo canton, of the province of Manabí in Ecuador, are presented, where the current performance of a group of people in the position of the executive secretariat is evaluated, where the positive evolution is shown. It has been experienced in the last years in the exercise of this profession in correspondence with the labor demands of the Autonomous Decentralized Government of the canton Portoviejo