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Public Services Associate Professionals

Public services associate professionals supervise, manage and undertake general administrative work in national and local government departments, organise the activities of local offices of national government departments, and promote the image and understanding of an organisation and its products and services to consumers and other specified audiences.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£20,532
£34,456
£68,722

New workers start around £20,532. Normal pay is £34,456 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £68,722.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 100,910 vacancies for this type of job

5.66%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Writes, edits and arranges for the distribution of press releases and other public relations material, addresses target groups through meetings, presentations, the media and other events to enhance the public image of the organisation, and monitors and evaluates its effectiveness.

  • Discusses business strategy, products, services and target client base with management to identify public relations requirements.

  • Advises the public or companies on general tax problems and arranges for the issue, receipt and examination of tax forms, assessment of PAYE codes and the computation of tax arrears and rebates.

  • Undertakes supervisory duties specific to the operation of Revenue and Customs offices, Job Centres, Benefits Agency offices and other local offices of national government.

  • Authorises the payment of social security benefits, assesses the financial circumstances of claimants and investigates any state insurance contribution problems.

  • Organises resources for the acceptance and recording of vacancy details, the selection of suitable applicants and other Job Centre activities.

  • Supervises a variety of administrative functions in government departments such as recruitment and training, the negotiation and arrangement of contracts, building and capital management, monitoring and authorising department expenditure etc..

  • Assists senior government officers with policy work, external liaison or general administrative work.

  • Manages the activities of government office staff, assigns tasks and responsibilities and makes changes in procedures to deal with variations in workload.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Administrative Support

  • Project Management

  • Invoicing

  • Finance

  • Travel Arrangements

  • Auditing

  • Data Entry

  • Project Documentation

  • Customer Relationship Management

  • Procurement

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Communication

  • Management

  • Detail Oriented

  • Microsoft Office

  • Microsoft Excel

  • Customer Service

  • Organizational Skills

  • Administrative Functions

  • Microsoft Outlook

  • Planning

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

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Public Services

Orbital South Colleges University Centre

HNC · 1 Year · Full-time · Redhill · 09/2024

Tariff points: 80/224

Public Services (Top-Up)

University of Central Lancashire

BA (Hons) · 1 Year · Full-time · Preston · 23/09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Public Services

David Game College - Higher Education Centre

HND · 2 Years · Full-time · London · 30/09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Public Service Management (Top-up)

University Centre at the Heart of Yorkshire Education Group (inc Wakefield College & Selby College)

BA (Hons) · 1 Year · Full-time · Wakefield, · 09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Public Services

West Herts College

HND · 2 Years · Full-time · Watford · 09/2024

Tariff points: 48/48

Public Services

Walsall College

HNC · 1 Year · Full-time · Walsall · 10/2024

Tariff points: 72/80

Public Services

Chesterfield College

HND · 1 Year · Full-time · Chesterfield · 09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Public Services

Weymouth College

FdSc · 2 Years · Full-time · Weymouth · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 80/80

Public Services

Barnfield College, Luton

HND · 2 Years · Full-time · Luton · 09/2024

Tariff points: 48/48

Public Services

Loughborough College

HNC · 1 Year · Full-time · Loughborough · 23/09/2024

Tariff points: 32/32

Public Services (HNC)

Cambridge Regional College

HNC · 1 Year · Full-time · Cambridge · 09/2024

Tariff points: 48/48

Public Services

Wigan and Leigh College

HND · 2 Years · Full-time · Wigan · 09/2024

Tariff points: 80/80

Public Services

Harrow, Richmond & Uxbridge College

HNC · 1 Year · Full-time · Uxbridge · 30/09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Public Services

NPTC Group

BA · 3 Years · Full-time · Llandarcy · 09/2024

Tariff points: 96/96

Public Health

University of Bedfordshire

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Luton · 09/2024

Tariff points: 112/112

Public Affairs

University of Surrey

MPA · 4 Years · Full-time · Guildford · 09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Criminology

Nottingham College

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Nottingham · 23/09/2024

Tariff points: 64/64

Public Health [with Foundation Year]

Anglia Ruskin University

BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time including foundation year · Cambridge · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Public Health BSc

University of Westminster, London

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · London · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 96/96

Public Services and Criminology

University Centre Somerset - Bridgwater & Taunton College

FD · 2 Years · Full-time · Taunton · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 48/48

Public Health

University of Manchester

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Manchester · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

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