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Local Government Administrative Occupations

Local government administrative occupations undertake a variety of administrative and clerical duties in local government offices and departments.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£13,288
£23,853
£33,517

New workers start around £13,288. Normal pay is £23,853 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £33,517.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 140,135 vacancies for this type of job

4.48%

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?

  • Performs other clerical duties not elsewhere classified including preparing financial information for management, proof reading printed material and drafting letters in reply to correspondence or telephone enquiries.

  • Arranges, classifies and indexes publications, correspondence and other material in libraries and offices.

  • Updates and maintains data, correspondence and other records for storage or despatch.

  • Receives and pays out cash and cheques and performs closely related clerical duties.

  • Prepares and checks invoices and verifies accuracy of records.

  • Computes cost of product/services and maintains and balances records of financial transactions.

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

  • Invoicing

  • Finance

  • Auditing

  • Data Entry

  • Information Privacy

  • Mental Health

  • Travel Arrangements

  • Project Management

  • Marketing

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

  • Administrative Functions

  • Customer Service

  • Microsoft Excel

  • Organizational Skills

  • Microsoft Office

  • Filing

  • Microsoft Outlook

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.

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Philosophy

Anglia Ruskin University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Cambridge · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 96/96

International Relations

University of Portsmouth

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

Tariff points: 104/112

Criminal Justice

DN Colleges Group

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Doncaster · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 32/32

Philosophy (Study Abroad)

Lancaster University

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time with time abroad · Lancaster · 01/10/2024

Tariff points: 128/128

Philosophy with Foundation Year

Birkbeck, University of London

BA (Hons) · 6 Years · Part-time · London · 10/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Philosophy

Cardiff University

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

Tariff points: N/A

International Relations

University of Westminster, London

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

Tariff points: 104/104

Contemporary Criminology (Top Up)

University Centre Bishop Burton

BA (Hons) · 2 Years · Part-time · Beverley · 10/09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Ancient History

King's College London, University of London

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

Tariff points: N/A

Philosophy

Manchester Metropolitan University

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

Tariff points: 104/112

International Relations

University of Birmingham

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time with time abroad · Birmingham · 30/09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Criminal Justice

Kingston University

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

Tariff points: 112/128

Foundation in Humanities

Oxford Brookes University

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Oxford · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 72/72

International Relations

Royal Holloway, University of London

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

Tariff points: N/A

Philosophy (with Foundation Year)

University of Winchester

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

Tariff points: 48/48

Philosophy

University of Leeds

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Leeds · 25/09/2024

Tariff points: 136/144

Philosophy

University of Warwick

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

Tariff points: N/A

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