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Business, Research and Administrative Professionals

Job holders in this unit group advise on the formulation and implementation of policy in the public and private sectors, develop and implement substantial business, statistical and administrative systems, and perform a variety of functions.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£27,297
£48,299
£83,504

New workers start around £27,297. Normal pay is £48,299 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £83,504.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 65,529 vacancies for this type of job

5.82%

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?

  • Negotiates and monitors contracted out services provided by the private sector to local government studies and acts upon any legislation that may affect the local authority.

  • Registers and maintains records of all births, deaths and marriages in local authority area, issues appropriate certificates and reports any suspicious causes of death to the coroner..

  • Co-ordinates and directs the activities of Revenue and Customs offices, Job Centres, Benefits Agency offices and other local offices of national government.

  • Advises national and local government on the interpretation and implementation of policy decisions, acts and regulations, and provides technical assistance in the formulation of policy.

  • Controls and administers budgets.

  • Prepares and reviews operational and financial reports.

  • Develops plans, sets objectives and monitors and evaluates performance.

  • Recruits and manages staff, assigns and delegates tasks and duties, makes changes in procedures to deal with variations in workload.

  • Analyses internal processes and systems, recommends and implements procedural and policy changes.

  • Coordinates the organisation’s services and resources, liaising with other senior staff.

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.

  • Data Analysis

  • SQL (Programming Language)

  • Power BI

  • Project Management

  • Finance

  • Dashboard

  • Python (Programming Language)

  • Business Intelligence

  • Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

  • SAP Applications

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

  • Operations

  • Problem Solving

  • Detail Oriented

  • Planning

  • Microsoft Excel

  • Leadership

  • Research

  • Decision Making

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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International Business

De Montfort University

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

Tariff points: 112/112

Business Management

University of Southampton

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Southampton · 23/09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Business and Management

Nottingham College

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

Tariff points: 56/56

Business Management

Liverpool Hope University

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

Tariff points: 104/104

Business Enterprise

University College Birmingham

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Birmingham · 03/02/2025

Tariff points: 80/96

Business (Top-up)

South Thames College Group (inc Carshalton, South Thames and Kingston College)

BA (Hons) · 1 Year · Full-time · Kingston upon Thames · 09/2024

Tariff points: 48/48

Business

ICON College of Technology and Management

HND · 2 Years · Full-time · London · 02/2025

Tariff points: 24/36

International Business

Edge Hill University

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

Tariff points: 104/112

Business

University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI)

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

Tariff points: 42/48

Business Management (with Foundation Year)

Teesside University, Middlesbrough

BA (Hons) · 5 Years · Sandwich including foundation year · Middlesbrough · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 32/64

Business with Marketing

Birmingham City University

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

Tariff points: 112/112

Business (Management)

University Centre St Helens

HND · 2 Years · Full-time · St Helens · 02/09/2024

Tariff points: 32/32

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