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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
£11,140
£26,761
£37,858

New workers start around £11,140. Normal pay is £26,761 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £37,858.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 143,072 vacancies for this type of job

4.80%

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

  • Data Entry

  • Finance

  • Information Privacy

  • Auditing

  • Travel Arrangements

  • Project Management

  • Mental Health

  • Effective Communication

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.

Routes to this career

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  • Social Work

    University of Wolverhampton

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

    Tariff points: 120/120

  • Criminology

    University of Leicester

    BSc (Hons) · 3-4 Years · Full-time · Leicester · 23/09/2024

    Tariff points: 128/128

  • Social Science

    DN Colleges Group

    BA (Hons) · 6 Years · Part-time · Scunthorpe · 16/09/2024

    Tariff points: 32/32

  • Politics with Foundation

    University of Plymouth

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

    Tariff points: 32/80

  • Sociology

    Lancaster University

    BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Lancaster · 10/2024

    Tariff points: 128/128

  • Social Work

    University of Bedfordshire

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

    Tariff points: 112/112

  • Social Work

    University of Cumbria

    MA (PG) · 2 Years · Full-time · Carlisle · 16/09/2024

    Tariff points: N/A

  • Public Services

    Cambridge Regional College

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

    Tariff points: 48/48

  • Sociology

    University of Aberdeen

    MA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Aberdeen · 16/09/2024

    Tariff points: N/A

  • Sociology

    University Centre Peterborough

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

    Tariff points: 88/88

  • Criminology

    University of Brighton

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

    Tariff points: 104/120

  • Politics

    London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London

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

    Tariff points: 144/144

  • Social Work

    University of Kent

    BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Sandwich · Chatham · 14/09/2024

    Tariff points: 104/120

  • Sociology (with Foundation Year)

    Bishop Grosseteste University

    BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time including foundation year · Lincoln · 23/09/2024

    Tariff points: N/A

  • Criminology

    Leeds Beckett University

    BA (Hons) · 6 Years · Part-time · Leeds · 16/09/2024

    Tariff points: 72/72

  • Criminology

    London South Bank University

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

    Tariff points: 112/112

  • Social Work

    Bradford College

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

    Tariff points: 120/120

  • Social Work (MA) (PG)

    Liverpool Hope University

    MA (PG) · 2 Years · Full-time · Liverpool · 23/09/2024

    Tariff points: N/A