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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
£13,287
£23,851
£33,512

New workers start around £13,287. Normal pay is £23,851 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £33,512.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 140,154 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

  • Booking (Sales)

  • Invoicing

  • Finance

  • Data Entry

  • Auditing

  • Information Privacy

  • Travel Arrangements

  • Mental Health

  • 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.

Routes to this career

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Politics with Foundation Year

Birkbeck, University of London

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time including foundation year · London · 10/2024

Tariff points: 48/48

Criminology

Manchester Metropolitan University

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

Tariff points: 104/112

Politics

Canterbury Christ Church University

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

Tariff points: 112/112

Social Work

Northumbria University, Newcastle

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Newcastle upon Tyne · 23/09/2024

Tariff points: 112/112

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

Forensic Investigation

University of Winchester

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

Tariff points: 104/120

Criminology (with Foundation Year)

Teesside University, Middlesbrough

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

Tariff points: 32/64

Social Science

DN Colleges Group

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

Tariff points: 32/32

Leadership in Communities

London Metropolitan University

BSc (Hons) · 4-6 Years · Part-time · Islington · 09/2024

Tariff points: 112/112

Politics with Foundation

University of Plymouth

BSc (Hons) · 5 Years · Sandwich including foundation year · Plymouth · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 32/80

Social Work

University of Portsmouth

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

Tariff points: 112/120

Politics with Foundation

University of Westminster, London

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

Tariff points: 56/56

Sociology

Lancaster University

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

Tariff points: 128/128

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