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Local Government Administrative Occupations

Job holders in this unit group undertake a variety of administrative and clerical duties in local government offices and departments.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£ 10,834
£ 24,292
£ 36,114

New workers start around £10,834. Normal pay is £24,292 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £36,114.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 149,879 vacancies for this type of job

2.30%

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.

  • Finance

  • Mental Health

  • Invoicing

  • Auditing

  • Benefits Administration

  • Payroll Processing

  • Project Management

  • Administrative Support

  • Accounting

  • Data Analysis

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.

  • Communications

  • Detail Oriented

  • Management

  • Customer Service

  • Planning

  • Microsoft Excel

  • Writing

  • Microsoft Office

  • English Language

  • Organizational Skills

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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