Records Clerks and Assistants

Records clerks and assistants maintain and update electronic and/or hard copy documents, correspondence and other records, and organise their storage.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£ 11,909
£ 23,334
£ 33,502

Available jobs

In the past year there were 130,476 vacancies for this type of job

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Performs specialised clerical tasks in connection with conveyancing, litigation and the maintenance of medical records.

  • Copies or duplicates documents or other records.

  • Classifies, files, archives and locates documents and other records.

  • Examines and sorts incoming material.

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.

  • Document Control

  • Project Management

  • Document Management

  • Project Documentation

  • Auditing

  • Document Management Systems

  • Workflow Management

  • Microsoft SharePoint

  • Enterprise Document Management System

  • Administrative Support

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

  • Filing

  • Microsoft Excel

  • Organizational Skills

  • Microsoft Office

  • Interpersonal Communications

  • Customer Service

  • 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.