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National Government Administrative Occupations

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

Average Salary

£24,069

New workers start around £14,021. Normal pay is £24,069 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £34,826.

Jobs

164,965

The number of jobs in the career for the current year.

Daily Tasks

  • Performs miscellaneous clerical tasks such as proof reading printed material, drafting letters, taking minutes etc.

  • Responds to telephone enquiries and other forms of correspondence.

  • Classifies, sorts and files publications, correspondence etc. in offices and libraries.

  • Maintains and updates correspondence, documents, data and other records for storage in files or on computer.

  • Undertakes administrative duties specific to the operation of HM Revenue and Customs offices, Job Centres, Benefits Agency offices and other local offices of national government.

  • Assists senior government officers with policy work, external liaison or general administrative work.

Hard skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

  • Law Enforcement

  • Vulnerability

  • Counter-Terrorism

  • Essential Services

  • Numeracy

Soft skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

  • Communications

  • Customer Service

  • Investigation

  • Problem Solving

  • 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.