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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.

Average Salary

£23,458

New workers start around £10,624. Normal pay is £23,458 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £36,702.

Jobs

146,495

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

Daily Tasks

  • 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.

  • Law Enforcement

  • Administrative Support

  • Administrative Functions

  • Dealing With Enquiries

  • Information Privacy

Soft skills

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

  • Customer Service

  • Communications

  • Management

  • Enthusiasm

  • Microsoft Excel

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.