Office jobs are found in all areas of work, from hospitals and law firms to car showrooms and factories. You might be dealing with phone calls, emails and letters and may use spreadsheets and databases in your day-to-day work. Whatever you're doing, you'll probably need to be confident using IT and be well organised.
A more senior role in admin might be a personal assistant where you would type letters and reports as well as organise someone's daily diary including booking meeting rooms. Some jobs, such as a medical secretary, are more specialist and there are special qualifications for these roles on top of general administration qualifications.
The civil service has many opportunities for people to work their way up the ladder, developing their skills as they move upwards. Here, you can enter a job higher up with a business degree or other degree such as economics, law or languages. The civil service employs many specialists in places other than offices and sometimes overseas. You might be helping to research and develop policies for government departments or you could work for an agency such as Jobcentre Plus or the tax office.
You'll also find jobs in your area working for local government. This might be in your local district council or for Nottingham City or Nottingham County Council who have offices around the county. Each council has different departments with a large variety of jobs.
Most admin and clerical jobs are 9-5 and some have the opportunity to work flexible hours.
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