Skill guide
Office Administration
Keeping an office running smoothly day to day.
About this skill
Handling the day-to-day running of an office: correspondence, filing, forms, supplies, phone and email handling, and supporting colleagues with routine administrative tasks.
Skill levels
What Office Administration looks like at each level
Pick the level you can show today, from what you can do on your own.
Level 1
Foundational
Routine tasks, with guidance when things change.
You can do familiar tasks and you understand the basic ideas. When a task varies or gets difficult you ask for help.
Level 2
Intermediate
Common tasks on your own, help only for the hard ones.
You handle everyday work independently and cope with moderate variation. You need support only occasionally, in difficult situations.
Level 3
Advanced
Complex or unfamiliar situations, with little guidance.
You use judgement in new situations, fix problems at their cause, improve how the work is done and help others do it well.
These are the general levels used for every skill. Examples specific to Office Administration have not been written yet.
If you are looking for work
For candidates
List what you handled: phones and email, filing, supplies, appointments, forms, visitors. Name the size of the office or team you supported, and any systems you set up.
If you are hiring
For employers
Describe a normal day in the role and the size of the team. Ask candidates how they would organise a shared inbox that has fallen behind.
How matching works
Matching is most reliable when both the profile and job listing use this same skill and any expected proficiency is set accurately.
Where Office Administration can take you next
1 open job asks for Office Administration
Support Amsterdam Manor's F&B Manager with scheduling, attendance, tip records and floor coordination. MBO diploma and 1–2 years of administrative or F&B experience required.
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