Car rental receptionists handle all the administration and enquiries involved with renting vehicles to businesses and the public. They may also be known as reservation, leasing, customer service or sales agents. Their work generally involves: dealing with customer enquiries about the availability and cost of vehicles taking bookings explaining the terms of rental or leasing agreements completing paperwork with the customer taking the [...]
Business advisers give independent advice to small and medium-sized businesses. They aim to help new businesses start up, and to encourage established businesses to grow and become more competitive. Business advisers: analyse the client’s business to understand its current performance and future potential help and advise new businesses, for example by developing business plans and advising on sources of finance and grants help businesses to [...]
Bursars, also known as school business managers, are senior financial and administrative managers in schools. They make sure that the school’s budget and resources are used in the most efficient way. Financial management and accounting is a major part of the job, for example: keeping accounts and reporting on the school’s financial position advising the [...]
Organisations with branches or clients in other countries often use bilingual or multilingual secretaries to help them communicate in other languages. The work can vary a lot depending on the employer and job role, but foreign language duties might include: translating incoming mail writing letters, e-mails and reports in a foreign language translating or summarising articles from foreign journals [...]
Barristers’ clerks deal with the administration in barristers’ offices (known as chambers), and organise the workload of the barristers working there. The duties of a barristers’ clerk can include: preparing papers and taking books, documents and robes to and from court messenger work, collecting and delivering documents photocopying, filing and dealing with letters, e-mails and phone calls dealing with [...]
Auditors can carry out either internal audits or external statutory audits. External audits are independent assessments of a company’s financial position, and are required by law. External auditors do a series of tests on a company’s financial records to show a ‘true and fair view’ of the profit and loss for that year. Their duties include: examining company accounts collecting and [...]
Assistant immigration officers help to maintain effective immigration control. They check that passengers are legally allowed to enter and stay in the UK. Their duties include: checking passports and work permits conducting personal interviews taking fingerprints surveillance work arranging to remove people who are not allowed to stay in the UK record-keeping and clerical work taking part [...]
Arts administrators plan and organise cultural and arts activities. They work in organisations such as local authorities, arts centres, theatres and regional arts boards. Their work varies according to the size and type of organisation, but can include: arranging venues and artists working with local arts organisations negotiating sponsorship and funding organising publicity and ticket sales organising security and [...]
Advocates’ clerks organise the administration and workload for groups or ‘stables’ of advocates (similar to barristers in England and Wales). The duties an advocates’ clerk depend on their level of experience. The work can involve: taking books and papers to and from court filing, photocopying and dealing with letters and phone calls dealing with accounts and invoices, and collecting [...]
Adult education organisers, also known as community education organisers aim to ensure that all members of their community have access to part-time and evening educational activities and are aware of the opportunities that are available. This includes: courses leading to nationally recognised qualifications such as GCSEs and A levels (in Scotland, S grades and H grades) leisure interest [...]
