administrative roles

Management support jobs

Administrative roles are positions focused on organizing, coordinating, and managing the operations of an organization rather than producing its primary output.

These include secretaries, office managers, human resources staff, and executive assistants—people who keep systems running smoothly.

She moved from a technical position into an administrative role.

The term sometimes carries connotations of bureaucracy or paper-pushing, distinct from creative or frontline work.

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labor type

administrative rolesmanual labor

Work done bodily

blue-collar work · skilled trades · factory work · manufacturing jobs · craftwork

organizational function

administrative rolessupport staff

Workers aiding main operations

work type

administrative rolesmanual labor

Work done bodily

blue-collar work · skilled trades · craft work · fieldwork · industrial labor

Family

administration, administrator

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Top 200,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G