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Where a management assistant can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a management assistant already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Management assistants perform varied types of jobs, usually under general supervision. They carry out administrative tasks and support managers to ensure the entire department functions smoothly.

Also known as office administrator, assistant manager, project assistant, management aide, office assistant.

Technicians and associate professionals 41 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: executive assistant, 54%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
executive assistant 54% covered administrative assistant 38% covered marketing assistant 34% covered foreign language corresponden… 30% covered secretary 30% covered management assistant You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from management assistant, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a management assistant already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A management assistant needs 18 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • draft corporate emails communication, collaboration and creativity
  • disseminate internal communications communication, collaboration and creativity
  • disseminate messages to people management skills
  • perform business research information skills
  • support managers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • liaise with board members communication, collaboration and creativity
  • process commissioned instructions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • maintain internal communication systems communication, collaboration and creativity
  • use office systems management skills
  • coordinate events management skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a management assistant does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Management assistant is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a management assistant’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.