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Administrator CV Template (Text Format)

PERSONAL STATEMENT

Seasoned professional with more than 6+ years of experience in enhancing the efficiency of office operations through administrative support. Ability to improve productivity and performance of senior management by providing secretarial/clerical services. Skilled in planning and delivering special projects within time-critical environments. Decisive and direct, yet flexible in providing optimal response to constantly changing assignments.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Office Administrator | CV GENIUS, Luton
Apr 20XX–Present

  • Support day-to-day office operations by providing quality administrative support
  • Facilitated the transition of paper-based files and record systems to an electronic records management system, reducing paper costs by 70%
  • Introduced new work practices and improved existing procedures, increasing staff efficiency by 47%
  • Reduced office expenditures by more than £2,000 by enforcing strict budgetary and cost control
  • Improved interdepartmental communication and co-ordination by facilitating open dialogue across all organisational levels

Administrative Assistant | SPACES, Luton
May 20XX–Apr 20XX

  • Increased overall productivity of supervisors by providing diary and calendar management expertise
  • Received appreciation from managers for continually delivering unparalleled support
  • Maintained excellent service standards by promptly responding to customer inquiries/complaints
  • Created a spreadsheet adopted across all offices in the UK to track expenditures in real time and deliver monthly cost savings of £4,700

EDUCATION

  • University of Manchester, Manchester — BA (Hons) Business & Management, upper second-class honours (II.i), Jun 20XX

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

  • Files & records management
  • Diary management
  • Calendar management
  • Inventory management
  • Budgetary & cost control
  • Management reporting

How to write your administrator CV

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Administrators help offices run smoothly with professional scheduling, document management, and coordinating skills. So when you apply for an administrative job, you can be sure the candidates you’re competing against have well-organised applications.

To get hired, you’ll have to create a CV that’s not only organised properly but also includes standout content. Here’s how:

1. Emphasise your administrative skills with data and examples

When recruiters skim through administrator CVs, they’re often looking for the following administrative skills, including:

 

  • typing
  • customer service
  • phone etiquette
  • email communication
  • spreadsheets
  • Microsoft Office & Google Docs
  • attention to detail
  • multitasking

 

Including relevant skills on your CV will help you align your application with the role, but to capture the employer’s interest, you’ll also need to give examples of how you’ve used them previously, including the results and impact of your actions.

Here are examples of poorly written work experience bullet points for an administrator CV. They’re poorly written because they mention skills without adding data or examples:

Skills without examples & data

  • In charge of work practices and procedures
  • Handled office budget

And here are the above bullets rewritten to impress the employer with examples and numbers:

Skills with examples & data

  • Introduced new work practices and improved existing procedures, increasing staff efficiency by 47%
  • Reduced office expenditures by more than £2K by enforcing strict budgetary and cost control

2. Start with a strong personal statement

When the recruiter clicks into your administrator CV, the first part they’ll read after your name is your personal statement. So fill your CV’s personal statement with your most admin-relevant skills, experience, and achievements to get the employer interested in you right away.

Carefully read the job advert and research the company to figure out which of your career details are most likely to grab the recruiter’s attention.

Here’s an example of a personal statement that shows employers the candidate is highly experienced and skilled at administrative work:

An example administrator CV
Put your best administrative skills in your personal statement.

3. Include keywords from the job description

Using keywords from the administrative job advert when you write your CV is important because:

  • many employers use applicant tracking systems (ATS) that decide if your CV is relevant based on how many administrator keywords it has
  • doing so shows the employer that you want the job enough to customise your CV for it

So read the job advert, note the skills-based keywords that you can use based on your experience, and include them in your CV’s:

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Admin job outlook in 2026 — things to know

According to the UK Earnings Explorer provided by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), administrators in the UK earn an average annual salary of £15,910.

You can find information about the gender pay gap for administrators on the ONS’ website.

Data source: The Office for National Statistics, an agency of His Majesty’s Government. The information contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 and reflects the ONS’s most recent salary (1/11/2023), gender pay gap (4/2023), and skills shortage data (6/2022).

Samuel Johns
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Samuel Johns

Samuel Johns is a Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW) and Senior Editor on the CV Genius team, with 7+ years of experience in the careers space. He has helped countless job hunters craft high-quality CVs and cover letters, exceed expectations at interviews, and obtain their dream jobs. Born and raised in County Durham in the beautiful North East, he graduated with a BA (Hons) in French Language and Literature from the University of Bristol in 2013 and has worked in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, London, Paris, and Taipei as a French–English translator. He’s determined to use his native English and fluent French skills to help UK and French candidates get the jobs they deserve. In addition to the British and French versions of CV Genius, Samuel’s job-hunt advice has been published on numerous websites, including Careers.org, the University of Warwick, the Enterprisers Project, and HR.com. If you’d like to collaborate, please reach out to Samuel through LinkedIn. Please note, we don’t accept guest posts and won’t reply to such requests.