Career profile · SOC ESC-18B9B3B4

move coordinator

Move coordinators envision all the activities required for a successful moving. They receive briefings from the client and translate them in actions and activities that assure a smooth, competitive, and satisfactory moving.

move coordinator move coordinators envision all the activities required for a successful moving. They receive briefings from the client and translate them in actions and activities that assure a smooth, competitive, and satisfactory moving. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include types of packaging materials, hazards associated with loading dangerous goods, transportation methods, health and safety measures in transportation, determine cargo loading sequence.

AI exposure
5.0/10
automation risk

Pay in the UK

UK: median £33,508 a year for Transport and distribution clerks and assistants (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)

Middle half of full-time jobs: £27,996 to £39,496 a year

UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 4134). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)

Pay in India (occupation group)

Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Clerical support workers” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only move coordinator, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.

Urban India
₹26,514 a month
Rural India
₹20,901 a month
All India
₹24,289 a month

Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 4. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report

Top skills

types of packaging materials hazards associated with loading dangerous goods transportation methods health and safety measures in transportation determine cargo loading sequence handle delivery of furniture goods ensure correct goods labelling use communication devices prepare resources for loading activities design procedures for the relocation of specific goods

Knowledge you'll build

  • Administrative
  • Computers and Electronics
  • Production and Processing
  • Mathematics
  • English Language
  • Administration and Management
  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Education and Training

What you'd actually do

  • Examine shipment contents and compare with records, such as manifests, invoices, or orders, to verify accuracy.
  • Requisition and store shipping materials and supplies to maintain inventory of stock.
  • Prepare documents, such as work orders, bills of lading, or shipping orders, to route materials.
  • Pack, seal, label, or affix postage to prepare materials for shipping, using hand tools, power tools, or postage meter.
  • Record shipment data, such as weight, charges, space availability, damages, or discrepancies, for reporting, accounting, or recordkeeping purposes.
  • Confer or correspond with establishment representatives to rectify problems, such as damages, shortages, or nonconformance to specifications.

Tools & technology you'd use

Microsoft Excel hot Microsoft Office software hot Microsoft Outlook hot Inventory management systems Warehouse management system WMS Microsoft PowerPoint hot Microsoft Word hot SAP software hot Accuship Star System ADi SmartBOL AES MailSTAR Aestiva Purchase Order

Frequently asked questions

What does move coordinator do?

Move coordinators envision all the activities required for a successful moving. They receive briefings from the client and translate them in actions and activities that assure a smooth, competitive, and satisfactory moving.

What skills does move coordinator need?

The most in-demand skills for this role include types of packaging materials, hazards associated with loading dangerous goods, transportation methods, health and safety measures in transportation, determine cargo loading sequence, handle delivery of furniture goods. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Will AI replace move coordinator?

Our AI-durability model gives move coordinator a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.

Take it further