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employment programme coordinator

Employment programme coordinators research and develop employment programmes and policies to improve employment standards and reduce issues such as unemployment. They supervise promotion of policy plans and coordinate implementation.

employment programme coordinator employment programme coordinators research and develop employment programmes and policies to improve employment standards and reduce issues such as unemployment. They supervise promotion of policy plans and coordinate implementation. 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 project management principles, government policy implementation, employment law, scientific research methodology, carry out strategic research.

AI exposure
5.0/10
automation risk

Pay in the UK

UK: median £58,341 a year for Business, research and administrative professionals n.e.c. (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)

Middle half of full-time jobs: £44,939 to £68,194 a year

UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 2439). 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 “Professionals” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only employment programme coordinator, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.

Urban India
₹42,717 a month
Rural India
₹30,424 a month
All India
₹38,466 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 2. 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

project management principles government policy implementation employment law scientific research methodology carry out strategic research analyse unemployment rates maintain relations with local representatives liaise with local authorities develop employment policies promote employment policy

Frequently asked questions

What does employment programme coordinator do?

Employment programme coordinators research and develop employment programmes and policies to improve employment standards and reduce issues such as unemployment. They supervise promotion of policy plans and coordinate implementation.

What skills does employment programme coordinator need?

The most in-demand skills for this role include project management principles, government policy implementation, employment law, scientific research methodology, carry out strategic research, analyse unemployment rates. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Will AI replace employment programme coordinator?

Our AI-durability model gives employment programme 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.

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