management assistant
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.
management assistant 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. 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 company policies, perform business research, use spreadsheets software, disseminate internal communications, coordinate events.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £34,954 a year for Personal assistants and other secretaries (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £28,565 to £43,903 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 4215). 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 “Technicians and associate professionals” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only management assistant, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
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 3. 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
Knowledge you'll build
- Administrative
- English Language
- Customer and Personal Service
- Computers and Electronics
- Administration and Management
- Personnel and Human Resources
- Communications and Media
- Mathematics
What you'd actually do
- Manage and maintain executives' schedules.
- Make travel arrangements for executives.
- Prepare invoices, reports, memos, letters, financial statements, and other documents, using word processing, spreadsheet, database, or presentation software.
- Coordinate and direct office services, such as records, departmental finances, budget preparation, personnel issues, and housekeeping, to aid executives.
- Answer phone calls and direct calls to appropriate parties or take messages.
- Prepare responses to correspondence containing routine inquiries.
Tools & technology you'd use
Frequently asked questions
What does management assistant do?
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.
What skills does management assistant need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include company policies, perform business research, use spreadsheets software, disseminate internal communications, coordinate events, maintain internal communication systems. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace management assistant?
Our AI-durability model gives management assistant 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.