Project Administrator
Coordinate project documents, meetings, schedules and reporting.
- Duration10 weeksat 8 to 10 hours a week
- LevelEntry-levelBusiness
- AccessStart freeFull pathway in NIBS Plus
- Workplace Lab7 tasksReal work, assessed
What you'll do every day
- Set up and maintain the project file and tracker
- Prepare agendas and capture minutes and actions
- Maintain the schedule and chase what is late
- Track risks and issues
- Produce the weekly status report
- Keep the record of decisions and changes
Skills you'll build
5 skills, each with its own courses and the other careers that use it.
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Project administration
Used in 2 career paths
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Project tools
Used in 2 career paths
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Meetings and diary management
Used in 2 career paths
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Microsoft Excel
Used in 9 career paths
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Business communication
Used in 8 career paths
Tools you'll use
- Project boards
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft 365
- Teams
Named as the tools the job uses. NIBS claims no relationship with any vendor.
Your pathway, step by step
10 weeks, at your own pace. Start free; NIBS Plus opens the full pathway and the Workplace Lab.
- Foundation Digital Workplace Foundation: the systems, files and communication every office runs on.
- Skill Courses The skills this role needs, one short course at a time.
- Workplace Lab 7 practical tasks in the software the job uses.
- Portfolio The documents, spreadsheets and records you produced, kept as evidence.
- NIBS Credential Assessed against the NIBS standard and recorded on your Skills Passport.
- Professional Recognition What membership, CPD and designations mean in your field.
- Formal Progression The Office Administrator occupational qualification, where it is offered.
The Role Pathway that teaches this career
Skill Courses that also cover this role
- Project Work Project Administration Essentials A short practical skill in project work. Learn it, show it in a practical task, and have it recorded on your Skills Passport. Included in NIBS Plus View course
- Workplace Meeting and Calendar Management A short practical skill in workplace. Learn it, show it in a practical task, and have it recorded on your Skills Passport. Included in NIBS Plus View course
- Office Productivity Excel for Workplace Administration A short practical skill in office productivity. Learn it, show it in a practical task, and have it recorded on your Skills Passport. Included in NIBS Plus View course
- Workplace Professional Email Writing A short practical skill in workplace. Learn it, show it in a practical task, and have it recorded on your Skills Passport. Included in NIBS Plus View course
Workplace Lab: the 7 tasks
Your simulated employer sends the brief and the files. You do the work in the real software; a facilitator assesses it against the NIBS standard.
- 1 Create the project tracker for a new project
- 2 Prepare the kick-off meeting agenda and pack
- 3 Capture the minutes and update the action log
- 4 Update the schedule after a slipped milestone
- 5 Log and track a new risk to closure
- 6 Produce the status report for the sponsor
- 7 Close the project file with a lessons register
Where it leads
Job titles employers use for this work.
- Project Administrator
- Project Assistant
- Project Coordinator
- PMO Administrator
Vacancies, learnerships and internships are posted in NIBS Campus as they come. NIBS does not guarantee placement.
Professional recognition
Learning can lead to a profession. Here is what that means for this career.
Professional body to be confirmed
NIBS names a body here only once it is the relevant one for this role. Membership of a professional body gives you a community, a standard of practice, continuing professional development and, in time, a designation.
CPD: recognition subject to approval. NIBS claims none until a body approves an activity.
Formal progression
Where a formal qualification is offered, this career leads toward it. A separate programme with its own registration, assessment and fees, never included in NIBS Plus.
Become a Project Administrator.
Join NIBS Campus free and take the first course today. Add NIBS Plus when you want the full pathway and the Workplace Lab.