Admin, secretarial & PA

Diploma in Office Admin

70% or MORE OFF ON THIS COURSE

To progress in your career in Administrative work, gaining a recognised qualification can only improve your chances. Employers look for staff who are motivated to improve their skills and knowledge base and choosing a Global Edulink Diploma in Office Administration will demonstrate your willingness and ability to work to ever-higher standards.

Global Edulink is a leading provider of office administration courses and we offer distance learning courses that will fit around your daily life and existing work commitments. Flexible studying opportunities make it easy for you to gain new skills or build on existing skills that will improve your chances of gaining employment or higher pay.

Why You Should Choose Global Edulink

• 12 months Access to your course.
• The price shown on Reed is for the whole course, including the final exam and free e-certificate.
• CPD and iAP accredited certificate upon successful completion
• Tutor Support available Monday – Friday

Course Content

The course is broken down into three units, delivered through tutorials:

Unit 1: Develop your ICT skills and business communication;

Unit 2: Manage a business environment and maintain your personal and professional development;

Unit 3: Develop your record keeping, financial and HR skills.

Throughout the course you will also learn how to:

– Create and produce business documentation;
– Format documents and enter data;
– Manage social media;
– Communicate in a business environment (e.g. through memos, emails, reports and presentations).

To help you to maximise your employment prospects, the Diploma will also help you to create an attractive CV, cover letter and personal statement to help you to reach the interview stage of a job application. We will also help you to prepare for job interviews.

By the end of your Diploma, your administrative, customer service, ICT, technical writing, finance and HR skills will all have improved and you will have the confidence to seek employment, higher pay or a promotion.

Course Curriculum : Diploma in Office Admin

1. BUSINESS REPORTS AND LETTER WRITING

• Business Writing Skills
• Introduction to Business Report Writing
• Exploring Reports
• How to Prepare for Writing
• Exercise Files: Business Report Writing

2. E-MAILS WRITING TIPS

• Introduction to Effective Email Writing
• Writing Email Messages
• Email Manners

3. TYPING SPEED DEVELOPMENT

• Effective Typing

4. TIPS FOR SPEED READING

• Tips for Speed Reading

5. MICROSOFT WORD

• Introduction to Microsoft Word
• First Step to MS Word
• Text Editing & Formatting
• Formatting Paragraph and Pages
• Creating Styles, Themes, Number and Bullets
• Columns & Tables
• Macros and Proofing
• Sharing and Reviewing Documents
• Modify Word Document
• Exercise Files: Microsoft Word 2016

6. MICROSOFT EXCEL

• Getting Started with Microsoft Excel
• Data Entering
• Creating Formulas and Functions
• Formatting
• Worksheet Views, Multiple Worksheets and Workbooks
• IF, VLOOKUP, and Power Functions, Security & Sharing
• Data Management, Data Analysis Tools
• PivotTables & Macros
• Exercise Files: Microsoft Excel 2016

7. MICROSOFT POWERPOINT

• Getting Started with Microsoft PowerPoint
• Working with Presentations & Slides
• Adding Pictures & Contents to Slides
• Adding Shapes, Diagrams, Charts, Video, Audio, and Animation to Slides
• Preparing & Delivering Speech
• Reusing and Sharing Presentations
• Exercise Files: Microsoft PowerPoint 2016

8. MICROSOFT OUTLOOK

• Getting Started with Outlook
• Adding and Connecting Accounts, Reading & Organizing Mails
• Creating and Sending Mail, Creating and Working with People
• Working with Delegates & Calendars
• Creating Tasks and Notes, Working with Outlook Data

9. MICROSOFT ACCESS

• Introduction to MS Access
• Creating Tables & Setting up Properties
• Queries
• Creating Forms & Reports
• Working with Macros, Integrating Access with Office Suite
• Database Management
• Exercise Files- Microsoft Access 2016

10. DIARY MANAGEMENT

• Diary Management
• Diary and Time Management with Outlook

11. HANDLING CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS

• Handling Confidential Documents

12. SUCCESSFUL MEETING MINUTES

• Taking Minutes

13. NOTE TAKING

• Note Taking
• Exercise Files: Note Taking

14. DOCUMENT PROOFREADING

• Document Proofreading

15. APPOINTMENT BOOKING AND ARRANGING INTERVIEWS

• Appointment Booking and Arrange an Interview

16. DELIVERING POSTAL MAIL

• Delivering Postal Mail

17. DICTATING

• Dictating

18. CUSTOMER SERVICE AND TELEPHONE HANDLING SKILLS

• Customer Service Basics Over the Phone
• Get the facts- ask the right questions
• Discuss Solutions- learning to listen
• Dealing with difficult customers
• Developing Inbound & Outbound Telephone Skills
• Hot Telephone Tips

19. ORGANISING A MEETING

• Organising a Meeting
• Exercise Files: Organising Meeting

20. DATA MANAGEMENT, RECORD KEEPING AND FILING

• Data Management & Record Keeping

21. EVENT PLANNING

• Event Planning Essentials

22. ARRANGE BUSINESS TRAVEL & ACCOMMODATION

• Arranging Business Travel and Accommodation

23. BOOKKEEPING

• Introduction to Accounting
• Financial & Managerial Accounting
• Taxes

24. QUICKBOOKS FOR PAYROLL MANAGEMENT

• Introduction to QuickBooks
• Setting up the Employee Payroll
• Running the Payroll
• Exercise Files: QuickBooks for Payroll Management

25. INVOICING/PETTY CASH

• Invoicing and Petty cash

26. SUPERVISING AND MONITORING THE OFFICE WORKS

• Supervising and monitoring the office works

27. TIME MANAGEMENT

• Introduction to Time Management
• Fundamentals of Productivity
• How to Use Your Calendar Effectively
• Setting up Priorities and Schedule
• Timer Budgeting
• Exercise Files: Time Management

28. MOTIVATING EMPLOYEES

• Motivating Employees

29. CREATING AN EFFECTIVE CV AND COVER LETTER

• Business Resumes & Job Applications
• How to Gather Information for Your CV
• Write your CV
• CV Writing Tips and Layouts
• Different CV Formats
• Saving a CV to Different Formats and Online CV Banks
• Finishing Your CV
• Exercise Files: Creating an Effective CV

30. JOB FUNCTIONS AND DESCRIPTION OF OFFICE ADMIN & MANAGER

• Job functions and Description of Office Administrator and Manager

learning Online

The course is designed to be interesting and interactive, with a supportive team of professionals who deliver an online course that you can access 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. The course is delivered through professionally-narrated tutorials, interactive quizzes and tests plus a final exam. Step-by-step tutorial videos plus our fully-supportive service will help you to grow in confidence and gain your qualification.

Assessment

The course is assessed online with a final, multiple-choice test, which is marked automatically. You will know instantly whether you have passed the course. Those who pass this test will have the qualification of ‘Diploma in Office Administration’.

Benefits you will gain:

By enrolling in to this course, you’ll get:

• High quality e-learning study materials and mock exams.
• Tutorials/materials from the industry leading experts.
• Includes step-by-step tutorial videos and an effective, professional support service.
• 24/7 Access to the Learning Portal.
• Recognised Accredited Qualification.
• Access Course Content on Mobile, Tablet or Desktop.
• Study in a user friendly, advanced online learning platform.
• Excellent customer service and administrative support.

– Interested in working as an Office Manager, Office Administrator, Administrative Assistant or Secretary?

– Already working in one of these roles but wish to extend your skills in Administration and IT to encompass Human Relations (HR) and Finance responsibilities?

– Keen to develop your existing skills in the area of Administration, ICT, Finance or HR?

If so, our Diploma in Office Administration distance learning course will provide you with all of the training you need to further your career and is designed especially for those students who would struggle to fit face-to-face learning into their busy lives.

This course can also lead to work as a Team Supervisor or Personal Assistant and can lead to specialising in legal or medical secretarial work.

To enrol on this course, you do not need any previous experience or qualifications. You must be 17 years old or over, and you will need a basic understanding of English Literacy and Language, Numeracy and ICT.

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The Global Edulink Diploma in Office Administration covers all of the training you need for a role as Office Administrator, Administrative Assistant, Office Manager or Secretary, including the particular computing skills that you will need for your day-to-day work:

– IT skills (including Microsoft Office training);
– Data entry;
– Finance and HR skills;