The phrase "administrative grade" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to job classifications, levels of responsibility, or positions within an organization, particularly in administrative roles.
Example: "The position requires a candidate with at least an administrative grade of 5 to ensure they have the necessary experience."
Alternatives: "administrative level" or "administrative classification".
Intriguingly, for junior administrative grades, the top two countries are now Poland and Romania.
The cuts in the last year have also mainly fallen at the lower levels of the civil service – administrative grades have been cut by 10%, while the senior echelons have been cut by 4%.
The three leaders appear to want to have little to do with Mark Serwotka, a Trotskyite and general secretary of the PCS union which mainly represents civil service clerical and administrative grades.
Occupational grade ranged from low (clerical and support grades) to high (senior administrative grades).
The sample included 10,308 people (6895 men and 3413 women) from clerical and office support grades, middle-ranking executive grades, and senior administrative grades.
Two measures of socioeconomic status were used: educational attainment (i.e., no formal education, up to secondary education, and university or higher degree) and British civil service employment grade (i.e., clerical or support grades (low), professional or executive grades (medium), and administrative grades (high)).
Compared with those remaining in the cohort but not eligible for analysis (n = 3,377), included participants tended to be younger (55.7 years in phase 5 vs. 56.8 years in phase 5; P < 0.0001), male (71.6% vs. 61.5%; P < 0.001), and better educated (university degree or beyond: 41.7% vs. 28.9%; P < 0.001) and had higher occupational grades (administrative level: 43.9% vs. 33.5%; P < 0.001).
Cameron said there were now 20,000 fewer administrative-grade employees in the NHS.
At present I'm doing a course at Cardiff University that is targeted at women in clerical, administrative and support grades".
