About the role
Job title: Part-time Administrative Assistant (West Moors Training Centre)
Grade: B
Salary: Part-time salary based on 15 hours per week: £10,209 per annum, rising by annual increments to £10,537
Full-time equivalent salary: £25,183 per annum, rising by annual increments to £25,992.
Hours: Part Time, 15 hours per week
Location: The service encourages flexible working and believes that work is what you do not where you do it. The role will be based at West Moors Training Centre with some very limited flexibility to work from home. We would welcome a conversation with the successful candidate on flexible working arrangements, but we are looking for a primarily office-based role working on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Appointment Type: Permanent
Contact: For a chat about this post, please contact Katharine Hurst, Training Centre Coordinator on 07809 548080 or katharine.hurst@dwfire.org.uk
Closing and interview date: The closing date for applications is Sunday 5 January 2024, midnight. It is intended that interviews will take place on Monday 13 January 2024. Should you be shortlisted for interview, further details regarding the interview format / location will be provided before the interview date.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service, an organisation that is passionate about changing and saving lives. Our corporate staff are absolutely vital in helping to make our communities safer and healthier. Without them, we couldn’t do it.
As an Administration Assistant in our Training Centre you will:
* answer reception phone/emails and deal with any general enquiries
* deal with visitors to West Moors Training Centre, including other Service staff and contractors
* print out any course material handouts or folder and assessment papers required for instructors for the following week
* order regularly from stores any supplies required
* assist with our Pass Out Parade at Salisbury Fire Station twice a year
What makes you our ideal Administration Assistant?
* experience of providing a wide range of administrative support to a team, including reception duties and responding appropriately to enquiries via telephone, email and face to face
* working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Word and Excel to maintain data recording systems
* good communication skills as you will be dealing with instructors, firefighters, students, corporate members of the Fire Service and external suppliers
For full details of the role and requirements please have a look at the job description and person specification.
Other Information:
* you must be able to fulfil the travel requirements of the role. There will be occasional travel for meetings/training
* a Standard Disclosure & Barring Service Check (DBS) clearance will be undertaken as well as Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check on the successful individual prior to offer of employment
* any offer of employment will be subject to full pre-employment checks which include identity checks, right to work in the UK, medical and receipt of satisfactory references, and an explanation of any gaps in employment in the last 3 years
To find out more and apply:
Please note we do not accept CV’s in place of application forms.
You should ensure you include satisfactory evidence in your application to demonstrate all of the areas stated as being measured at the Application Stage on the Person Specification. This will ensure you have the best opportunity of progressing to the next stage of the selection process.
We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of our communities and welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. All applications will be treated on merit and staff involved in recruitment and selection processes undertake unconscious bias training.
If you hold international qualifications, you will be required to provide official evidence that shows how these compare to UK Qualifications.
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