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RBFRS
Calcot
England
2020-10-27T23:09:10Z
Business Support Assistant x 2 (1 fixed term 37 hours per week & 1 permanent 14.5 hours per week).
Business Support Assistant x 2
1 x Permanent, 14.5 hours per week
Salary: £8,522.86 – £9,985.80 per annum
1 x Fixed Term 12 months, 37 hours per week,
Salary: £21,748 – £25,481per annum
Location – Service Headquarters, Calcot, Reading
Excellent annual leave allowance of 24 days (pro-rata) plus public holidays, flexible working hours, superb Pension Scheme
Onsite parking and gym facilities
Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service has a reputation of excellence, as an organisation we invest in our employee’s development and wellbeing and encourage a diverse and inclusive workforce. We also offer flexible working hours that allow a greater work life balance to be achieved.
We are seeking 2 Business Support Assistants to join our Business Support team.
This role would suit a proactive and customer focused individual who can be responsive to the needs of the team and organisation .
The role includes supporting specific projects, events and visits; you will have the opportunity to undertake document, database and diary management as well as being able to develop healthy relationships with managers, suppliers, external customers and visitors. The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate strong IT skills, be able to work to deadlines and work as part of an integral team within RBFRS.
The successful candidate will also be inspired to demonstrate and promote behaviours in line with the Job Profile and our Behaviour Competency Framework.
The key focus of this role is:
- To take responsibility for specified areas of administrative business support and develop and maintain an understanding of those areas, and any associated systems.
- Supporting the organisation and successful delivery of specific projects, events and visits as required.
- Undertake systems based work through data entry, data interrogation and data assurance.
- Deal efficiently and courteously to all queries and correspondence both written and verbal from a wide range of internal and external customers.
- To promote a strong customer focus within the team and the organisation as a whole.
Key role requirements:
- The ability to develop positive relationships with a broad range of individuals, organisations and members of the public.
- Excellent self-management, planning and organisational skills to work on own initiative, make decisions to manage own workload, achieve deadlines and meet customer requirements
- Strong IT skills with the ability to maintain spreadsheets and databases
- Ability to co-ordinate and successfully manage a wide range of tasks
- The ability to work effectively as part of a team and demonstrate flexibility in approach to tasks
Please note we do not accept applications via Agencies or CV’s without an accompanying application form.
Closing date for applications is 09:00 hours 9 November 2020
It is anticipated that the interviews will run week commencing 16 November 2020 and these will be via video call.
Anticipated start date: Flexible
At Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service, we want you to bring your whole self to work.
Equality, diversity and inclusion are more than just words for us. That’s why we are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels included and respected, and where no one is unfairly discriminated against. All applications are considered on merit alone. We are a Disability Confident Employer – if you meet the essential criteria of the role, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Simply: Our community is varied and diverse. Our workforce should be too.
At Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service, everyone is welcome.
