Administrative Assistant - South Wales Fire and Rescue Service : Job Details

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT POSTS

VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS

GRADES: 4 to 6

STARTING SALARY: £24,790 to £27,711 per annum (dependent on Grade)

South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (SWFRS) is committed to making our communities within South Wales safer by reducing risk. To achieve this, we know that we need to invest in attracting, retaining and developing the best people for every position across the organisation.

Alongside our Operational and Control Firefighters, we have approximately250members of corporate staff who provide valuable support in maintaining the emergency response service to the South Wales community. You could be one of them, sharing your own individual skills and enthusiasm within the organisation to help improve ways of both learning and working.

If you answered yes to the above, we are looking for flexible individuals who are interested in filling various administrative roles in the following departments:

• Business Support and Secretariat
• Finance
• Human Resources:
• Information Computer Technology (ICT)
• Training Centre
• Operations
• Operational Risk Management (ORM)

SWFRS wishes to develop a talent pool from which to recruit as and when roles (temporary, permanent, full time or part time) become vacant. Candidates who are successful in the talent pool selection process will be placed on a holding list for up to 6 months.

Applications are invited from candidates with suitable experience and qualifications as outlined in the Person Specification.

HOW TO APPLY:

To apply for this role, candidates should read the following eligibility criteria in full and respond in detail to the 5 outlined shortlisting criteria through attaching the shortlisting document to their online application.

Shortlisting criteria:

Application forms should be completed online through our e-recruitment system, which can be accessed via our website. During the process applicants are encouraged to check all email folders for system generated updates. If a paper version is required, please email us.

WE DO NOT ACCEPT CV’S AS PART OF THE APPLICATION PLEASE COMPLETE THE ONLINE APPLICATION IN FULL UPLOADING YOUR SHORTLISTING CRITERIA IN THE SUPPORTING EVIDENCE SECTION USING THE TEMPLATE PROVIDED.

External candidates - Please note that appointments into this role are conditional upon undertaking an Enhanced with Barred List(s) Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Please be aware this check will pick up any spent and unspent convictions or cautions. Prior to any formal offers being made successful applicants will be required to undertake a Drug and Alcohol Test.

Closing date for the receipt of applications forms is 12:00 midday Monday 16th December 2024.

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