Are you an experienced Administrator? Do you enjoy working with people and have great people skills? Enjoy working in a team? Have an eye for detail & quality?
You can help West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service as Prevention Assurance and Improvement Team (PAIT) Administrator, joining their specialist prevention team, assisting us to maintain an efficient and effective department, ensuring our teams are able to provide a key prevention service in the communities of West Yorkshire.
What we offer: an excellent package including generous holiday entitlement, family friendly working, 37 hour week flexible working arrangements, including hybrid working, local government pension scheme, free onsite parking, Sports and Social Club with free use of gym, an Employee Assistance Program.
Job Purpose: To provide comprehensive administrative support for the Fire Prevention Department.
Key Responsibilities:
- You will provide administration duties to help the smooth-running of the Prevention department. This will involve dealing with all correspondence, preparation of documentation, data collation and maintenance of meeting records.
- You will administer the Fire Prevention Department Homepage on Microsoft Teams, ensuring that it is current and relevant.
- You will manage stock levels and provide administrative support to colleagues across the organisation in delivery of their prevention duties.
Essential requirements: We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who has previous experience of providing varied administrative support to a team; is proficient in the use of Microsoft Office applications and has good keyboard skills.
You will have excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate with a wide range of people and to maintain confidentiality with data.
You will be part of the Prevention Department so should be a good team player that is equally able to work on your own initiative. You will be dealing with confidential data so will need to pay close attention to detail to ensure records are accurate and maintained to a high standard.
You will need a good level of Numeracy and Literacy skills alongside strong organisation skills and the ability to prioritise workloads and meet deadlines.
The post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
We offer flexible working arrangements, including hybrid working. Whilst you will be required to work from our offices for parts of your initial training, after this you'll work both in the office and from home as part of our 'hybrid' working model. Therefore, applicants must have a reliable home internet connection.
Joining a first-rate organisation, you will have the job satisfaction of knowing each day that you are contributing to the success of one of just six metropolitan fire and rescue services in the UK, supporting over 950 firefighters who work round the clock to help people and save lives.
We are a caring organisation, promote an environment of inclusivity and learning and welcome people from all walks of life - just as long as you can show commitment to our values such as integrity and teamwork.
We offer an excellent package as outlined above. Job share applicants welcome.
For further details of this and all our vacancies and to apply online please visit www.westyorksfire.gov.uk/careers
Closing date for all applications is Monday 6th May 2024 (midnight).
We are an equal opportunities employer; we value and celebrate equality, diversity & neurodiversity and inclusion. We particularly welcome candidates from communities that are currently under-represented at WYFRS, including women, ethnically or racially diverse applicants and applicants with disabilities. We can offer support and adjustments for candidates and staff who experience barriers to work that result from health conditions or Specific Learning Differences, such as dyslexia.
WYFRS is a ‘Real Living Wage’ employer and have been rated ‘good’ by HMICFRS in all areas of our service.
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We are an equal opportunities employer; we value and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion. We particularly welcome candidates from communities that are currently under-represented at WYFRS, including women, Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic applicants and applicants with disabilities. We can offer support and adjustments for candidates and staff who experience barriers to work that result from health conditions or Specific Learning Differences, such as dyslexia.
WYFRS is a ‘Real Living Wage’ employer and have been rated ‘good’ by HMICFRS in all areas of our service.