Administrative Assistant (West Moors Training Centre)
| Posting date: | 09 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £26,824 to £28,142 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £26,824 - £28,142 per annum (rising by annual increments to £28,142) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 05 October 2025 |
| Location: | BH21 6QS |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
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.
We offer a wide range of employee benefits and strive to ensure that staff are valued and rewarded. For example, we offer a flexi time scheme, Local Government Pension Scheme, a generous annual leave allowance, a variety of family friendly schemes including 39 weeks’ full pay during maternity leave (subject to qualifying criteria) and health & well-being services.
As an Administrative Assistant in our Operational Training department you will:
Provide a range of administrative services including word processing, reception, post and filing duties.
Maintain the Training Centre resources inventory
Be responsible for making arrangements for the catering of training events, in accordance with agreed procedures
What makes you our ideal Administrative Assistant?
4 GCSE passes - Grade A*- C / 9 - 4, including English and Mathematics or equivalent Level 2 qualification (including L2 functional skills), or higher-level relevant qualification
Experience of reception duties including filing, photocopying, scanning and printing duties and responding appropriately to enquiries via phone and email
Proficient in Microsoft Office
For full details of the role and requirements please have a look at the job description and person specification.
We offer a wide range of employee benefits and strive to ensure that staff are valued and rewarded. For example, we offer a flexi time scheme, Local Government Pension Scheme, a generous annual leave allowance, a variety of family friendly schemes including 39 weeks’ full pay during maternity leave (subject to qualifying criteria) and health & well-being services.
As an Administrative Assistant in our Operational Training department you will:
Provide a range of administrative services including word processing, reception, post and filing duties.
Maintain the Training Centre resources inventory
Be responsible for making arrangements for the catering of training events, in accordance with agreed procedures
What makes you our ideal Administrative Assistant?
4 GCSE passes - Grade A*- C / 9 - 4, including English and Mathematics or equivalent Level 2 qualification (including L2 functional skills), or higher-level relevant qualification
Experience of reception duties including filing, photocopying, scanning and printing duties and responding appropriately to enquiries via phone and email
Proficient in Microsoft Office
For full details of the role and requirements please have a look at the job description and person specification.
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