Administrative Assistant: Online Events Team
| Posting date: | 20 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £12.60 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 March 2026 |
| Location: | Cardiff, CF5 2YX |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | WJEC CBAC Ltd |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | 2603-09 |
Summary
WJEC 2026 Seasonal Vacancy Scheme
Administrative Assistant: Online Events Team
Salary: £12.60 per hour / £23,914 per annum pro rata (Real Living Wage)*
Contract type: 3x Full-time (36.5 hours per week), Fixed-term to 28 August 2026 *Pay award pending
The Online Events team are key to the success of our online conferences. They have a very pro-active role in providing first line support to our Examiners and Moderators who are accessing online materials and conferences.
As an administrative assistant, you’ll provide key support to the team, enabling them to respond to our main customer-base in a timely and effective manner. Responsibilities will include tasks such as email handling, sending of passwords and triage of calls to the helpdesk.
We’re welcoming applications from people who have some prior experience in an administrative role, are good communicators and confident working with technology. A good working knowledge of Microsoft platforms is important, and knowledge of SharePoint and Teams would be particularly advantageous. You’ll enjoy working as part of a team and speaking to stakeholders via telephone and email.
Working for WJEC throughout Summer can be a really rewarding experience, where you’ll get the opportunity to enhance your administrative skills and work with many different areas of the business. We often find that staff who join us over Summer, go on to obtain further employment opportunities with us so it can be the start of a really rewarding career.
The roles are full-time, offered on a fixed-term basis until 28 August 2026. Working hours are expected to be typically 8:30am to 4:30pm, Monday to Friday. However, due to occasional evening or weekend work being required, applicants will need to have flexibility around working hours. The roles will be a mix of hybrid and onsite working which would be based in our Western Avenue offices. The balance of hybrid / onsite working will be managed by the Team Leaders and linked to the schedule of work demands.
For informal enquiries, please don’t hesitate to contact HR@wjec.co.uk and a member of the team would be more than happy to help.
To apply:
Simply complete this short online application form and send HR@wjec.co.uk a copy of your CV.
Closing date: 23:59, Tuesday 31 March 2026
Interviews are expected to take place on Thursday 09 or Friday 10 April 2026
Administrative Assistant: Online Events Team
Salary: £12.60 per hour / £23,914 per annum pro rata (Real Living Wage)*
Contract type: 3x Full-time (36.5 hours per week), Fixed-term to 28 August 2026 *Pay award pending
The Online Events team are key to the success of our online conferences. They have a very pro-active role in providing first line support to our Examiners and Moderators who are accessing online materials and conferences.
As an administrative assistant, you’ll provide key support to the team, enabling them to respond to our main customer-base in a timely and effective manner. Responsibilities will include tasks such as email handling, sending of passwords and triage of calls to the helpdesk.
We’re welcoming applications from people who have some prior experience in an administrative role, are good communicators and confident working with technology. A good working knowledge of Microsoft platforms is important, and knowledge of SharePoint and Teams would be particularly advantageous. You’ll enjoy working as part of a team and speaking to stakeholders via telephone and email.
Working for WJEC throughout Summer can be a really rewarding experience, where you’ll get the opportunity to enhance your administrative skills and work with many different areas of the business. We often find that staff who join us over Summer, go on to obtain further employment opportunities with us so it can be the start of a really rewarding career.
The roles are full-time, offered on a fixed-term basis until 28 August 2026. Working hours are expected to be typically 8:30am to 4:30pm, Monday to Friday. However, due to occasional evening or weekend work being required, applicants will need to have flexibility around working hours. The roles will be a mix of hybrid and onsite working which would be based in our Western Avenue offices. The balance of hybrid / onsite working will be managed by the Team Leaders and linked to the schedule of work demands.
For informal enquiries, please don’t hesitate to contact HR@wjec.co.uk and a member of the team would be more than happy to help.
To apply:
Simply complete this short online application form and send HR@wjec.co.uk a copy of your CV.
Closing date: 23:59, Tuesday 31 March 2026
Interviews are expected to take place on Thursday 09 or Friday 10 April 2026