De&s Business Support Administrator

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 326233**Salary**:

- £23,500 - £25,300**Job grade**:

- Other- Technical Specialist I**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Defence Equipment & Support - Corporate Services**Type of role**:

- Administration / Corporate Support**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- AshchurchAbout the job

**Job summary**:
We are Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S). We manage a vast range of projects to supply and maintain vital equipment and services for the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force. Together, we deliver essential defence programmes - and strive for what's next. Because it helps keep our military at the top of their game and our nation safe, now and in the future.

Across our 12,500-strong organisation, we support all our people to be at their very best, fostering a family-friendly approach to flexible and hybrid working. After all, support is in our name.

**Job description**:
Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) are looking for a Business Support Administrator to join their Non-Explosive Sites team in Ashchurch, Tewkesbury.

Working as a Business Support Administrator, you will be the first point of contact for the general admin queries and information, assisting site colleagues as necessary. You will deliver generalist administration such as booking travel and accommodation and managing the Conference room facilities. You will provide direct daily support to the Head of Establishment (HoE), including GPC responsibility (for low value purchase items) and will also cross-train with other members of the department, assisting as necessary. You will provide ad-hoc support to the Post Room - sorting and preparing mail, sending special delivery items and assist with managing of the reprographics area (laminating, printing, photocopying).

You will be offered opportunities for training and development, to help you progress and build your career with DE&S.

**Responsibilities**
- Deliver administrative support across specialisms as instructed and contained within the CSG Catalogue of Services and assignment specifications.
- Act as a key point of contact for internal and external specialism requests, providing advice and guidance, escalating to more senior colleagues where appropriate.
- Own logístical elements of activities and events such as arranging travel, booking venues or coordinating visits
- Support internal communications such as updating distributing key information and acting as a focal point for other internal communications
- Manage document production, processing and maintenance as instructed e.g. any relevant papers for meetings, administration of hard copy classified documents, processing security clearance documents etc.

**Person specification**:

- Educated to GCSE standard or equivalent, or significant relevant experience gained
- Demonstration of the ability to manage workload and deliver on a variety of tasks
- Excellent and demonstrable IT skills particularly Microsoft Office
- Work well as part of a team
- Strong planning time management and organisational skills
- Excellent written and verbal communicator
- Proactive with excellent problem solving initiative

In addition to the responsibilities above, the following technical competences and behaviours will be assessed at interview:

- Problem solving
- Customer Focus
- Working Together
- Communicating and Influencing

**Benefits**:

- 25 days’ annual leave +1 day a year up to 30 days, 8 bank holidays and a day off for the King’s birthday
- Flexible and hybrid working wherever possible, to support your work-life balance (though some attendance to the stated site is required)
- Market-leading employer pension contribution of around 27%
- Annual performance-based bonus and recognition awards
- Access to specialist training and funded professional qualifications
- Support for progression
- Huge range of discounts
- Volunteering days
- Enhanced parental leave schemes

**Further Information**

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**Selection process details**:

- 1. Pre-sift - We will check that you meet any essential or eligibility criteria that are listed in the Person Specification section of this advert. On your CV, please clearly show how you meet the essential criteria.
- 2. Sift - Your CV will be assessed against the following categories, using a simple numerical scoring system: Key Achievements; Relevant Experience; Applied Knowledge and Skills- Please follow our _
**_guidance on CV writing_**:

- for best chance of success._

3. Interview - If you're invited to interview, you'll be assessed against the Sift categories listed above, as well as the Technical Competences and Behaviours listed in the Person Specification section of this advert.
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