Coaching and Resourcing Assistant

**Benefits**:
**Salary: £28,142 - £32,061 per annum, Grade 3**

**Hours: Full time, 37 hours per week**

**Location - Service Headquarters, Calcot, Reading and other work locations as required**

**Excellent annual leave allowance of 25 days, flexible working, onsite gym, parking facilities and a Local Government Pension Scheme are available**

**About the Role**:
We are seeking a Coaching and Resourcing Assistant within the Resourcing and Development team; this role offers the opportunity to start your journey to build and develop a career whilst working in the Human Resources and Learning and Development department of Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service (RBFRS).

You will have the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution in a dynamic and evolving environment, while being part of an organisation that prioritises the training, development and wellbeing of its employees.

Our friendly and supportive team works within a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive culture, with some flexible working arrangements to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance. We also offer a range of tailored training and development opportunities post-appointment to support you in your role and help you grow your career with us.

This varied role offers an exciting opportunity for a self-motivated individual to contribute to the attraction and recruitment processes for our operational staff, supporting individuals as they begin and grow their careers within the Service.

The position requires strong administrative skills, including accurate record-keeping in line with GDPR, effective organisation, research and confident use of a variety of databases, IT systems and technologies.

**About you**:
We're looking for someone who enjoys working collaboratively, takes a practical approach to problem-solving, and builds positive working relationships with colleagues and external contacts.

Working within the Resourcing and Development team, you will support varied recruitment and promotion processes.

**The key focus of this role is**:

- Support the coordination and delivery of resourcing activities, including internal and external recruitment and promotion processes
- Liaise with a range of people internal and external to RBFRS
- Provide accurate, timely, and effective administrative support while managing expectations appropriately
- Serve as a first point of contact, responding to all queries efficiently, professionally, and with courtesy
- Use HR systems, learning management platforms, and databases effectively to input, maintain, and retrieve data

**Key role requirements (knowledge, skills and experience)**:

- Experience, knowledge and understanding of resourcing activities and processes and delivering these to the required standard, planning time and activity to meet deadlines, successfully executing a wide range of tasks
- Good general education (equivalent of 5 GCSE passes level C or above - must contain English Language and Mathematics)
- The ability to develop positive and effective relationships
- Knowledge of General Data Protection (GDPR) and the ability to maintain confidentiality of information
- Proficient IT skills, ability to produce accurate documentation and records using MS 365 / Sharepoint products (particularly Excel) plus experience of using databases and systems to accurately enter, maintain and interrogate data
- The ability to work effectively as part of a team

Some weekend / evening working is required on occasion.

**Application and selection process**

The Behavioural Competency Framework allows us to easily identify the behaviours that drive successful performance and enables us to deliver an effective service. The behaviours detailed within the job profile will be assessed throughout the selection process.

Appointment is conditional upon undertaking Standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Rechecks will be required in line with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and **Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy**.

**It is anticipated that the assessment process will take place 11-12 September 2025.**

**Start date: 20 October 2025**

**Our Commitments**:

- Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service values your individuality, your diversity and your dignity. All are welcome here. Inclusion, diversity and equality are principles which guide our decisions and will be visible throughout the Service, and we will continually work to improve in these areas. _
- We are committed to creating an inclusive culture of dignity and trust where everyone feels safe and comfortable to bring their whole self to work._
- Simply: The communities we serve are varied and diverse, we should be too._
- Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and all employees must share this commitment._
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- Please view our Safer Recruitment Statement via this _link._