Dangerous Goods Administrator

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

- 388749

**Salary**:

- £29,525 - £30,262
- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer

**Contract type**:

- Permanent

**Business area**:

- VCA - Dangerous Goods

**Type of role**:

- Audit
Operational Delivery
Quality

**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time

**Number of jobs available**:

- 1

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Location

About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Leatherhead

About the job

**Job summary**:
Have you got a keen eye for detail, ensuring your work is accurate and of a high standard?

Are you pro-active and organised, with the skills to communicate effectively in-person and in writing?

Would you like play a part in making a real difference to public safety through your work?

If you have the skills and passion to deliver a quality service that has a direct impact on our society, we would like to hear from you.

**About Us**

We are part of the Department of Transport, managing the UN packaging approval scheme in the UK. Our mission is to ensure the safe transportation of dangerous goods by certifying packages to international standards. This helps to protect people, property, and the environment.

**Job description**:
We are committed to ensuring you receive continued learning and development opportunities to enable you to perform at your best. If you are passionate about broadening your skills and scope; you will have every chance to by being directly involved in projects that enable us to progress as an Agency, including our Digital Transformation Programme. We are currently going through this transition, from paper-based systems to digital and cloud-based platforms, that will enable us to work more efficiently as a team and organisation.

And finally, if you are seeking a career where you will benefit from flexible working, a fresh and inviting office space and team to work with, a comprehensive Civil Service package and a role where you will be valued and make a real difference to society; please get in touch.

**Your main duties will include but will not be limited to**:

- Ensure that packaging certification is issued within target times and to the appropriate standards, liaising with applicants and test facilities as required. Ensure that associated records are maintained, and relevant databases updated.
- Develop knowledge in dangerous goods packaging (e.g. manufacturing processes) and broaden competence.
- Generate invoices to accompany certification.

To see the full role information, please see the attached Role Profile.

**Person specification**:
To do well in this role you will need**:

- Strong attention to detail when checking documentation and accuracy in data entry.

**Additional Information**

**Merit List**

**Qualifications**:

- Level 2 qualifications in Math and English, i.e. GCSE - grades 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4 or grades A*, A, B, C, or equivalent.

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
- Making Effective Decisions
- Managing a Quality Service

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £29,525, Vehicle Certification Agency contributes £8,553 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

The Vehicle Certification Agency is the designated UK Vehicle Type Approval Authority. We have over 30 years’ experience supporting industry by providing internationally recognised testing and certification for vehicles, their systems and components.

If you would like to read more about VCA and the benefits of working for us, visit our Careers website

Things you need to know

**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.

**Selection Process**

Our 2-stage selection process ensures a comprehensive assessment of each applicant's qualifications, skills, and potential fit within our organisation.

**Stage 1: Initial Experience-Based Sift**

We will assess the following Experience indicators from your **CV & personal statement** so you should tailor both to clearly explain how you meet the following.
- Strong attention to detail when checking documentation and accuracy in data entry.
- Customer focused, with the ability to understand and respond to the needs and expectations of both external and internal stakeholders.
- Good IT skills including use of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams, Access, Adobe Acrobat.
- Ability to deal with enquiries by establishing the background to the enquiry thereby ensuring that appropriate advice is given.

Your personal statement should be a maximum of 1,000 words and we recommend a minimum of 250 words for each of the bullet points above.

**Stage 2: In-person Interview**

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