No1 School of Technical Training

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

- 252116**Salary**:

- £20,748- This position is advertised at 37 hours per week**Job grade**:

- Administrative Assistant- E2**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Air**Type of role**:

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

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

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- RAF CosfordAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Please see job description.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week

**Job description**:
Are you a keen and detailed individual who strives to deliver quality Are you committed in delivering the very best you can Do you have the ability to learn and adapt to new ways of working, providing innovative solutions and ideas to transform business operations through continuous improvement and would you relish the prospect of working alongside military, civilian and contractor partners for the benefit of UK Defence and where Diversity and Inclusivity is actively and positively embedded. Then you are just the person we are looking for.

The No1 School of Technical Training, forms part of the Defence School of Aeronautical Engineering (DSAE) and is located at RAF Cosford. We provide initial aeronautical engineering training to new recruits along with specialist training to improve and develop existing RAF technicians. We also deliver the same training to International students under government agreed contracts where RAF Cosford has achieved a very high success rate. This has positively influenced and enhanced our reputation as Defence leaders for inspiring excellence in training delivery. RAF Cosford remains a site of growth and expansion with numerous projects and partnership developments being explored and undertaken.

Your role as a data administrator is important for the accurate recording, regular maintenance and control of essential training and student data held within various management information systems and secure network document storage areas. Excellent interpersonal skills are vital as the individual will be required to respond to enquiries and requests from a wide variety of personnel, and other departments, often at pace. Some of the main job holder activities are described below. However, any applied change initiatives may require tasks to be developed or even added to the role to meet business objectives.
- Coordinate the student’s health monitoring documentation in collaboration with the regional medical centre.
- Conduct student pre-graduation checks of training data reporting discrepancies and/or errors to management for action.
- Update the Trainee Performance Portfolio System (TPPS), establishing new course templates ready for data input.
- Identify and report TPPS errors or irregularities to training managers for correction.
- Collate training / trainee data, information, records as required by management for presentation as at school execs (KPI’s, issues, feedback).
- Archiving of completed course records to approved storage areas (secure SharePoint sites).
- Filing of electronic forms and records to trainee files.
- Be adaptable and flexible to change.

**Person specification**:
**Essential**:
Established and confident interpersonal and communication skills.

Confident and capable of operating computer systems and devices.

Working together in a team.

**Desirable**:
Ex Armed Forces regular or, have knowledge and experience working for the Armed Forces.

Familiar with using data storage and collection tools.

Experience working in an administrative role.

**Success Profiles - Behaviours**:
Changing & Improving.

Leadership.

Communicating & Influencing.

Working Together.

Developing Self & Others.

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

- Changing and Improving
- Leadership
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
- Developing Self and Others

**Benefits**:
Free on-site car parking.

Access to gymnasium, swimming pool and outdoor sports facilities.

On-site shop/café facilities.

Easily accessible road/rail links.

Professional and Personal Development, including apprenticeships and higher qualifications.

Alternative working patterns available.

25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to maximum 30 days.

Also 8 public holidays per year and 1 additional day to celebrate HM The Queen’s birthday.

Minimum of 15 Days Special Leave in a rolling 12-month period for those with reserve service commitments.

Special Paid Leave for other volunteer duties (as prescribed within civil service policy).

Maternity, paternity and adoption leave.

Government pension scheme.

Advance of pay to purchase travel season tickets or ‘cycle to work’ scheme.

Occupational Health and welfare support.

On-site Chaplaincy Centre (all religious faiths supported)

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