Administrative Support to The Station Commander

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

- 408113

**Salary**:

- £26,770
- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

**Job grade**:

- Administrative Officer

**Contract type**:

- Permanent

**Business area**:

- MOD - Air

**Type of role**:

- Administration / Corporate Support

**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time

**Number of jobs available**:

- 1

**Contents**:

- Location
- About the job
- Benefits
- Things you need to know

**Location**:

- RAF Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland, IV31 6SD

**About the job**:
**Job summary**:
As the Administrative Support to the Station Commander (Stn Cdr) at RAF Lossiemouth, your primary responsibility is to provide essential administrative support to the Stn Cdr and wider Station Headquarters. The role plays a key role in ensuring efficient communication and the smooth operation of Station command functions.

This post is advertised as Full Time at 37 hours per week.

**Job description**:
The post holder will be responsible for:

- The management and prioritisation of a comprehensive diary system on behalf of the Stn Cdr.
- The coordination of meetings and appointments, ensuring that all required equipment and documentation is available, and venues are booked, if required.
- The production and amendment of draft letters and documents, database and filing management.
- The administration and management of travel arrangements for the Stn Cdr.
- Assisting with the organisation of RAF Lossiemouth visits, ensuring that Station Executive team involvement is coordinated, and all required documentation is available.
- Internal and External stakeholder engagement.
- Ensuring that the Stn Cdrs, and Outer Office is maintained in a clean, tidy and professional manner at all times.

**Person specification**:
The ability to communicate effectively both verbally and written is essential as you will be engaging with a variety of stakeholders both internally and externally.

**Desirable Qualifications/Skills**
- Previous experience working within the defence environment.

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

- Leadership
- Making Effective Decisions
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £26,770, Ministry of Defence contributes £7,755 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

New entrants will be entitled to 25 days annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years service.

Competitive maternity, paternity and parental leave to qualifying staff. A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.

The post does not offer relocation expenses.

Please note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

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The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment by 31st December 2022. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.

**Things you need to know**:
**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

At **sift**, you will be assessed against the following:
**Behaviour**:

- Leadership
- Making Effective Decisions
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together

**Experience**:
At **interview**, you will be assessed against the above behaviours

The sift will take place at RAF Lossiemouth i