Part Time Training Development and Standards Administrator

Job title: Part Time Training Development and Standards Administrator

Grade: C

Salary: £26,409 per annum (rising by annual increments to £28,624 (pro rata))

Part time salary based on 30 hours per week: £21,412 per annum (rising by annual increments to £23,208)

Hours: Part Time – 30 hours per week

Location: The service encourages flexible working and is open to flexible working options. The role will be based at Service Headquarters, Five Rivers, Salisbury with the flexibility to work from home / DWFRS Stations / Support Offices. There will be a requirement to attend your base location approximately 4 days a month for key activities and meetings.

Appointment Type: Permanent

Contact: For a chat about this post, please contact Leanne Harvey, Project Coordinator – Training Development and Standards, on Leanne.Harvey@dwfire.org.uk or 01722 691392.

Closing and Interview date: The closing date for applications is Sunday 9 March 2025 (midnight). It is intended that interviews will take place on Monday 24 March 2025.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service, an organisation that is passionate about changing and saving lives. Our corporate staff are absolutely vital in helping to make our communities safer and healthier.

As a Training Development and Standards Administrator in our National Organisational Guidance Department you will:

• Co-ordinate diaries and work schedules in line with team availability and geographical location to ensure prompt resolution of complaints and effective use of resources.
• Schedule and organise Control NOG Board, Training Group, and Guidance Group meetings. Prepare agendas, take minutes, and track actions to completion.
• Ensure that materials are accessible to all NFSP Partnership FRS’s and aligned with Control NOG specifications.

What makes you our ideal Training Development and Standards Administrator:

• 4 GCSE passes – Grade A*- C / 9 – 4, including English and Mathematics or equivalent Level 2 qualification (including L2 functional skills), or higher-level relevant qualification.
• Level 3 NVQ Qualification or able to demonstrate experience working at this level in a similar environment.
• Demonstrable relevant experience of working in a similar role, carrying out a range of administration tasks.
• Competent user of Microsoft 365 or other software and databases to produce documents, spreadsheets and emails.

Other Information:

• You must be able to fulfil the travel requirements of the role. Travel requirements may request you to attend regular partnership meetings at a DWFRS location (usually Salisbury but flexibility required to travel to another venue in the service area).
• A Standard Disclosure & Barring Service Check (DBS) clearance will be undertaken on the successful individual prior to offer of employment.
• Any offer of employment will be subject to full pre-employment checks which include identity checks, right to work in the UK, medical and receipt of satisfactory references.
• We are currently reviewing our drug and alcohol testing arrangements and are likely to introduce pre-employment drug testing as part of the recruitment process for certain roles.

To find out more and apply:

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