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Business Services Admin Officer – part-time

Salary: Grade E1 – £26,770 per annum (£14,108 pro-rata)

A vacancy has arisen for a part-time Admin Officer to work within the Business Services team at our offices in York. This is a Crown Servant Grade E1, permanent position, working 19.5 hours between Monday and Thursday, reporting to the Office Manager.

The successful applicant will work as part of the Business Services team to assist the Office Manager in the delivery of key Association functions. They will be available to provide support to the office team on a day to day basis in addition to the general admin functions of the department.

Essential criteria includes:

• At least one years’ experience working in administration
• Previous experience managing workloads and prioritising tasks
• Able to interact productively to build strong working relationships
• Experience of processing invoices
• Note-taking at meetings and producing minutes
• Detail focused and able to work accurately
•  Good communication skills, both verbal and written
• Competent in all Microsoft applications
• Able to work flexibly, including some variation to routine working hours

About us and working hours

At the Reserve Forces and Cadets’ Association for Yorkshire and the Humber (RFCA YH) we champion the reserve and cadet forces’ across our region, through community and corporate engagement, estate management and recruitment support to local Reserve Units and Cadet Detachments.

We have been the voice for Yorkshire and the Humber’s Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force reservists and cadets since 1908. Our offices are based just a short walk out of York city centre within a historic former residential home. As well as having free parking we also have a beautiful garden to look out on or enjoy a lunch break in, making it a very special and unique workspace. Our weekly hours are worked between 08.30 and 16.30.

In this role the hours worked will be 10.00 until 14.00 on 3 days and 08.30 until 16.30 on 1 day.

 As the role is within a small team, some flexibility in hours will be needed to provide assistance at meetings or cover when colleagues are on leave.

Holiday entitlement

The annual holiday entitlement is 25 days, which increases to 30 days after 5 years. Previous service in the Armed Forces also qualifies the employee to 30 days on entry. This is in addition to the 8 statutory Bank Holidays and 1 additional privilege day.

Pension scheme

We offer a defined benefit Career Average Revalued Earnings Scheme. Your contribution is 5% of your pensionable salary and the Employer contributes 13%. Pension is accrued at the rate of 2.32% of your pensionable salary in each Scheme Year. As a member of the Scheme you are also insured for Death in Service with the lump sum and a pension payable to your Beneficiary.  

Download the job description and person specification below:

How to apply

Should you wish to discuss the vacancy please contact Ellie Jones by emailing [email protected] where your enquiry can be responded to or redirected.

Applicants should send a completed application form (found below) to [email protected] with a covering letter detailing why you would be suitable for this position.