Administration Assistant – Protection – Essex County Fire and Rescue Service

Job Title: Protection Administrative Assistant

Contract: Permanent

Working Hours: 15 hours per week

Salary: £27,269 – £29,572 per annum (full time equivalent). £11,055 – £11,988.64 per annum Pro Rata

Location: South East Group SDP

Closing date: Tuesday 28th January

*We are open to discuss working arrangements including flexibility over hours and location

The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Protection Department for an administrative assistant to join the existing team in the Southeast Group SDP working from Rayleigh Weir.

The role will be to assist in the administrative day to day functions within the department which will include booking audit appointments, updating officer’s calendars, formatting and processing letters and documents and responding to queries from members of the public, local businesses and local authorities among other tasks.

You will need experience of working in an administrative role as part of a team and have good ICT skills to include word, excel, outlook and CFRMIS (would be an advantage).

To protect and save life, property, and the environment by being responsible for the administration and quality assurance of Essex County Fire & Rescue Service’s Protection Department. Your role will be to assist in the administration day to day functions within the department which will include liaising with Protections Officers, members of the public, business community, other FRS’s and Local Authorities, managing databases, actioning emails, to ensure a timely response to requests.

What You Will Be Working On

To provide administrative support to all the Protection Department as requested. To accurately maintain the Protection filing systems, the storage of dead records within the Department. To maintain, update and process work on the CFRMIS and other databases.
To administer and process enquiries from members of the public, business community, other FRS’s and Local Authorities in a professional manner.
To assist departmental staff with day to day administrative tasks, including but not limited to, deputising as necessary, the administration of CPD events and updating training records.
To compile basic process and fire safety statistics on issues that fall outside the Team Leaders remit, as required.