Administrative Officer - Bristol, United Kingdom - Vehicle Certification Agency

Vehicle Certification Agency

Verified Company

Bristol, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Details:

Reference number:

Salary:

- £22,497
Job grade:

Administrative Officer
Contract type:
Fixed Term
Loan
Length of employment:
18 months
Business area:
VCA
Technology, Standards and Operations
Type of role:
Administration / Corporate Support
Operational Delivery
Quality
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
Number of jobs available:
8Contents

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About the job

Benefits:

Things you need to know

Location

Bristol, NuneatonAbout the job

Job summary:

Do you have great attention to detail?

Do you strive for excellent customer service?

Would you like a role where no two days are the same?

If so, we'd love to hear from you

Job description:

The Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) is the UK Type Approval Authority and ensures that road vehicles meet the minimum safety and environmental standards as required by GB, UK, and UNECE regulations.

The integrity, objectivity, impartiality, and professionalism of our staff is vital to delivering this service for the automotive sector.

These Administrative Officer roles could be based in any of our departments in VCA in either our Bristol or Nuneaton offices.

You will be an important part of VCA, working across departments to support our activities and deliver our services to the automotive industry.

This post will be an exciting and dynamic role, encompassing a variety of administrative support working, engaging with colleagues in the UK and overseas.

This is an ideal opportunity for a highly organised individual, who thrives on responsibility and networking with multiple departments within a busy environment.

Responsibilities

Key accountabilities of the role include:

Checking of manufacturer's documentation to facilitate the issue of high-quality documentation correctly first time. This will involve referencing and validating against multiple data/information sources.
Keeping all VCA stakeholders informed on the progress and extent of current workload to facilitate efficient decision making, planning and delivery of work areas.
Drafting and issuing certificates in line with procedures with attention to detail, ensuring a highquality product.

For an in-depth insight into the role please refer to the Role Profile.

Please note that at least 1 of these posts is part time, consisting of 21 hours a week.

Person specification:

You will be an excellent communicator, both written and verbally and have excellent attention to detail when checking documentation and accuracy in data entry.

You can remain calm and professional within a highly pressurised environment and be flexible in your work approach. You will need to be able to prioritise certain tasks when customer and VCA priorities shift at short notice.

You will be a natural team player with a strong work ethic. You will use your excellent interpersonal skills to build strong working relationships in a customer focused environment.

You will have good IT skills, and be comfortable using Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams, and Adobe Acrobat to complete tasks.

Behaviours:

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

Managing a Quality Service
Delivering at Pace
Changing and Improving
Working Together

Benefits:

The Vehicle Certification Agency is the designated UK Vehicle Type Approval Authority.

We have over 30 years' experience supporting industry by providing internationally recognised testing and certification for vehicles, their systems and components.

If you would like to read more about VCA and the benefits of working for us visit our Careers website

Things you need to know

Selection process details:

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.
How to Apply
Checking documentation against a legislative or compliance standard
Delivering a quality service in an operational setting
Working as part of a team.

The personal statement will be limited to a maximum of 750 words.

The selection process will be designed specifically for the role.

As a result, your assessment will include:
- an interview.

The sift is due to take place on 15th March 2023.

Interviews will be held on 27th and 28th March 2023.

We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates will change. You will be provided with sufficient notice of the confirmed dates.

You're encouraged to become familiar with the role profile, as you may be assessed against any of the criteria recorded within.

The Department for Transport alongside other Government Departments recruit using Success Profiles. This means for each role we consider what you will need to demonstrate in order to be successful. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and