Hours: 30 hours per week (9am to 3pm Monday to Friday)

Closing Date: 9am on 10th April 2024

Interview Dates: 15th and 16th April 2024

Do you have a can-do approach, a flexible approach to what comes up each day and experience of supporting two busy senior managers? This key role works alongside the Director of Fundraising and Marketing and the Assistant Director for Living, Welfare, Employment and Impact and is a varied and interesting role. If this appeals to you please apply with a copy of your CV and a covering note setting out your relevant experience.

About Royal British Legion Industries (RBLI)

RBLI is a national charity that has been helping those in need for over 100 years, providing support to the Armed Forces community, those who live with a disability and those who have found themselves unemployed.

Our services have been set up with the goal of helping veterans live an independent life with tailored support. We have social enterprises in Aylesford, Leatherhead and Erskine that manufacture road and rail signs, wooden products and fulfilment services as well as print and mail.

RBLI’s village in Aylesford provides 340 homes as well as a thriving community and sense of belonging for veterans of all ages, whatever their level of need. We offer a range of accommodation including Mountbatten Pavilion our emergency accommodation often used as a stepping stone for single Armed Forces veterans. It enables residents to live in a safe environment while benefitting from our welfare STEP-IN programme. There are two on-site assisted living facilities for those who have served in the Armed Forces as well as two nursing homes on-site.

In addition we run an award-winning employability course called Lifeworks which was developed to help members of the Armed Forces who find it challenging to transition to a civilian job.

About the Job

The key responsibilities for the role include and are not limited to:

Provide effective administration support to the Assistant Director of Welfare, Employment and Impact and the Director of Fundraising and Marketing as required.
Arrange team meetings for the Fundraising & Marketing teams, including gathering agenda items and inviting attendees.
Diarise the regular resident meetings, ensure the meeting rooms are set up and accurately record the actions and decisions from the meetings.
Be the first point of contact for external enquiries to RBLI including the enquiries email inbox and voicemails, signposting them to the relevant department/person across the organisation to ensure prompt and appropriate responses.
Support the Events and Visits Coordinator to organise and manage events and visits.
Manage the incoming and outgoing post, ensuring external postal records are accurately maintained for budgeting purposes.


THE REQUIREMENTS
About You:

We are looking for someone who:

has proven experience of working in an administrative role in busy teams and can quickly make a difference to how efficiently they run.
is skilled at prioritising your workload and will respond flexibly and positively to varying demands.
Has strong communication skills
Is self-motivated, and enthusiastic with a can-do attitude.

Benefits:

25 days holiday + bank holidays, a Group Flexible Retirement Plan and Life Assurance.

How to Apply

Please click ‘Apply for Job’ below. You are required to submit a CV and a supporting statement which addresses how you meet the points in the ‘About You’ section of this job description of no more than 2 sides of A4. Only candidates who provide the supporting statement will be considered.