Administrative Officer

Working in an admin role at GCHQ means playing a key role in the service behind the UK's Intelligence Services. By providing mission-critical business support, you'll have a hugely positive impact at the heart of what we do. It's a chance to develop your skills, gain new experiences, and get plenty of support along the way. As an Administrative Officer, you'll be assigned to a specific team depending on business needs, where you'll be expected to stay for a minimum of 18 months. You could be posted to a wide range of teams/departments including IT, Strategy and Technology teams. Each business area offers diverse challenges and interesting insights. Day-to-day, you might be organising meetings, managing information and records, booking travel, or looking after visitors to our buildings., Upon joining, you'll attend a short induction course to give you a broader understanding of our organisations and the way we work. We're committed to ensuring our people are able to maximise their talent, so throughout your career with us you'll also have the opportunity to attend a wide range of personal development and job specific courses.

There's no 'type' of person we look for, and we're committed to ensuring people from all backgrounds and with levels of experience feel confident and comfortable in our workplace. Different insights, perspectives are welcomed - whether you've worked in admin before or this is your first job, you'll always be encouraged to share ideas and be yourself. You might have just finished school, graduated, or already be working in an admin-related role and want to bring your skills somewhere new. You'll need a minimum of two GCSEs in Maths and English Language at grade C/4 or above, or equivalent. We're looking for people with lots of initiative, good collaboration and organisational skills, alongside a desire to deliver great customer service. You'll be comfortable working in a team but also able to take the initiative and proactively manage your workload. You'll also need to be comfortable talking to a range of people and able to pay close attention to detail. A good understanding of Microsoft Office is also important., GCHQ are proud to have achieved Leader status within the DWP's Disability Confident scheme. This is aimed at encouraging employers to think differently about disability and take action to improve how they recruit, retain and develop disabled people. Being Disability Confident, we aim to offer a fair and proportionate number of person-to-person interviews to any candidate who self-identifies as disabled and meets the essential criteria for the role. This is our 'Offer of Interview' (OOI). To secure an interview for this vacancy, the essential criteria (in order of application process) are:

• Two GCSEs in Maths and English Language at grade A- C (or equivalent).
• You will be required to reach the minimum pass mark in the motivation and skills-based application questions.
  
  GCHQ is an intelligence, cyber and security agency with a mission to keep the UK safe. We use cutting-edge technology, ingenuity and partnerships to identify, analyse and disrupt threats. Working with our intelligence partners MI5 and MI6, we protect the UK from terrorism, cyber-attacks and espionage. At GCHQ you'll do varied and fascinating work in a supportive and inclusive environment that puts the emphasis on teamwork., To work at GCHQ, you need to be a British citizen or hold dual British nationality. You can read our full eligibility criteria here.
This role requires the highest security clearance, known as Developed Vetting (DV). It's something everyone in the UK Intelligence Community undertakes. You can find out more about the vetting process here.

You'll receive a starting salary of £25,856 plus other benefits including:
• 25 Days Annual Leave automatically rising to 30 days after 5 years' service, and an additional 10.5 days public and privilege holidays.
• Opportunities to be recognised through our employee performance scheme
• Opportunities to work flexibly, subject to business needs
• Interest-free season ticket loan
• Excellent pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Facilities such as a gym, restaurant and on-site coffee bars (at some locations)
• Paid parental and adoption leave