Company Description
General Dynamics Mission Systems engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of more than 13,000 top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defence and scientific arenas. In the UK, we are leading the way in avionics and communication systems. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency.
General Dynamics in St Leonards-on-Sea currently provide avionic mission computing systems for a wide range of military fast jets, helicopters, and UAV’s. Recent success has resulted in General Dynamics developing the next generation of Advanced High Performance, Safety Critical Mission Computer Systems to meet the needs of latest platforms in development by several aircraft manufacturers. These Mission Computing Systems provide the functionality that integrates aircraft systems, sensor systems and stores management systems with the information and control systems required by the aircrew to meet the demanding operational needs of these aircraft.

Job Description
We have an exciting opportunity for an organised and efficient Administrator to join our welcoming team.
As an Administrator, you will perform a wide and varied range of administrative assignments, some of a confidential nature. Typically under the general direction of Senior Management, this role performs valuable administrative support to the wider business.
In a typical week, your responsibilities could include tasks such as:

• Organising logistics for such things as customer visits, tours, departmental all-hands sessions, team meetings and other events as required
• Liaising with colleagues and external contacts to book travel, accommodation and arrange subsequent travel documentation or paperwork as required
• Using Oracle to process payments
• Arranging tea/coffee/buffets for customer visits and internal meetings
• Raising visitor requests in our Service Now system
• Preparing materials for internal and external customer meetings
• Organising and storing paperwork, documents and computer-based information
• Providing cover on our reception desk

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Qualifications
To apply for this role, you will need previous administration experience in an office based environment. You will also require the following:

• The flexibility to be deployed into any part of the business
• The ability to support staff and be an excellent team member
• Up to date Computer skills, with good working knowledge of MS Word, Excel and Power Point.
• Use of Oracle or similar systems an advantage
• Conscientious, enthusiastic and with an ability to rapidly switch subjects
• Minimum 2 GCSE at A-C level to include English and Maths or able to clearly demonstrate an equivalent level of education through experience.

Additional Information
Starting salary for this position is £22,800 - £26,500 plus our excellent flexible benefits package.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose, offering impressive benefits:

• A compressed nine-day fortnight and compressed hours - which means every other Friday off.
• A personalized career development plan, alongside regular progress reviews - supporting and valuing your progression within the Company.
• A flexible working environment where your contributions are recognized and rewarded with flexible benefits

We believe in maintaining a diverse workplace - inclusive of beliefs, cultural background, job experiences, thoughts and ideas. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we welcome you to join our inclusive team!
Our success is fuelled by our colleagues and the wide variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills they bring to the Company - learn more about our commitment to inclusion and diversity here
We are a Disability Confident Employer, as such we offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.
Please email disabilityconfident@gd-ms.uk if you would like your application to be considered under the DC Scheme. For more information on the Disability confident scheme in General Dynamics click here.
All successful/appointed applicants must be able to obtain a level of UK Security clearance that is appropriate for the role and undertake suitable Right to work checks.