AddressAbout Us
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution is a charity that provides, on call, a 24-hour lifeboat search and rescue service and a seasonal lifeguard service. Our lifeboat crews and lifeguards need a dedicated, professional, and talented team behind them.
Some of the benefits
- Salary c.£22,222
- Flexible working
- 26 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- Outstanding pension scheme (contributions of up to 16% of basic salary)
- Life assurance
- Health and dental cashplan
About the role
Placing orders promptly and accurately is vital work and ensures that we can deliver a first-class service to our staff and volunteers across the business and out at the coast. You will be supporting other teams to achieve their goals whilst ensuring our suppliers are paid on time.
The role deals with a wide variety of tasks from placing orders for a wide range of items, processing invoices for payment, answering queries and a range of other tasks to support the wider Procurement team. It is also a great opportunity to maximise your organisational, planning and prioritising skills as this role requires a high volume and variety of activity on a daily basis.
Working as part of a team that is flexible, and can juggle conflicting priorities, IT literacy and attention to detail are key requirements of the role as are the ability to work to deadlines and have a strong customer focus.
About you
The right candidate will have experience of working in a busy office environment, show good skills in using Microsoft Office, have excellent interpersonal skills and preferably have knowledge and experience of both SharePoint and AX.
Safeguarding
The RNLI is committed to safeguarding; ensuring the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment and have a zero tolerance approach to proven incidents of bullying, abuse, harassment or exploitation. The suitability of all prospective employees and volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This will include relevant criminal record checks being carried out dependent on the eligibility of the role. (England & Wales; DBS check, Scotland; Disclosure Scotland PVG, Northern Ireland; Access NI, Republic of Ireland; Garda Vetting; International, International Child Protection Certificate process).
Diversity at the RNLI
Our staff and volunteers have been saving lives at sea without prejudice for nearly 200 years. We respect and value diversity of background, skills and perspectives within our teams, and consider it essential to help us deliver a world-class lifesaving service. We are an inclusive organisation and welcome applications from everyone. In addition to having the skills needed for the role, we also look for applicants who share our commitment to living our RNLI values (trustworthy, courageous, selfless, and dependable), and helping us work towards Our Vision: To save Every One.
