Vacancy: Administration Assistant, Careers Wales
Are you looking for a job where you work in a team that inspires and supports people to think about their future career? We are looking for flexible and customer focussed individuals to join our team to provide the administrative support to allow us to meet our customers' needs.
Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd (CCDG) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Welsh Government. We provide an essential, all-age, independent, impartial and bilingual careers guidance and coaching services in Wales, including the Working Wales service.
Candidates for this vacancy must have a minimum of Intermediate level Welsh language skills.
Job Role: Administration Assistant
Base: Neath Careers Centre
Hours of work: hours per week, Monday to Friday
Salary Scale: £25,957 - £26,131
Starting Salary: £25,957 per annum.
Closing Date: Midnight on the 26/02/26.
The successful applicant will be required to provide efficient and effective administrative and reception support to our Working Wales team.
Applicants must demonstrate the following:
* Welsh Language Skills i.e the ability to follow every day and work‑related conversations and take part confidently in discussions, hold longer chats on familiar topics, describe experiences and plans, and read and write clear, straightforward emails or messages to request information, share updates, invite others, or organise activities.
* Effective communication skills and ability to deal with queries (telephone, e-mail and face-to- face) from members of the public, internal staff and key stakeholders.
* Commitment to showing excellent customer service.
* Ability to deal with non- routine enquiries where negotiation and persuasion may be required
* Demonstrable ICT Skills
* Ability to organise and prioritise own workload and various deadline demands
* Ability to use initiative and judgement in day-to-day duties
* Ability to work as part of a team
Although Neath will be the base location for this role the postholder will be expected to cover other Careers Centres e.g. Swansea and Llanelli.
As part of the training programme for the role, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a Level 2 Business Administration Apprenticeship, if not already in possession of this qualification.
For further information please ensure you read the full job specification:
Administration Assistant
We as a nation thrive when we champion diversity and inclusion. Organisations with a diverse workforce make better decisions, are more creative, are stronger, overall happier, and of course - it's the right thing to do.
Diversity and inclusion can be transformative, contributing to the delivery of excellent public services, enabling continued improvements in what we do for the people of Wales. We are committed to having a workforce that at all job grades, is representative of the citizens we serve.
No job applicant will receive a less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender and transgender status, race and ethnicity, religion and belief (including no belief), marriage or civil partnership status, economic status or sexual orientation.
We aim to promote an environment that is free from all forms of discrimination, and that treats people fairly with dignity and respect. This commitment starts at recruitment and is carried through all or employment practices, and ultimately to our work – supporting and improving the lives of the people of Wales.
Completed applications should be submitted by midnight on the 26/02/26. The selection process will take the form of a research/written test and interview. The research/written test will be conducted digitally via Teams and the interviews will take place face to face at the Neath Careers Centre, week commencing the 16/03/2026.
Please visit Careers Wales' Recruitment Site for details of this and our other vacancies. You can also find out more about us, our employment policy and terms and conditions.
Applications in Welsh or English are welcomed. An application made in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
Attractive benefits including flexi time, 31 days annual leave (pro rata for part time employees), contributory pension scheme and health related cash back plan.