Logistic Support Officer

East Anglia Reserve Forces and Cadets Association; Norwich; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to 6 days Special Paid Leave forvol

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption

25 days annual leave rising to 30 days

Roll over up to 10 days annual leave

Leave for HM The King's birthday

Special Volunteer leave 15 days

Employee Assistance Programme

Free on-site parking

Defined benefit Pension Scheme

Pool car for business travel

Job summary

East Anglia Reserve Forces and Cadets Association (RFCA) is seeking two Permanent Full Time Logistic Support Officers (Cadet Administrative Assistant) based at Norfolk Army Cadet Force HQ in Dereham. You will organise, manage stores, security, and training for cadets across the region, with some evening/weekend work and travel as needed.

Candidates should be experienced in safety, health, environmental and fire matters and stores management, be numerate and literate, and able to learn new

Qualifications

• Must have experience of and preferably be qualified in Safety, Health, Environmental and Fire matters and Stores Management.

Responsibilities

• Manage ACF properties.
• Stores management and accounting.
• SHEF management.
• Cadet training.
• Security.

Skills

Organised

Numeracy

Literacy

Computer literate

Communication

Job description

We are looking for two Permanent Full Time Logistic Support Officers (officially titled Cadet Administrative Assistant)based in Norfolk Army Cadet Force HQ, Dereham.

Are you an organised individual with excellent numeracy and literacy skills, who is computer literate, able to learn new systems quickly and able to work with minimum supervision? Good communication and inter-personal skills are also required.

Range of tasks include:

• Management of ACF Properties
• Stores Management and Accounting
• SHEF Management
• Cadet Training
• Security

You must have experience of, and preferably be qualified in, Safety, Health, Environmental and Fire matters and Stores Management. You will be expected to travel throughout the region and be flexible with working hours as some evening & weekend work will be necessary.

This post is for 47 hours per week including lunchbreaks. This position attracts a current salary of £32,455 p.a. plus lots of additional benefits.

Additional benefits include:

• Up to 6 days Special Paid Leave for volunteering
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• 25 days annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days after 5 years (previous HM Armed Forces service and previous service in the Public Sector may attract additional entitlement)
• Ability to roll over up to 10 days annual leave per year
• In addition to 8 public holidays per year you will also receive leave for HM The King's birthday
• 15 Days Special Leave a year period to for volunteer military reserve commitments
• Employee Assistance Programme to support your wellbeing
• Free on-site parking
• Highly competitive defined benefit Pension Scheme
• Use of a pool car (subject to a full UK driving licence) for business travel

East Anglia Reserve Forces and Cadets Association (RFCA) is an arms-length public body of the Ministry of Defence, mandated to give advice to the Defence Council, manage the Reserve Forces' and Cadets' estate, deliver community and employer engagement for Defence, and provide administration services to the Army Cadet Force.

Norfolk Vacancy, East Anglia RFCA, 250 Springfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex CM2 6BU

For enquiries, please contact us on the above details or via: earfca.org.uk 01245 244802 @EastAngliaRFCA

Closing date for applications is 2359hrs 29 November 2026. Interviews for selected candidates will be held Monday 14 December 2026 with a view for the successful candidate to start in March 2027. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.