Business Support Assistant

Cambridgeshire Constabulary

Police Staff

Permanent

Part Time

Business Support

Peterborough

Scale 4

26,106

32

About Cambridgeshire Constabulary

Cambridgeshire Constabulary employs over 2500 people to cover a resident population of over 900,000. Our vision is to ‘Create a Safer Cambridgeshire’. We pride ourselves in delivering a service with integrity, sensitivity and respect.

We are now hiring for a part time Business Support Assistant at Copse Court, opposite Thorpe Wood Police Station, in Peterborough to support operational policing by delivering professional, high quality administrative support for a variety of procedures, and processes, and assist with delivering timely and accurate information.

It is important to us that we represent our local communities within Cambridgeshire.

Everyone at Cambridgeshire Constabulary takes personal responsibility to help create an inclusive workplace, where police officers and staff respect one another, feel valued for their differences and can be themselves.

Why join Cambridgeshire Constabulary?

Benefits

By joining us as a Business Support Administrator you will receive a vast range of opportunities and benefits. Some of these include:

• Starting pay of £26,106 rising with service up to £28,653 (pro-rata’d)
• Tuesday to Friday working, hours to be agreed within core business hours of 08:00 and 16:30
• Flexi scheme
• Annual leave allowance of 24 days (pro-rata’d), increasing with service.
• Local government pension scheme
• Opportunities for development and further study
• A great Employee Assistance Programme providing free and confidential counselling, financial and legal advice
• Long Service Awards
• Eligible for Blue Light Card
• Force Lottery – purchase shares and win prizes
• Cycle 2 Work scheme
• Employee Welfare Fund
• Access to Unison
• And more!
  
  

What does the Business Support Administrator role involve?

Responsibilities

You will be working within a small team, within the wider team Business Support function. This role will be part time, 32 hours per week. The role will be based at our Copse Court Station, opposite Thorpe Wood Police Station, in Peterborough with the occasional requirement to travel to other sites. You will be required to attend the workplace and there is no ability for home working due to the nature of the role. Every day is different whatever your role in policing, so here’s an overview of your day-to-day responsibilities:

• Provide a broad range of administrative support to allow local policing within Cambridgeshire Constabulary to operate effectively and efficiently.
• To source and purchase goods and services utilising the departmental e-procurement processes, ensuring that any spend is committed in compliance with Constabulary financial instructions.
• Management of both Officer personal issue equipment (radios, PAVA, Lockers etc), and vehicle equipment (breathalysers, road signs etc) and associated administration of records relating to these processes. This to ensure that Officers are able to effectively and efficiently deploy for duties.
• Health and Safety administration, i.e. provision of First Aid equipment, PPE, testing kits etc. to ensure compliance with BCH Health and Safety policies.
• Assist with facility upgrades as required, in line with the SLA in place with Estates to ensure effective and appropriate use of estate.
  
  

Are you the right person for the Business Support Administrator position?

It Is Important To Us That We Hire Someone With The Right Values And Attitude That Align With Ours. Whether Officer Or Staff, We Are Serving The Public, And The Policing Competency And Values Framework Underpins Everything We Do. We Are Also Looking For You To

• GCSE or equivalent (minimum grade C) in English Language and Maths.
• Administration experience in an office environment.
• Have experience of working with Microsoft Office and M365
• Have the ability to effectively prioritise workload and work independently, with attention to detail whilst working under pressure and at pace.
• Have an ability to work effectively with other department team members and to build effective working relationships at all levels.
• Have great attention to detail
• Be proactive and use your initiative
  
  

If you think this could be the role for you, we encourage you to apply today. If you have any queries, you can contact the recruitment team via [email protected]

To reach the hiring manager contact Joanne Creek via [email protected]

Cambridgeshire Constabulary celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone is valued and respected. We actively encourage applications from underrepresented or minority groups.

Cambridgeshire Constabulary is a Disability Confident Employer. Should you require any reasonable adjustments for your application process, please contact the HR on 01438 757777. We also recognise the ‘offer an interview’ scheme; to candidates who meet the minimum requirement, regardless of any points system or portfolio gathering; and this is throughout promotion boards and the interview process. Where possible, we will also consider flexible working requests.