Location of Role: Chelmsford

Advert Closing Date: 07/10/2024

Starting Salary: £23,121.00 (pro-rata for part-time vacancies)

Part/Full Time: Full Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Pattern: Mon-Fri

Weekend/Evening Working: No

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual to undertake the role of HR People Development assistant within the People Development team.

You will need to be educated to a minimum standard of GCSE or equivalent and be fully conversant with Microsoft products.

This is a challenging role that requires the successful candidate to be able to work well under pressure and demonstrate an accurate, conscientious and methodical approach. The individual must be organised and take personal responsibility for their own work.

You will closely monitor the People Development mailboxes, risk assessing incoming emails and responding or escalating as appropriate.

You will assist with the planning and running of promotion assessment centers and the National Police Promotion Framework (NPPF) pathway ensuring excellent customer service is provided.

The postholder will assist with a range of admin tasks, including but not limited to, updating relevant trackers, spreadsheets and other management information, ensuring the creation of high quality, accurate documents, arrange meetings and manage bookings.

You will be the first point of contact for the HR People Development team ensuring all calls and visitors are dealt with efficiently and courteously.

As a collaborative department, although you will be based at Chelmsford HQ, this role can require travel to and from Kent, so access to a vehicle is desirable.

In your application we will be looking for you to demonstrate:

Strong communication skills via face to face, email and teams.

Dynamic in organization to manage risk and priorities.

Ability to manage volume administrative tasks adhering to GDPR and confidentiality.

Personal responsibility for own work, personal drive and motivation.

Fully conversant with Microsoft products.

It would also be helpful if you could evidence:
Customer service skills

HR and/or L&D experience

Knowledge and experience on interview selection techniques and planning.

Knowledge of policing, policing systems, procedures and policies and the policing environment.

For more information please contact Danielle Kenyon, HR People Development Officer, by email: Danielle.Kenyon@essex.police.uk.

Essex Police offer incremental increases within this salary band, therefore the salary for this position will rise to a maximum of £24,462.00.

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For the Kent full job description please click here.

Kent Police and Essex Police have separate salary grading systems therefore the salary for this position will be dependent on which home office force you are appointed to. This will be discussed with the successful applicant before a final offer is made.

Your application is shortlisted on the content provided within the 'reason for application' section, which is limited to 9000 characters. Within your answer please refer to the criteria stated in this job advert and include any experience, skills and abilities you feel you have that will make you suitable for the role. Please ensure you provide as much detail as possible as insufficient information may mean that you do not meet the shortlisting criteria.

All of our posts require a level of vetting and security clearance. During the recruitment process you will be sent vetting information forms to complete.

Kent Police and Essex Police welcomes applications regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, sex, or employment status.

Please let us know if you require extra support at any stage of the application process, or for further information regarding this position, please email us at recruitment.business.services@ecis.police.uk stating ‘Application Support and Adjustments’ in the title of your email. Alternatively, you can call us on 01245 452833.

Where appropriate we will make adjustments to the selection process, working arrangements and/or the working environment provided it is reasonable in all the circumstances to do so.

This post is open to:
British Citizens
Members of a European Economic Area (EEA) state who hold settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme.

Commonwealth citizens or foreign nationals (who are not British citizens or European Economic Area (EEA) state members) who have leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom for an indefinite period that is free from restrictions.

All applicants (except those who have been serving abroad with the British Armed Forces) must have lived in the UK continuously for the past three years.

Essex Police and Kent Police are an equal opportunities employer. Communications may be recorded for monitoring purposes.

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