This post is open to applicants who can meet the College’s nationality, UK residency and vetting requirements.

About us:

We’re the professional body for the police service in England and Wales. We work with everyone in policing to set standards, to share knowledge and good practice and to support the development of police officers and staff. Our mission is to drive a consistent approach across policing where the public and the service expect it, to boost professionalism and to improve leadership at every level.

Although we're a small organisation, our work has a big reach. We are uniquely placed to work both with national policing organisations and local forces to support frontline officers, staff and volunteers in their day-to-day roles.

We offer a supportive and inclusive environment for people to thrive. Our extensive flexible-working policy, employee wellbeing support, family friendly policies, employers’ network for equality and inclusion membership (ENEI silver award winners), and status as a disability confident leader means everyone can bring their whole self to work.

We look forward to reading your application for the role of Administration Assistant.

The selected candidate will work as a member of a small team working on a wide variety of specialised administrative tasks Providing professional, efficient, and comprehensive administrative support, carry out specialist and general office duties, resolve problems and role model best practice.

Some of your responsibilities will include:

• Provide a full administrative service to include (as required) typing, email, data entry and create, maintain and back up files and databases to track activities and workload
• Compile, reconcile and despatch daily/weekly/period returns (e.g. course attendance data, good receipting) and collate information for payment or report in liaison with other departments and to agreed guidelines and timescales

• Maintain, update and archive documents, files and folders to ensure ready access to comprehensive records in compliance with College of Policing Information Security procedures and Data Protection and Freedom of Information principles and provisions

To be successful in this role you’ll need:

• To be proficient in MS Office applications
• GCSE Passes in English Language and Mathematics or equivalent qualifications
• NVQ level 2 in Business Administration or similar, or extensive equivalent level experience in a related area.

Please see the attached job description which contains full details of the role.

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Changing and Improving
• Working Together

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Proficient use of Microsoft Office applications and administration experience
• Ability to work in a pressurised environment, dealing with a range of tasks simultaneously
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with customer-focused attitude and telephone manner