Executive Assistant (OPCC)
We are welcoming applications for the role of Executive Assistant (OPCC) with Devon & Cornwall OPCC Police based at the following location(s): Andy Hocking House, Exeter
Salary: Grade 5 - Starts at £29,109 rising by yearly increments to a maximum of £31,296 per annum
Please note that the above salary is based on working 37 hours per week. If this role is part-time or you are appointed on a part-time basis your salary will be prorated to reflect this. Exceptions to starting salary may apply if you are an existing Devon and Cornwall or Dorset Police Staff employee substantively posted to a role at the same grade.
Type of employment: Permanent
Executive Assistant (OPCC)
Are you looking for an exciting role in a busy office with the reward of contributing to making Devon and Cornwall a safer place to live?
The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner is looking for a new Executive Assistant to join our dynamic team based at Middlemoor Police HQ in Exeter.
What is the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner?
We are the Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner for Devon, Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly for England’s largest policing area. We support the Commissioner in holding the police service to account, setting the budget of circa £430m and overseeing the largest police investment in a decade.
Our award-winning services, including victim support and community safety, have helped our peninsula and islands become even safer places to live, work and visit, with the second lowest level of crime in the country. Devon and Cornwall Police have been on an improvement journey and our office has never been more vital to ensure the police deliver on public expectations.
The Police and Crime Commissioner is an elected position, whose role is to be the voice of the people in policing, appoint the Chief Constable of Devon & Cornwall Police and to hold the Chief Constable to account for how they discharge their functions.
The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner works with numerous partners including central government, local authorities and the charity sector. Our people have gone on to hold significant and influential national roles and we support our staff with training and guidance to achieve their career aspirations.
What is the role?
As an Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive for the office, you will be their right-hand person in providing them with the support that they need to carry out their functions. The CEO’s main role is to support and advise the Commissioner and assist in the discharge of all statutory duties to ensure an efficient and effective policing service. The Chief Executive has responsibility for the appointment and management of OPCC staff, compliance, strategy and resource planning and governance arrangements.
The role will be varied, challenging and always changing with never the same day twice. Based in our offices in Exeter you will get to work closely with the Police and Crime Commissioner and many senior roles across policing and our vast array of partners across Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
Alongside general administrative support including diary and inbox management, correspondence and minute taking, you will be involved in project management, governance, communications, public engagement and more.
Who are we looking for?
We’re looking for an enthusiastic team player with excellent organisation skills, a good communicator with an eye for detail. Someone who has a genuine interest in good governance, providing high quality services to the public and who enjoys the challenge of working in a busy office with competing demands. If this sounds like the opportunity for you then please get in touch – you may be just the person we are looking for.
To apply for this role please click the apply button below to submit a personal statement of no more than 1,000 words showing how you meet the criteria along with your CV. Please ensure your CV is anonymised for shortlisting (no name and contact information).
Interviews are likely to take place on 9th and 10th April in person at the OPCC, Middlemoor, Exeter.
Want to know more about this role?
Further detail regarding this role and the essential requirements can be found within the role profile attached below.
If you think this may be the role for you and would like further information, please contact:
Hiring Line Manager: Unity Stuart - Executive Office Manager
Email Address: unity.stuart@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk
Telephone Number: 07935858749
What you get if you join us:
If you work for us, you will get access to:
- A competitive salary with yearly increments.
- 25 days a year leave entitlement, with an increase to 30 days after 5 years continuous employment, plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part time workers).
- Access to heavily subsidised gym membership that will provide you access to police site gyms throughout the counties.
- Access to the Blue Light Card Scheme for discounts and services (requires a one off payment of £5).
- Company sick pay.
- Competitive local government pension scheme.
- Job related equipment, as required.
- Free onsite parking at many police sites throughout the counties.
- Access to Group insurance scheme (via salary sacrifice scheme).
- Support networks, free Employees Assistance Programme, Occupational Health and wellbeing services.
- Development and training opportunities.
- Supportive and flexible training plan, including regular check-ins throughout your initial period of joining us to ensure you are up to speed with the role and getting the support you need.
- Flexitime, with the ability to undertake your hours flexibly and in line with business need.
- Hybrid working, with the ability to work remotely at times throughout the working week (once signed off the training plan).
Recruitment process
Additional Information
Application Stage:
To apply for this role, click the 'apply' button below, you will then be taken to a registration page. Please complete this registration form to create an account, once created you will be taken to the application.
Already have an account? If you have previously created an account, please click 'login' at the bottom of the page next to the 'submit registration' button. Once logged in, you will be taken to the application.
Once registered, you will have to complete an eligibility form to apply. If eligible you will move to the application form stage where you will evidence your suitability for this post. The closing date for applications is 28/03/2025, 12:00.
Selection Stage:
The selection for this role will consist of Shortlisting, Interview.
Applications will be anonymised and then shortlisted by the shortlisting panel. Following the shortlisting you will be notified of the recruitment decision via email along with feedback on your application.
If successful, you will then be invited to an interview. This will be based on the behaviours outlined within the role profile. The interview process is due to take place week commencing 9 April 2025.
Some roles may also require an assessment and / or fitness test. Further information on this will be provided following the shortlisting process. The assessment and / or fitness test date will be and if applicable, otherwise N/A.
Pre-requisites:
If you are successful through the selection stage of the recruitment process, we will make a conditional offer of appointment and commence pre-requisite checks. These checks can include:
- Vetting checks,
- Reference checks,
- Medical assessment,
- Qualification review,
- Right to Work checks.
A formal offer of appointment and start date will not be agreed until all checks are satisfactorily completed. If you are successful at the selection stage your conditional offer will outline which of these checks are applicable to you.
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