Evidential Property Administrator - Southwick

Salary: Band 4, £26,106 - £26,403 per annum

Location: Southwick (Travel may be required across the force)

Hours: Permanent, 37 hours, Monday - Friday.

Working for #TeamNP

Our purpose at Team NP is simple: to keep people safe and to fight crime. But it takes more than officers alone to do the job – and that’s where our 2,000-strong team of police staff and 200 volunteers come in.

As one of the largest police forces in England we have a huge variety of departments and specialisms offering you endless opportunities. From mentoring and coaching schemes and online soft skills courses to leadership development programmes; we’ll give you the support, training, and time to carve out the career you always wanted.

The Role

Our Business Services department are essential in providing support to Area Commands and departments across the force. We have a fantastic opportunity to join the team as an Evidential Property Administrator.

Are you ready to play a crucial role in supporting the operational work of Northumbria Police? We are looking for a dedicated individual to join the team in providing top-tier storage, retrieval, and disposal services for evidential property. This includes handling high-risk and high-value items such as drugs, cash, and firearms with the utmost care and precision.

As part of our team, you will be responsible for the daily review of the force's evidential property system, making informed decisions about the retention or disposal of a wide variety of seized items. Your work will ensure compliance with Force policy, procedures, and legislation, maintaining the highest standards in everything we do.

What you’ll do

Property Management: Receive, store and maintain the integrity of seized property, ensuring accurate records and efficient retrieval.
Audit and Transfers: Conduct daily audits, facilitate transfers to the main property store, and report missing items for investigation.
Record Keeping: Maintain accurate computerised and paper-based records, respond to enquiries, and ensure customer satisfaction.
Disposal and Income Generation: Arrange timely disposal of items via waste streams or returning to owner. Make informed disposal decisions, ensure compliance with legislation, and generate income through auctions.
Specialist Storage: Handle and store high-risk items (e.g., firearms, drugs), follow strict policies, and support audit processes.
Health and Safety: Sound understanding of Health and Safety guidelines for handling, storing and disposal of property.

Sound interesting? For further information, and to support your application, please view the job description

What you’ll bring

Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Organisation: Excellent planning and organising skills with the ability to prioritise a busy workload.
Teamwork: Capable of working independently as well as part of a team, providing support and fostering a collaborative environment.
Problem Solving: Able to use judgement, initiative and creativity to resolve issues and make informed decisions.
Deadline-Orientated: Able to work to deadlines and support the team in achieving departmental goals.

We know it's important for you to feel that you're not only part of a great team, but part of a community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

Harnessing these differences creates a productive environment in which everyone feels valued, and their talents are fully utilised. Appointments are based on merit alone.

Interested to learn more? For further information about the role please contact Rebecca Pocklington by email at rebecca.pocklington@northumbria.police.uk

What we offer

26 days’ leave (increasing to 30 days for 5 years+ service) plus 8 bank holidays
Enhanced maternity, shared parental and adoption leave
Fantastic market-leading public sector pension scheme with up to 16% employer contribution
Corporate travel schemes – local rail, bus services and metro discounts
Access to private healthcare and eye test vouchers
Discounts on shopping and eating out thanks to the Blue Light Card and Blue Light Tickets
We’ve invested in extensive paid sick leave, trained mental health first aiders on-site, an employee advice service for the times you need that additional support.
Access to gyms in some stations
Sports & Social Club – join our thriving sports scene at Team NP and enjoy further exclusive discounts on days out and travel
Cycle to work scheme
Opportunity to volunteer in local community

Just so you know:

Our application form will help us understand how your work, education and life experience has prepared you for the role of a Evidential Property Administrator with #TeamNP. To help support your application research what makes us tick here at Northumbria, the role you’re applying for and the values and behaviours that contribute.

The recruitment process will consist of the initial application form followed by a face-to-face interview on Monday 24th February 2025. Just so you know, you can save your application and come back to it any time prior to the closing date on the advert.

We are proud members of the Business Disability Forum, with whom we collaborate with to improve the lives of disabled employees. We are also a Disability Confident Employer, therefore if you demonstrate that you meet the minimum criteria for this role as stated in the advert, we will progress your application and offer you an interview.

If you tell us that you have a disability, we can make adjustments to support you through the recruitment process (for example we can arrange extra time for tests or provide a sign language interpreter) You can get in touch with us via careers@northumbria.police.uk for any support regarding the application process. Please provide us with plenty of notice so we can ensure your visit goes smoothly.

If your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a Recruitment Vetting (RV) form, therefore you must be a resident of the UK for a minimum period of 3 years to ensure vetting checks can be successfully performed. A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance, medical information, and references.

Terms of appointment

This is a permanent role subject to a six-month probationary period.

If you are successful in your application, you will have a six-month probation period with us where you will be unable to apply for any other post advertised internally or externally.

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.