Recruitment Assistant (Chelmsford Headquarters/Office based Agile)
Location of Role: Chelmsford
Advert Closing Date: 08/07/2025
Starting Salary: £26,106.00 (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 in Essex Police for the role of Recruitment Assistant within the Corporate Recruitment Team.
This role is key in supporting the recruitment and selection activities for Police Officers and Police Staff for both Essex Police and Kent Police. You will be required to maintain and update any related computerised records, assist with the planning, organising and running of assessment centres and selection processes in order to facilitate the effective and timely provision of all aspects of recruitment and selection.
The post holder will have previous experience in an administrative role and should be educated to GCSE level or equivalent. Experience of Microsoft Office Products is essential and previous experience of a HR database system such as SAP would be desirable.
You should have experience of large scale recruitment and selection processes and arranging outreach events to attract potential candidates.
Effective communication skills are essential as the post holder will be required to communicate and update Managers, Assessors, and Candidates in relation to all aspects of the recruitment and selection processes for Essex Police and Kent Police.
The post holder will be required to be self-motivated, flexible, have attention to detail and the capability to work off their own initiative, as well as working alone or in a team.
This role is generally Monday-Friday, however there is a requirement to work weekends and evenings and on occasions travel to Kent due to the recruitment function being a collaborative team.
If you feel you have the skills and enthusiasm for this role, then we would welcome an application from you.
For further information please contact Allison Bentley on 01245 452234.
Successful applicants for this role will be defined as an office based agile worker with a designated team area, working predominantly (60% or more) in one office space, the rest of the time working at home or at other police site locations.
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Essex Police offer incremental increases within this salary band, therefore the salary for this position will rise to a maximum of £28,650.00.
Your application for this role will be shortlisted on the content you provide within the “reason for application” question, within the application form itself. CV’s, covering letters or attachments are not included in the shortlist. Within your “reason for application” answer, please refer to any experience, skills, and abilities you feel you have that will make you suitable for this role, based on the role criteria stated in the job advert or job description. Please provide as much detail as possible as insufficient content may mean you do not meet the shortlisting criteria, however please note this question is limited to 9000 characters and this system will count spaces and blank lines as characters. This count may differ from the Microsoft Word word count function therefore you may wish to use a different online character counter to check the characters used.
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.
If you’re not from the UK, you must be a resident in the UK and have lived here continuously for the last three years. You must also be free from restrictions with indefinite leave to remain. If you’re from the UK you must have lived here continuously for the last three years. This doesn’t apply to those serving abroad in the British Armed Forces.
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