Personal Assistant - Senior Leadership Team
About Cambridgeshire Constabulary
The constabulary employs over 1750 officers, over 950 staff members and 20 PCSO's to cover a resident population of over 700,000. Our vision is to ‘Create a Safer Cambridgeshire’. We pride ourselves in delivering a service with integrity, sensitivity and respect.
We are now hiring a Personal Assistant to provide a comprehensive proactive, personal secretarial and administrative service to the Senior Leadership Team in support of their Policing portfolios, which include local and regional policing commitments.
It is important to us that we represent our local communities within Cambridgeshire.
Everyone at Cambridgeshire Constabulary takes personal responsibility to help create an inclusive workplace, where police officers and staff respect one another, feel valued for their differences and can be themselves. We are committed to providing workplace adjustments, wherever needed so everyone feels welcome and can flourish.
Why join Cambridgeshire Constabulary?
By joining us as a Personal Assistant you will receive a vast range of opportunities and benefits. Some of these include:
- Starting pay of £30,333
- Based at Copse Court, Thorpe Wood, Peterborough
- 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 08:30-16:30. Hybrid working may be possible to support flexibility, but most hours are expected onsite
- Annual leave allowance of 26 days
- A great Employee Assistance Programme providing free and confidential counselling, financial and legal advice
- Eligibility Blue Light Card
- Force Lottery – purchase shares and win prizes
- Cycle 2 Work scheme
- Employee Welfare Fund
- Access to Unison
- Force Gymnasium
What does the Personal Assistant role involve?
You will be working within a team of 4 PA’s who support the Senior Leadership team within Local Policing, providing secretarial/admin support to enable the Senior Leadership Team to effectively carry out their duties and every day is different whatever your role in policing, so here’s an overview of your day-to-day responsibilities:
- Providing comprehensive diary management, making appointments, arranging meetings and assessing/prioritising competing demands for Managers.
- Working without supervision and pro-actively managing issues/problems in their absence.
- Liaison with other Force senior managers and representatives from outside organisations to ensure that briefing notes and other documentation is available to the Senior Leadership Team as required, effectively anticipating requirements.
- Meeting management: room bookings, preparation of papers/agenda, minute/action taking using Microsoft teams
- Managing communications on behalf of Managers including email, assessing and prioritising competing demands. Respond, delegate, distribute, prioritise and flag up. Anticipate potential problems and proactively seek methods of resolution.
- Plan and co-ordinate travel arrangements as required.
Are you the right person for the Personal Assistant position?
It is important to us that we hire someone with the right values and attitude that align with ours. Whether officer or staff, we are serving the public, and the policing Competency and Values Framework underpins everything we do. We are also looking for:
- At least 3 years’ experience (or equivalent) in a secretarial post
- GCSE or equivalent (minimum Grade C) in English Language.
- Secretarial qualification(s) in typing or word processing such as (RSAIII)
- Clear, accurate and concise written and verbal communication skills with the ability to draft correspondence
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Ability to take a solution-focused approach to any query or task
- A flexible and adaptable approach to working hours, duties and required training
Please refer to the full role profile for a full description of key responsibilities, qualifications and experience required.
If you think this could be the role for you, we encourage you to apply today. If you have any queries, you can contact the recruitment team via recruitment@bch.police.uk
To reach the hiring manager contact Stacey Creasey via email: stacey.creasey@cambs.police.uk
Cambridgeshire Constabulary celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone is valued and respected. We actively encourage applications from underrepresented or minority groups.
Additional Advert Information
- Internal Applicants
To apply for this role, internal applicants must have successfully completed their probationary period.
If you qualify as an internal candidate within the advertising force, you may upload either your CV or the internal role summary form attached to this advert.
- Vetting Process
Please note that, as part of the vetting process, the BCH Vetting Unit may need to contact your current line manager for a Supervisor Appraisal. This requirement aligns with the 2025 National Guidelines for Vetting (APP 6.5.18).
Examples of when this may apply include:
- Transferring to another force
- Renewing vetting clearance
- Moving into a role requiring MV clearance (even if you currently hold MV clearance)
- Moving into or working in a role involving close contact with vulnerable individuals
If any of the above apply to you, please expect your line manager to be contacted when you submit your vetting application.
- Redeployment and Redundancy
This vacancy is open to employees at risk of redundancy and will remain available to redeployees until a final offer has been agreed and accepted.
Redeployees at risk of redundancy will take priority over all other applicants at any stage of the recruitment process. If successful, redeployees will remain on their home force’s terms and conditions.
- Role Profile
We recommend downloading and saving a copy of the role profile, as it will no longer be accessible once the advert closes.
- Commitment to Inclusion
As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected, valued, and able to be themselves. We provide workplace adjustments wherever needed so that all colleagues can thrive.
If you have a disability and meet the minimum criteria for the role, you will be guaranteed an interview under the Offer an Interview Scheme.