Location of Role: Grays
Advert Closing Date: 31/05/2023
Salary Range: £21,432.00 to £22,677.00 (pro-rata for part-time vacancies)
Part/Full Time: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Working Pattern: Mon-Fri
Weekend/Evening Working: No
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual to work with the Public Protection Unit who are currently seeking a Typist to work within our small Typing pool. This is a full-time position completing 37 hours per week covering the department between Mondays and Fridays on a flexible pattern.
You must be computer literate with previous experience of audio and text production, ideally with and OCR/RSA qualification (Oxford, Cambridge & Royal Society of Arts) or equivalent experience. It is essential that you are able to work independently with little supervision and have experience of working to tight deadlines, contributing to the detection and prosecution of serious crime in accordance with the local policing plan.
You will be responsible for providing word processing and audio typing support in a highly confidential environment.
You will also be responsible for general office administration in relation to the auditing of typing work.
You will have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, as you will be liaising with internal and external personnel on a range of issues to ensure work is completed accurately and to specified deadlines.
You must therefore be organised with the ability to plan and monitor your workload efficiently. The ability to work within a team environment whilst using your own initiative is of paramount importance. A sound working knowledge of Word and Excel is essential.
C&PP tackles some of the most serious and complex crimes within our communities, when victims can be at their most vulnerable. Whilst these are highly demanding roles in terms of both the potential emotional impacts on both those involved and the teams themselves through long and complex investigations, it is easily one of the most rewarding. There are few roles that offer the same job satisfaction, knowing that at the end of the day you have safeguarded some of the most vulnerable members of the public, including children from serious harm, whilst locking up some of the most dangerous. Providing long term support to those who may’ve never had any.
Although this area of business does hold a degree of risk, all members of Crime & Public Protection are supported by an inclusive and visible command team, unwavering peer support, close knit teamworking, enhanced occupational health interventions, psychological screening, training and regular 121 meetings with your line manager.
If you want to make a difference by helping people, keeping people safe, and catching criminals I would encourage you to contact Jackie NORRIS 42007202 for more details.
There are ongoing developmental opportunities whether that be for lateral development, or promotion. A role in Crime & Public Protection will offer you a unique breadth and depth of experience to support your career aspirations.
Successful applicants for this role will be defined as an; Home based Agile Worker - Works predominately (80% or more) at home only working in the office when required to do so.
Your application is shortlisted on the content provided within the 'reason for application' section, which is limited to 9000 characters. Within your answer please refer to the criteria stated in this job advert and include any experience, skills and abilities you feel you have that will make you suitable for the role. Please ensure you provide as much detail as possible as insufficient information may mean that you do not meet the shortlisting criteria.
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.
This post is open to British Citizens, members of the EC or other states in the European Economic Area. If you are a Commonwealth citizen or a foreign national, you must be a resident in the UK free of restrictions and with indefinite leave to remain in the UK. All applicants must have lived in the UK continuously for the past three years.
Essex Police and Kent Police are an equal opportunities employer. Communications may be recorded for monitoring purposes.
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