Personal Assistant to Head of Business Services

This post is open to applicants who can meet the College’s nationality, UK residency and vetting requirements.

About us:

We’re the professional body for the police service in England and Wales. We work with everyone in policing to set standards, to share knowledge and good practice and to support the development of police officers and staff. Our mission is to drive a consistent approach across policing where the public and the service expect it, to boost professionalism and to improve leadership at every level.

Although we're a small organisation, our work has a big reach. We are uniquely placed to work both with national policing organisations and local forces to support frontline officers, staff and volunteers in their day-to-day roles.

We offer a supportive and inclusive environment for people to thrive. Our extensive flexible-working policy, employee wellbeing support, family friendly policies, employers network for equality and inclusion (ENEI) membership and status as a disability confident employer means everyone can bring their whole self to work.

We look forward to reading your application for the role of Personal Assistant.

The selected candidate will provide professional, efficient, proactive, confidential and comprehensive secretarial support to Tier 2 Departmental Head/s and when required, administrative assistance to their management team.

Some of your responsibilities will include:

• Organising and prioritising meetings, events and diary appointments and prepare associated documentation and information as required.
• Researching, collating and analysing information and preparing timely reports, briefing papers and presentations to aid understanding on a variety of sensitive and confidential matters.
• Receiving, acknowledging and replying to internal and external correspondence documents in a professional and timely manner and redirect as necessary.

To be successful in this role you’ll need:

• Previous relevant PA/secretarial experience or extensive administrative experience with a high level of organisational and planning ability, and attention to detail.
• Experience in exercising discretion and initiative, tact and diplomacy in managing sensitive, personal and confidential matters.
• Experience of scheduling meetings or events, preparing agendas and documentation, taking and drafting accurate minutes.

Please see the attached job description which contains full details of the role.

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Working Together

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• PA/secretarial experience or extensive administrative experience with a high level of organisational and planning ability, and attention to detail.
• Scheduling meetings or events, preparing agendas and documentation, taking and drafting accurate minutes.
• Working on own initiative and as part of a team

The College is a great place to work. We're passionate about our people and offer a wide range of benefits, including (but not limited to):

• Defined benefit pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 27%
• Up to 30 days holiday (this is in addition to 8 public holidays and 2.5 privilege days)
• Continued professional development and structured career paths
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Flexi-time (for certain grades)
• A range of flexible working arrangements
• Benenden Healthcare
• National Dental Plan
• Discounts for on-line shopping
• Free employee support line
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Rewards and recognition scheme

We also have a number of thriving staff networks that provide the opportunity for advice, support and to drive change. A place to get your voice heard, share experiences and challenge our working practices to ensure equality of opportunity for all.

For more information about our benefits and staff networks, visit What we offer as an employer , College of Policing

Job contact :

Name :
College of Policing HR team
Email :
recruitment@college.police.uk
Telephone :
07917554649

Recruitment team :

Email :
recruitment@college.police.uk