Vacancy Information
Division / Department - Public Protection
Grade - Grade 7
Status - Full Time
Contract Type - Permanent
Salary Grade Range - £22,677 - £24,552
Working Hours - 37.0 Hours per Week
Shift Allowance -
Politically Restricted -
The starting salary for this role will usually be at the bottom of the salary range and will be pro-rata if the working hours are less than full time.
The Role
This is an exciting administration role supporting Safeguarding Investigations Unit (SIU) within Public Protection.
We have 10 vacancies to fill in our SIU offices across Sussex.
The SIU offices are based at Brighton, Eastbourne, Hastings, Crawley and Littlehampton. Please make it clear in your application which sites you would be able to work from.
The starting salary is £21,399 with yearly increments up to a maximum of £23,331.
Key Responsibilities
As an Administrative Support Assistant (ASA) you will work in small teams to provide efficient and timely administration to colleagues carrying out investigations in the Safeguarding Investigation Unit (SIU), in order to maintain the effective management of Criminal Investigations and prosecutions within the force.
You will be expected to prioritise a variety of administrative tasks generated by individual investigating officers. You’ll get the chance to work in a busy office environment with people in different roles and with varying responsibilities.
The role will give you experience in carrying out a variety of tasks using different systems to prepare evidential exhibits and management reports. This, along with our willingness to support your personal and professional development, should make this a great entry level position if you are looking at a career in crime investigations or want to further develop your administrative skills.
We are looking for team players willing to contribute to helping us improve our service in a relatively new role which will develop with the growing and changing demands taking place within the policing and criminal justice services.
Skills & Experience
Good organisational and prioritisation skills and strong attention to detail are key to this role including the ability to respond to correspondence and deal with colleagues in a professional and courteous manner.
You’ll need to be able to learn and use different file editing systems in order to prepare evidence which is fit and relevant for court exhibits.
The world of safeguarding investigations is a pressurised environment so it is essential you can work well under pressure and have the ability to prioritise workloads to ensure strict timescales are met.
You will need to have personal resilience in dealing with material of a sensitive and/or distressing nature.
You will need to have a GCSE (or equivalent) in both maths and English at grade 4/C or above and will be proficient in all Microsoft applications including Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word and Adobe.
Ideally you will have a background in quality assuring documents as well as having knowledge and experience in the management of confidential and personal information to ensure data privacy.
Further Information
If you have any questions regarding the role please contact one of the following:
DI Cyntac Belong on 07553 743485 or by email: Cyntac.Belong@sussex.police.uk
A/DI Carrie Williams on 07909 532321 or by email: Caroline.Williams@sussex.police.uk
DI James Meanwell on 07771 371970 or by email: James.Meanwell@sussex.police.uk
DS Lex Witek on 07561 789534 or by email: lex.witek@sussex.police.uk
We recognise that our people are balancing demanding careers with commitments and interests outside of work. We welcome applications and discussion with candidates who want to work full-time or part-time/flexible hours.
Additional Information
Following submission of your application you will receive a confirmation email with a copy of your application attached. Occasionally emails from this address can fall into spam/junk folders so please ensure this is checked regularly. You may wish to consider adding noreply@surreysussexpolice.as.recruitmail.com to your address/contact list to ensure you receive all communications.
This post is being advertised in parallel with Force redeployment processes. Any redeployees who are identified will be given preference. This may result in the post being withdrawn at any point during the recruitment process.
Please note that not all jobs are available for internal candidates across both Forces, the current agreed recruitment principles are;
- vacancies in collaborated units are available to all officers and staff across both Forces
- vacancies in non-collaborated units are only available to officers and staff within the Force with the vacancy unless it is advertised externally.
If the vacancy is advertised externally and an officer or member of staff from the other Force is success it will result in a transfer of employment
Surrey Police and Sussex Police Special Constables, Volunteers and Agency Staff (excluding self-employed workers) covered under the Agency Worker Regulations (AWR) are eligible to apply for internal advertised posts.
Diversity Statement
We are only as good as our people. It's really important that our officers and staff can be themselves in the workplace and we know that as an organisation we'll grow from the variety of thinking, approach and skills that diversity brings; all of which help us deliver a better policing service. We strive to ensure how we deliver our services, provide information and how we recruit is open and accessible to all.
We have multiple staff support groups who help to improve our understanding of minority issues and ensure they are reflected in our work. We are proud members of the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index and Disability Confident, a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and aligned with the Armed Forces Covenant and the HeForShe movement.
We value the differences that people bring from all backgrounds and communities. Regardless of age, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, disability, social status or religious beliefs, we would love to hear from you.