Clerical Officer

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Police Staff
Permanent
Full Time, Part Time
Road Safety
Portishead, Road Safety Support Unit- BS20 6PN
SC 3

£23,121 - £24,462

Please note, if this is a paid role and the role is part time then the salary quoted will be pro rata based on the hours worked per annum.  
37, 18.5

24/10/2021, 23:55

Are you looking for a new challenge where you can use your office and administrative experience to make a real difference to communities throughout the force area?

We are looking for Administration Assistants to join our vital Road Safety Support Unit (RSSU) teams, within Avon and Somerset this role is known as a Clerical Officer.

The RSSU supports the detection and prosecution of road traffic offences, which range from Collisions, officer witnessed offences and other road traffic offences including Speeding & red light offences to name a few. The work that you will do, will ultimately help bring offenders to justice.

In this role, your main responsibilities will be:

  • Maintain, create and update records on a variety of computerised databases and manual systems.
  • Search databases and retrieve data, to build files and records in accordance with police procedures ensuring accuracy and attention to detail throughout.
  • Deal with offenders, internal & external agencies over the phone & in writing in line with legislation and policy, e.g GDPR.
  • Write letters and correspondence in line with the requirements of the unit.
  • Perform general administrative duties including printing, scanning, post etc.
  • Produce basic statistics for the Team Manager.

Skills, experience and qualifications required:

  • You have office/administrative experience to include filing, maintaining records, answering queries, operating system bring forward.
  • You are computer literate, with experience of inputting and retrieving data using a computerised database
  • You have experience of dealing with people both face to face and over the telephone.
  • You have experience of working to guidelines and procedures.

To be eligible to apply for this role you must have a 3 year ‘checkable history’ in the UK – ideally this means that you would have been resident in the UK for the last 3 years.

We are currently recruiting for 1 full time & 2 part time (18.5 hours per week) positions.

Every individual that works for us, is in some way supporting and serving the community we represent, we simply could not do the jobs we do without them. By bringing your administrative skills and experience to Avon and Somerset, you can make a difference. We look forward to receiving your application.

Does this sound like the role for you? Click the link below to apply.

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Important information before you commence an application (for external applicants)

You will require the following detail to complete this application form:

  • National Insurance Number
  • Identification Detail e.g. passport
  • Address information including proof 
  • Referee information
  • Full employment history including dates and any qualifications you may have attained
  •  Tattoos - you will also be requested to provide photos and describe of any visible tattoos you have

If the role requires you to drive you will also be required to upload details from your full driving licence including photos. 

Important information before you commence an application- for ALL applicants

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This vacancy is closed to applications.