PS/176/H A3 Personal Assistant Job Share - Executive Support

An opportunity has arisen within the Executive Support team working as a Personal Assistant as part of a job share for the Chief Supt Chief of Staff. The role includes using your skills in diary management and planning to determine priorities and meet the changing requirements of the Chief of Staff, having close links with the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, as well as managing the department’s correspondence on the document tracking system. Also working as part of the PA team you will be required to support Chief Officers during periods of low resilience and through increased changes in demand and have the ability to be flexible in your approach to meet these needs.

Good communication skills are vital in this busy and demanding role, so you will need good time planning and work prioritisation skills. Another key responsibility will be to develop effective working relationships with partners both internally and externally.

You will need to have good computer skills and experience in diary management, minute taking and research, and previous experience in a senior level personal assistant role would be advantageous.

This role is a full time role but is to be part of a job share, so the vacancy is for Wednesday to Friday, with the possibility of some flexibility within your contracted hours.

For further information or an informal discussion please contact Katrina Moss on x4084 or T/C/Insp Ruth Dodsworth on x4525.

For the purposes of the application you will be expected to provide evidence against the four personal qualities below and the entry requirements:
• Service Delivery
• Professionalism
• Decision Making
• Working with Others

There is a word count limit of 500 words per section.

Please note, if you are shortlisted for interview you will be expected to evidence against all personal qualities and the entry requirements stipulated in the role profile.

All applications must be received by the closing date.

All internal staff from Hertfordshire Constabulary (including Agency Workers, but excluding Specials and Volunteers) are eligible to apply for this post.

Please note that in the first instance priority will be given to any applicants in a redeployment situation.

Any individuals in a redeployment situation who are interested in applying for the role should contact the HRST (HREnquiries@herts.pnn.police.uk) and request the redeployee application form.

Please note that with immediate effect: Police Staff at risk of redundancy (redeployees) are given priority for all vacant posts. This means that if a candidate is successful for a position following an interview/assessment, the role will still be available to redeployees up until the successful candidate has received a final offer of employment. Therefore it is possible that a redeployee could be offered and given priority to the vacant post up until the point that the successful candidate has received their final offer letter.

If you are currently protected under the multiple impact mechanism, please contact your HR Advisor prior to applying for this post to see how it may affect your salary.

Police Officers who accept an offer of a Police Staff role will need to retire as an Officer and if they are currently on the 30+ Scheme, will need to leave that Scheme.

Police Officers considering retirement and being re-employed as Police Staff are required to read the attached Briefing Note as it contains important tax information regarding retirement and pension payments.