Senior Administrator

College of Policing

Hybrid

Expires: Expiring in less than 2 weeks

Administration

Flexible

£27,280 per year

Job summary

This post is open to applicants who can meet the College’s nationality, UK residency and vetting requirements.In order to work for the College of Policing you must have the Right to Work in the UK with indefinite leave to remain. You will also be required to provide an address history in the UK for the preceding 3 years.

About us:

Our mission is: Leadership, Standards, Performance. This guides our work with individuals, forces, and policing partners towards our vision. We exist to support police officers, police staff and volunteers to deliver the best service to the public. Only through high quality leadership, consistent standards and continual performance improvement can everyone in policing reach their full potential. Our mission guides our work with individual, forces and partners towards our vision.

Although we are a relatively 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 membership (ENEI silver award winners), and status as a disability confident leader means everyone can bring their whole self to work.

Additional Information:

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.

Due to our status as Public Servants, we are not eligible to participate in the Civil Service transfer process. Therefore, while successful candidates can transfer in on their existing terms and conditions, any subsequent transfer out of the College to the Civil Service cannot be guaranteed on existing terms and conditions, and new starter/modernised terms may apply.

The College embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we comply with the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) and apply the minimum selection criteria at sift stage of the recruitment process.

Our vetting

If you are successful at interview, you will be required to undertake pre-employment security checks. You will be sent a security questionnaire which must be accessed within 24 hours.

Please note, these checks can take up to 10 weeks. You will only be offered a start date after the checks have been completed. If the outcome of these checks is not satisfactory, your recommendation for employment will be withdrawn.

Job description

We look forward to reading your application for the role of Senior Administrator.

The selected candidate will;

- Provide professional, efficient and comprehensive administrative support, carrying out specialist and general office duties, resolve problems and role model best practice within Operations and Business Services Team.

Person specification

Some of your responsibilities will include:

Provide high-quality meeting and stakeholder support, including coordinating meetings, issuing invitations, preparing and distributing agendas and papers, supporting meetings through the production of accurate notes, minutes and action logs, and monitoring actions through to completion. Ensure timely follow-up and effective stakeholder communication to support informed decision-making and delivery of outcomes.

Provide a full administrative service to include (as required) typing, email, data entry and create, maintain and back up files and databases to track activities and workload. Maintain college web pages as directed.

Develop, maintain and update office filing systems (digital by default) to ensure appropriate and efficient monitoring, tracking and retrieval of records in compliance with College of Policing Information Security procedures and Data Protection and Freedom of Information principles and provisions.

Compile, analyse and summarise data to produce a range of management reports, in accordance with business needs, for example course statistics, registrations, financial information including income and cancellation data, and portfolio and assessment submissions.

Coordinate events using appropriate technologies including the College Internal booking management system and Outlook, including booking rooms and equipment, scheduling attendees and arranging refreshments as required. Arrange for travel, catering and accommodation to be booked in accordance with College of Policing procedures.

To be successful in this role you’ll need:

GCSE Passes in English Language and Mathematics or equivalent qualifications

Previous administrative experience with demonstrable organisational ability and attention to detail.

Proficient in MS Office applications

Excellent verbal and written communication skills with customer-focused attitude and telephone manner

Ability to prioritise work to ensure deadlines are met

Ability to work in a pressurised environment dealing with a range of tasks simultaneously

Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team

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

Behaviours

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

Managing a Quality Service
Delivering at Pace
Working Together

Technical skills

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

Planning and Organising
Written and verbal communication

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £27,280, College of Policing contributes £7,903 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

College staff have Public Servant status. As a Public Servant, you are eligible to join the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension Scheme.

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 28.97%

Up to 31.5 days holiday (this is in addition to 8 public holidays and 1 privilege day)

Continued professional development and structured career paths

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave

Flexi-time (for certain grades)

Benenden Healthcare

National Dental Plan

Discounts for on-line shopping

Free employee support line

Interest free season ticket loans

Rewards and recognition scheme

Learning and development tailored to your role.

An environment with flexible working options.

A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.

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

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

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

Vacancy reference: 7234

Potential interview dates: W/C 3rd and 10th August

For fixed Term contracts:

We anticipate that further 1B Senior Administration roles will become available in 2026 and as well as filling the advertised role from this recruitment process, we will be creating a Reserve List from this recruitment campaign/process.

Internal applicants who are at risk of redundancy or in need of redeployment and pass the recruitment process, will be given priority over other applicants.

An initial sift based on the lead behaviour/technical skill “Managing A Quality Service” may be held if a large number of applications are received. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift or progressed straight to assessment/interview.

How to apply and contact information:

For further information visit our ‘Work for us’ page.

What it's like working at the College of Policing

If you would like to discuss the role in more detail, please contact Sam Crossley, Sam.crossley@college.police.uk

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Salary range

£27,280 per year