About Us

The College of Policing is an independent professional body for policing in England and Wales. Our purpose is to support everyone in policing to reduce crime and keep people safe. We do this through three principle activities: sharing knowledge and good practice, setting standards, and supporting professional development.

In 2018 the College embarked on an exercise to refresh its purpose resulting in an ambitious new Plan to put the organisation in a strong position to develop and deliver for policing and the public.

The HR team will play a key role in this and we are looking for a strong administrator to join our small team.

An HR background is not essential, but you will need to be organised and be able to work to tight deadlines in multiple workstreams.

Does this sound like the perfect opportunity for you? If you'd like to come and work with us please carry on reading to find out more about this exciting opportunity.

What you'll do

You will provide professional, efficient and comprehensive Human Resources and recruitment administrative support, carrying out specialist and transactional activities, resolving problems and role modelling best practice.

As an HR Administrator your accountabilities will include:

• Providing first line HR advice, guidance and support to maintain a customer-focused HR service across the College;
• Administer end to end life-cycle transactional HR processes to meet monthly payroll deadlines;
• Administer recruitment campaigns for internal and external applicants, co-ordinating arrangements with line managers and recruitment agencies, drafting and posting vacancy adverts, sifting/long-listing applicants, arranging interviews, liaising with selected and unsuccessful candidates, confirming job offers and preparing contracts of employment and joining information;
• Process security clearances and other pre-employment checks for current and prospective employees, third party suppliers and visitors;
• Develop and maintain HR records appropriately, to ensure compliance with College of Policing Information Security, payroll procedures, GDPR and Freedom of Information principles and provisions.
  

Please see job description for full details of the role.

Applications will be sifted against the 'Essential criteria' section of the job description.

The Successful Applicant

As an HR Administrator you will have:

• A Level 3 qualification (e.g. A-levels, Certificate in Personnel Practice (CPP, NVQ level 3 or similar) or extensive equivalent level experience in a related area;
• GCSE Passes in English Language and Mathematics or equivalent qualifications;
• Previous administrative with demonstrable organisational ability, working methodically with attention to detail;
• Experience of managing a wide variety of activities, multi-tasking and delivering to tight deadlines;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a customer-focused attitude;
  

What's On Offer

This role is offered as a fixed term appointment until 31/12/2020.

£20,103 to £23,038 per annum

25 days annual leave rising to 30 days after 5 years' service plus an additional 2.5 privilege days.

Competitive maternity, paternity and parental leave.

Good work-life balance and flexible working with a family friendly approach to work.

A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity.

Application process:


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

New entrants are normally appointed at the pay scale minimum for their grade although there is some scope for negotiation based on skills and experience.

Existing staff should note that, if successful, their salary on appointment would normally be determined by applying the College's usual salary progression rules. If the appointment is on level transfer, your substantive salary (excluding any allowances) will remain unchanged (unless it exceeds the maximum stated within the College pay band) and unless the successful candidate's current salary is below the relevant College grade minimum. If the appointment is on temporary or substantive promotion, the successful candidate's salary will be increased by the appropriate promotion percentage or moved to the relevant College grade minimum, whichever is the greater.

This post is open to UK nationals, Commonwealth citizens, EEA nationals of other member states and certain non-EEA family members. There must be no employment restriction or time limit on your permitted stay in the UK. You should normally have been resident in the United Kingdom for at least three years, and in some cases five or even 10 years, preceding your application due to the requirement to have a checkable history for security vetting purposes. If you answer 'No' to the questions regarding nationality, then it is unlikely your application will be pursued. If you are unsure as to your eligibility on any of these points, please contact us for advice.

College posts are subject to both national security vetting and force vetting requirements.