Personal assistant to assistant chief officer director of human resources grade d e

Number of Posts 1 Advertised INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL APPLICANTS Branch/Division Chief Officer Support Team Location Force Headquarters - Central Park Complex Grade Grade D/E Rank Not applicable Leadership Level Peer Leader Contract Type Permanent Hours 36.25 Hours Full time Advertised Salary £24,921 - £29,874 per annum Shift Allowances/Enhancements/ Additional Info Enhanced Vetting Required Advert Greater Manchester Police is one of the largest police forces in the UK and is responsible for keeping its diverse population of almost 3 million safe, spread over more than 1,200 sq. km. Manchester in particular has been billed as the most diverse city in Europe with its population speaking at least 200 different languages, leading to the city being named as Britain’s “City of languages”. GMP are committed to ensure that the make-up of our workforce is reflective of the communities we serve and we recognise that having a diverse workforce makes us more approachable and relevant to the public. Reporting to the Assistant Chief Officer – Director of Human Resources , this is a key role in supporting the delivery of the Assistant Chief Officer’s executive responsibilities within a newly developing people function within the force. The candidate will work with colleagues from across the full portfolio under the leadership of the Director of Human Resources, including Recruitment, HR Business Partnering, Workforce Development, Learning and Development and Diversity, Equality and Inclusion and so any experience of working within a HR environment would be desirable although not essential. Joining the team as a Personal Assistant will be a rewarding and exciting role and professional and personal development available to the appointed individual. The role will require the successful candidate to provide excellent personal assistant, secretarial and diary management skills to support the Director of Human Resources. It will involve daily liaison with other senior officers within GMP Executive and leadership teams as well as other UK police forces and external organisations and stakeholders. You will need experience and background in supporting senior colleagues in a large and dynamic organisation. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong leadership skills, an ability to communicate effectively with all stakeholders and able to work autonomously to make decisions in support of the delivery of an effective office of the Director of Human Resources. You will need to prioritise your workload, work at a fast pace and often deliver to short deadlines. This is an exciting role, working at the most senior levels of GMP to deliver the vision of the Chief Constable to work to protect all those who live, work or visit Greater Manchester. Closing Date 15 Nov 2023 Recruitment Team Contact [email protected] Other Information To be eligible for appointment as a member of police staff, you must be a British citizen or a citizen of a country that is a member of the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland. Commonwealth citizens and foreign nationals are also eligible but only if they are resident in the UK free of restrictions. After 30 June 2021, nationals of the EEA or Switzerland will also need to provide evidence that their stay is free from restrictions. In the context of EEA nationals, we are content that pre-settled status counts as free from restrictions. Apprentices; you must be in the second half of your apprenticeship to be eligible to apply for this role. Please refer to the attached Job Description for further details regarding the skills required to do this role. The Job Description has been signposted to indicate at which stage of the process each criteria will be tested. Due to the Equality Act (2010) the sickness will not be checked until the conditional offer stage of the recruitment process and therefore candidates need to ensure that they have a good attendance record for the last 2 years for Staff and officers and for 12 months for apprentices. The Equality Act 2010 makes it unlawful to discriminate against a disabled person in all areas of employment, including recruitment. The Police Service welcomes people with disabilities and will do its best to make reasonable adjustments to the working arrangements and/ or the working environment providing it is possible to do so. If you have a disability and you require support with your application, please let us know so we can consider and support you with any reasonable adjustments you may require. If you need any support completing this application please contact [email protected] and the recruitment team will be happy to assist. Should you require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know during the selection process. Please note that you will be required to provide an educational psychologist report in support of any adjustments. Policing values are enshrined in the Code of Ethics (a copy of which can be found at https://www.college.police.uk/What-we-do/Ethics/Ethics-home/Documents/Code_of_Ethics.pdf Every person serving with the police service needs to adhere to these standards of professional behaviour. As an applicant to Greater Manchester Police, we expect that you will hold views and attitudes in line with the Code; that if you are successful in your application you will uphold the Code of Ethics by displaying the behaviours that the Code sets out; and that you will report any conduct of others that falls short of those standards. Any failure or apparent failure to uphold the Code of Ethics will be taken seriously. It will be looked into and in cases involving serious and/or repeated failings, criminal and/or misconduct proceedings may follow. With that in mind, you are reminded that you must not share any information relating to the recruitment and assessment process. Sharing of such information could result in criminal and/or misconduct proceedings. Greater Manchester Police have been informed of potential personal tax implications for members of the 1987 Police Pension Scheme, who retire and take a pension between the ages of 50 and 54 inclusive and then take up employment as a Police Staff member. Members of the police pension scheme whose age is between 50 and 54 who are re-employed as a Police Staff member have to meet certain conditions to keep their PPA and to protect against personal tax liability charges on any payments paid before the age of 55. One of those conditions is that a break of at least 1 month is required where the re-employment is ‘materially different’. However, if the role is not deemed to be ‘materially different’ then a 6 month break is required. Please note, all of our communication will be sent to you via the e-mail address you provide on your application form, therefore please ensure [email protected] is in your mail safe senders / safe recipients list to prevent our e-mails going into your junk mail. The portal to upload Tattoos should not be used to upload CV’s or Expressions of Interest, if you do this your application will not be included in the recruitment process. Minimum Age for Applications 16