Salary: £11,800 rising to £13,485 per annum + Excellent Benefits including Government Pension
Location: Hybrid Working/Exeter
Closing Date: 28/01/2025, Midday
Hours per week: this role is 15 hours per week.
About the role:
This is an exciting opportunity to support the tactical delivery of our positive action strategy across Devon & Cornwall Police and Dorset Police. You will be helping to address workforce under-representation across both Forces.
The role encourages creativity to develop, co-ordinate and deliver a range of engagement and recruitment initiatives. Developing and maintaining relationships with under-represented communities is a key aspect of this role.
Essential Skills & Experience:
* An understanding of organisational equality and diversity issues and awareness of positive action measures.
* Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills as this position requires daily contact and delivery of positive action events, presentations to colleagues, staff, partners and communities, from all backgrounds and will be essential in building trust and confidence. Written communications skills and ability to develop and use social, online and other media to support Positive Action.
* Experience of building and maintaining relationships with members of the community and individuals.
* Experience of providing specialist advice and direction to others, including those in more senior roles, on topics that the post-holder will become familiar with and with support from line and professional managers when required.
* Excellent planning and organising skills; with experience using these skills to manage a day-to-day workload, to organise and manage events, develop, deliver and evaluate larger projects, including working alongside and sometimes coordinating others.
* Excellent IT skills and experience in use of all Microsoft packages and social media tools.
* To be enthusiastic, self-motivated and flexible; demonstrating a real belief in public services, focussing on what matters to the public and how this role fits into the alliance.
* Must hold UK drivers’ licence unless prevented by reason of disability. Reasonable adjustments will be considered.
This role will be based in Exeter and cover the Devon area.
Want to know more about this role?
Please click on the 'Apply' button to be taken to the vacancy on our website for further information about the role including the role profile. For a conversation regarding the role, once you have viewed the full details on our website, please contact:
Hiring Line Manager: Cher Halford - Positive Action Sergeant
Email Address: cher.halford@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk
What you get if you join us:
* A competitive salary with yearly increments.
* 25 days a year leave entitlement, with an increase to 30 days after 5 years continuous employment, plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part time employees).
* Access to heavily subsidised gym membership that will provide you access to police site gyms throughout the counties.
* Access to the Blue Light Card Scheme for discounts and services (requires a one-off payment of £5).
* Company sick pay.
* Competitive local government pension scheme.
* Job related equipment supplied, as required.
* Free onsite parking at many police sites throughout the counties.
* Access to Group insurance scheme (via salary sacrifice scheme).
* Support networks, free Employees' Assistance Programme, Occupational Health and wellbeing services.
* Development and training opportunities available.
* Supportive and flexible training plan, including regular check-ins throughout your initial period of joining us to ensure you are up to speed with the role and getting the support you need.
* Flexitime, with the ability to undertake your hours flexibly and in line with business need.
* Hybrid working, with the ability to work remotely at times throughout the working week (once signed off the training plan).
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