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SalarySupplies Assistant
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Salary: Band 3, £23,958 (based on full time hours)
Location: Pelaw
Hours/Contract: Part Time, 4 days per week (0800-1600). Permanent
Our purpose at Team NP is simple: to keep people safe and to fight crime. But it takes more than officers alone to do the job – and that’s where our 2,000-strong team of police staff and 200 volunteers come in.
As one of the largest police forces in England we have a huge variety of departments and specialisms offering you endless opportunities. From mentoring and coaching schemes and online soft skills courses to leadership development programmes; we’ll give you the support, training and time to carve out the career you always wanted.
Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes to supply our Force with the right uniform? This could be the perfect time for you to find out by joining us in our Business Services Department as a Supplies Assistant.
Our small and friendly supplies team stock over 350 items across various sizes and work hard to ensure our officers and staff members have the equipment they need to carry out their roles effectively. As a Supplies Assistant you’ll be an integral part of the team by ensuring uniform and stock items are stored and distributed. You’ll provide excellent customer service to visitors, both internal and external, whilst ensuring accuracy in the transfer of goods.
This is a busy role, where you’ll need to enjoy the daily challenge of juggling various priorities. On a weekly basis the team receive up to 30 deliveries and carry out approximately 100 appointments for all ranks and roles – so you’ll need to be ready for a challenge!
- Pick, package and issue stock and uniform.
- Ensuring paperwork from deliveries is accurate and complete.
- Use of a fork-lift truck to unload items safely.
- Daily checks of the fork-lift truck to ensure it is operational and safe.
- Check returned uniform items for future use.
- Record transactions on Force systems.
- Ensuring storage space is utilised effectively.
Sound interesting? For further information, and to support your application, please view the job description
What you’ll bring
The ability to organise your time effectively and prioritise work using your own initiative.- Problem solving skills.
- Excellent team working skills.
- The ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
- Computer skills including the use of Microsoft Office.
In this role you will be required to operate machinery such as a forklift and pallet truck. If you already have experience, great! However – if not, we’ll provide the training on site.
Learn about our full benefits package
What we offer
26 days’ leave (increasing to 30 days for 5 years+ service) plus 8 bank holidays- Enhanced maternity, shared parental and adoption leave
- Fantastic market-leading public sector pension scheme with up to 16% employer contribution
- Corporate travel schemes – local rail, bus services and metro discounts
- Access to private healthcare and eye test vouchers
- Discounts on shopping and eating out thanks to the Blue Light Card and Blue Light Tickets
- We’ve invested in extensive paid sick leave, trained mental health first aiders on-site, an employee advice service for the times you need that additional support.
- Access to gyms in some stations
- Sports & Social Club – join our thriving sports scene at Team NP and enjoy further exclusive discounts on days out and travel
- Cycle to work scheme
We know it’s important for you to feel that you’re not only part of a great team, but part of a community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
Harnessing these differences creates a productive environment in which everyone feels valued, and their talents are fully utilised. Appointments are based on merit alone.
Interested to learn more? For further information about the role please contact Brian Appleby by email atBrian.Appleby@northumbria.police.uk
Just so you know
Our application form will help us understand how your work, education and life experience has prepared you for the role of a Supplies Assistant with #TeamNP. To help support your application research the role you’re ing for and the values and behaviours that contribute.
Just so you know, you can save your application and come back to it any time prior to the closing date on the advert.
We are proud members of the Business Disability Forum, with whom we collaborate with to improve the lives of disabled employees. We are also a Disability Confident Leader, therefore if you demonstrate that you meet the minimum criteria for this role as stated in the advert, we will progress your application and offer you an interview.
If you tell us that you have a disability, we can make adjustments to support you through the recruitment process (for example we can arrange extra time for tests or provide a sign language interpreter) You can get in touch with us via careers@northumbria.police.uk for any support regarding the application process. Please provide us with plenty of notice so we can ensure your visit goes smoothly. If your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a Recruitment Vetting (RV) form, therefore you must be a resident of the UK for a minimum period of 3 years to ensure vetting checks can be successfully performed. A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance and medical information.
Terms of appointment
This is a permanent role subject to a six-month probationary period.
If you are successful in your application, you will have a 6 month probation period with us where you will be unable to for any other post advertised internally or externally
