Salary: Scale 4 £27,204 - £29,859
Location: Durham Headquarters
Hours/Contract: 37 hours, Monday to Friday,
Temporary Development for 12 months, or when Substantive post holder returns.
Closing Date: 5pm, Friday 7th of August 2026
The Role
To be responsible for the salaries and wages of all employees of
the Force and for the Police pensioners.
What You’ll Do
- To process pay, allowances and deductions for all employees in
accordance with statutory and non-statutory regulations.
- To provide pay and pension estimates on requests.
- To reply to mortgage requests and correspondence received from
external agencies.
- To assist with duties relating to Police Pensions and Local
Government Pension schemes.
- Input details on to the force payroll system.
- To liaise with internal and external customers on a daily basis.
What You’ll Bring
- 4 G.C.S.E. levels (Grade 9 to 4/A to C) including English Language or
Literature and Maths or an approved equivalent. An individual who
possesses an equivalent e.g. NVQ must provide evidence of Maths
and English.
- At least 1 years Administration Experience.
If you hold a higher qualification than those required above or minimum 5 years relevant experience, please evidence this on your application and it will be reviewed by our recruitment team.
For further information, please view the Job Description and Person Specification attached.
How to apply
If you’d like to apply, please forward a copy of the attached Application form, by the closing date.
External Applicants - please use the external application form
Internal applicants - please use the Internal Application form
Please also complete and return the equal opportunity form and return this with your Application form.
We are committed to equal opportunities, we therefore encourage you to complete and return the equality monitoring form. This form is optional, and your responses will be kept confidential and for statistical purposes only.
The above 2 (relevant application + equal opportunity) forms should be returned by email to our Recruitment department – [email protected]
Candidates must have indefinite leave to work and live in the UK and be free from any restriction. Any successful candidate will be asked to provide evidence of this.
Candidates will be contacted via email in relation to the recruitment process and are advised to also check junk and spam folders for email updates.
Further information
Any offer of employment will be subject to appropriate vetting checks which will be maintained/updated throughout the period of service.
Applicants must have been a UK resident for at least three years prior to the date of application.
If applicants have not been a resident in the UK for at least three years and can provide a VERIFIABLE certificate from the police of any country where they have taken temporary residence. The certificate must indicate that they have not been convicted of any offence whilst in that country or involved in any investigation by a Law Enforcement Agency.
Any tattoos deemed to be obscene, or advocates sexual, racial, ethnic, or religious discrimination, by written word or design is prohibited and the presence of such a tattoo would preclude an applicant from passing the recruitment process for employment with the Constabulary.
For any queries, please contact [email protected]
Please return the relevant application form and the equal opportunity form to [email protected]
