We are looking to recruit a Team Leader to work within our Criminal Justice Department within Avon & Somerset. If you are you looking for a career that will help bring offenders to justice, then we would like to hear from you.
Every person that works for us, is in some way supporting and serving the community we represent. Each day brings you new challenges and decision making and your learning and development will be ongoing within the department.
You will be joining our vital Road Safety Support Unit (RSSU) team who support the detection and prosecution of road traffic offences. These can range from collisions to officer witnessed offences and other road traffic incidents including speeding & red light violations.
The successful candidate will be responsible for the management and guidance of staff. You will be able to demonstrate how you motivate staff to work together as a team. You will have excellent communication skills, work accurately under pressure and prioritise your own workload in order to achieve deadlines to ensure that all enquiries and complaints are satisfactorily progressed.
The successful candidate will be responsible for responding to queries from members of the public, other departments within the organisation and/or outside agencies.
In this role, your main responsibilities will be:
To have responsibility for the management and guidance of staff.
To ensure that all enquiries and complaints are satisfactorily progressed.
To respond to queries from members of the public, other departments within the organisation or other outside agencies.
To prioritise and manage workloads.
To ensure the effective creation, maintenance and updating of a variety of computerised databases.
Analyse statistical data and produce reports.
To be responsible for correspondence relating to the office.
Skills, experience and qualifications required:
You will need experience of working with computers, especially Microsoft packages, including Excel.
The ability to motivate, develop, support and manage staff.
Excellent communication skills, verbally and in writing, with both small and large groups of people.
An ability to motivate staff to work together as a team.
Experience of administration work is essential.
What we can offer you:
A package of financial, lifestyle and health benefits to support whatever stage of life you're in. Including:
Flexible working
Continuous professional development
Local Government Pension Scheme
Employee Assistance scheme offering help through counselling services, legal advice, fitness advice, personal coaching and health assessment
Staff discount scheme for savings on shopping, days out, sporting events, holidays
Blended working approach with the option to work from your home address for a proportion of the week
Additional Information:
For further information regarding the role please contact: Sharon Kostanjsek or Nadia Driver via Teams.
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About us
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Diversity is a strength and individuality is an asset.
We recognise the benefit different life experience and perspectives can bring.
We are on a journey to become the most inclusive police force in the country.
Find out more about our benefits and culture
Please note: We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications. We encourage interested candidates to apply as soon as possible to ensure their application is considered.
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Blended Working/ Hybrid Working
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Avon and Somerset Police encourage flexible working where operationally possible.
This role has been identified as a blended role.
The successful candidate for this role will have the opportunity to work from home whilst also at a secondary work location, which will be a police premises. The successful applicant will have the option to discuss working arrangements with their line manager. All applicants must reside within the UK.
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Important information before you commence an application (for external applicants)
You will require the following detail to complete this application form:
National Insurance Number
Identification Detail e.g. passport
Address information including proof
Referee information
Full employment history including dates and any qualifications you may have attained
Tattoos - you will also be requested to provide photos and describe of any visible tattoos you have
If the role requires you to drive you will also be required to upload details from your full driving licence including photos.
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Important information before you commence an application- for ALL applicants
The application system only remains active on a single page for a period of 60 minutes.
Please ensure you allow time to complete your application fully as part complete pages do not save.
If the role has evidence questions you may wish to save these remotely and paste your answers into the boxes at time of submission.
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