The CTPSE Finance Team are looking to recruit an Administrator to work in a small team providing Financial and Business Support services to the Regional Unit. Day to day responsibility will primarily be around the Procurement function which will entail managing Business Travel (Hotel Bookings, Rail travel, Flights etc), raising Purchases Orders for supplies and services across all areas of the business, reconciling Invoices, and Financial Support Services (e.g. Petty Cash, Overseas Travel Allowances etc) 

The role will involve engagement with a variety of internal and external stakeholders and requires a friendly, customer focused approach and confident communication skills, both written and verbally. The ideal candidate will have had experience in a similar role or a similar environment, and have a good working knowledge of MS Office applications and in particularly Excel. The minimum education standard expected is GCSE grade C in Mathematics and English.  

Please note that this role is part of a national, regional and local network and as a result there may be the very occasional requirement for travel for business purposes across the south east region. Therefore, the successful candidate will require a full UK driving licence.  

You will be asked to attach your CV to your application form. Please ensure that your CV demonstrates the following essential criteria:

• Good standard of education including excellent numeracy and literacy skills
• Recent experience in a similar financial/procurement role
• High level of integrity and accuracy
• Good interpersonal and communication skills to enable post holder to interact effectively with staff, customers, senior management and suppliers
•  Proven decision making skills and ability to work on own initiative. Able to demonstrate ability to monitor, maintain and improve existing working practices
• Ability to understand, communicate and manage priorities, with flexibility to re-prioritise when required in order to meet deadlines
•  Proven experience of using relevant IT systems and ability to learn new systems

Due to the nature of our work, security is of paramount importance to us and therefore it will be necessary to pass and maintain vetting level SC.  In order to achieve this, you must be a British National and have resided in the UK for the past five years. Exemptions apply for overseas or other diplomatic service (with HM Government), and studying abroad.   

You can find more information about security vetting here. 

How to Apply 

To apply, click on the “Apply” button below and submit your application before the closing date of Sunday 25th June 2023 at 23:55hrs.  

To ensure the recruitment process is fair and equal, please do not include any personal details on your CV, other than your name.

At CTPSE we are committed to reflecting the communities we serve, and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We welcome applications from those interested in part time and flexible working, and encourage applications from our under represented communities. 

Our people say that benefits include a good work/life balance, a supportive and welcoming place to work and excellent terms including a generous pension scheme and annual leave entitlement. 

If you have any questions about the role, please contact RecruitmentSE@thamesvalley.police.uk quoting the Job Reference number 19889. 

IMPORTANT: If you are already a Thames Valley Police (TVP) member of staff, shift allowance, on-call or other job related allowances from the previous role will not be protected unless they are attached to the new role. 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy if we receive a high volume of applications. Should you wish to apply for this post, we advise you to complete and submit your application form as soon as possible. 

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