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British Transport Police are currently recruiting for 2 Resourcing Administrators; one on a permanent basis and one on a 12 month fixed term contract. These roles are paying £24,391.58 per annum based in Birmingham. The successful candidates will be able to work a blended approach of office and home working.

BTP is the national police force for the rail network throughout Great Britain, including London Underground, across which we ensure the safety and security of nearly 3 billion passenger journeys and over 100 million tons of freight every year. The world in which we work is fast-paced, operationally and commercially demanding, and constantly changing.

As Resourcing Administrator with BTP, you will assist our Resourcing Advisors in the national recruitment of Police Officers, PCSO's, Special Constables and Police Staff. Furthermore, you will provide professional, efficient, proactive and comprehensive administrative support. This is an exciting opportunity for anyone with administrative experience to develop their skills within a policing environment and busy recruitment setting. The successful candidate will have a high level of attention to detail and have experience of working in a fast-paced working environment.

As Resourcing Administrator, your duties will include:

• Pre-employment checks - collating all relevant documentation for vetting and medical checks, requesting and chasing references
• Post offer point of contact for all candidates, supporting the on-boarding process, answering queries over phone and email
• Data entry - processing onboarding documents and data entry to our database systems
• Updating the recruitment Excel trackers
• Prepare and issue contracts and offers letters for prospective employees
• Supporting the Resourcing Advisors with recruitment campaigns and associated workloads
• Supporting the Resourcing Advisors with preparation for assessment centres.

Further information about this vacancy can be found in the attached job description.

The successful candidate will be required to evidence the following skills:

• Previous experience of delivering excellent administrative support
• Excellent proficiency with computer use including but not limited to MS Office suite
• High level of attention to detail
• Demonstrable experience of working in a fast-paced working environment
• Good standard of planning and organisational ability.

In return for your experience, we can offer you:

• Salary of £24,391.58 per annum
• Yearly base salary increments
• Working from home allowance available to purchase suitable equipment for blended & home working
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Family friendly policies including up to 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave
• Flexible agile working approach
• Bespoke benefits platform and access to Blue Light Card
• Development opportunities including fully funded apprenticeships
• Employee assistance programme and dedicated wellbeing hub
• Pension scheme.

How to apply

Please click apply now and upload a copy of your CV.

BTP is an employer who cares about the impact we have on the environment and the wider challenges of climate change, and as such we are committed to reducing our carbon footprint and achieving Net Zero Carbon (NZC) through offsetting by 2035.

At BTP we are proud guardians of the railway and it is crucial that we represent the diverse communities we serve and protect. As ‘One BTP’ across the UK, we know that diversity, inclusion and belonging help us improve our decision making, foster creativity and drive innovation so all our people can thrive.

Our vacancies are open to everyone and all appointments are made based on merit. So that we can become more diverse we encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, women, people who have a disability, those who are neurodiverse and persons who identify as LGBTQI+. If you have the skills, experience and values that here in BTP we pride ourselves on then we would welcome you to apply.

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In order to apply, you must have the permanent right to live and work in the UK and have been resident in the UK for the previous 3 years. You will be asked these and other questions to determine your eligibility to work for British Transport Police when you start your application and you must answer honestly.

BTP has undertaken a review of Police Staff pensions and as a result of this the Police Staff pension will be changing. The current police staff pension is a Defined Benefit scheme which is administered by the Railways Pension scheme. The new pension scheme which is launching is a Defined Contribution scheme which is administered by Royal London. The new pension scheme is awaiting formal approval and an introductory date is not finalised. The earliest this will be is June 2023. If you have any queries, please contact the recruitment team – [email protected]

Internal candidates must have completed their probation for their current substantive posting and can only apply in tenure if Head of Department approval is emailed to [email protected] prior to the vacancy closing. Internal candidates must confirm that they are not subject to formal action plans for sickness/complaints/discipline or poor performance and that all mandatory training courses have been attended and are in ticket/up to date. A minimum indicator of 3 / developing' or' 'Indicator 5 / no rating must have been achieved on the last reporting year PDR.