Vetting & Professional Standards Administration Assistant - Hybrid

Overview

Are you looking for a new challenge to start making a difference to your community within Avon and Somerset Police?

Your work in the Professional Standards and Vetting Department is an integral part of the recruitment process. You will be providing accurate, effective, and professional administrative support in accordance with Vetting Code of Practice and Authorise Professional Practice.

• Provide administrative, research and analytical support to the department ensuring compliance with relevant policy, procedure, and guidelines of the Vetting Code of Practice & Authorise Professional Practice (APP) to support service delivery and timely processing of enquiries.
• Be the first point of contact for applicant and colleague queries, providing responses in a timely, efficient, and courteous manner to maintain agreed service levels and progression of enquiries.
• Be responsible for monitoring and updating the vetting and professional standards case management systems to ensure that all information recorded is accurate, relevant, and accessible.
• Release security web-based applications to vetting applicants, quality assess applications received to ensure they are complete, accurate and appropriate. Assist with non-compliance of completion of applications using the agreed escalation process.
• To be responsible for the coordination of invoicing and creation of purchase orders in relation to vetting charges and national security clearances to support the monitoring and forecasting of expenditure.

• Previous administrative experience gained in a busy working environment.
• Experience in analysing and managing large data sets including confidential information.
• Computer literate and competent in the use of Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to liaise at all levels with external and internal individuals using a range of communication methods.
• Ability to organise workload efficiently to prioritise tasks and meet deadlines.

Please note, to be eligible to apply for this role you must have a 5 year ‘checkable history’ in the UK – ideally this means that you would have been resident in the UK for the last 5 years.

Candidates successful at shortlisting will be invited to attend an in person interview week commencing 16th February 2026.

For more information regarding the role please see attached job description or contact Lauren Skyrme via email. Does this sound like the role for you? Click the ‘Apply’ button below.