SYP - Programme Support Assistant

Role: Programme Support Assistant

Department: Information Services

Location: Nunnery Square, Sheffield or Melton, Hull

Term: Fixed Term Contract/Secondment until March 31st 2020

Band: B

Salary: £18,123 - £19,719

Hours per week: 37

See attachments for Summary of Main Duties & Person Specification

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Programme Support Assistant to work as part of the IS Project Management office team. The successful candidate will provide general administrative support to members of the IS Projects and Programmes Team, as well as supporting the IS Senior Management Team.

You will be required to undertake business administrative, procurement and finance administrative tasks in support of identified work-streams as required, such as arranging and participating in meetings, preparing minutes, updating and publishing documentation.

The successful applicant will be responsible for monitoring project work packages and provide support to the IS Project Management function. They will also directly support and deputise where appropriate for the teams Project Management Support Officers.

You are expected to have an understanding of Microsoft Office packages such as word and excel and be experienced in the use of outlook and email.

In addition, the successful candidate may be required to work outside normal working hours and travel around and outside of the force area.

For more information regarding the role responsibilities, please see the Summary of Main Duties & for a breakdown of the essential criteria, please refer to the Person Specification.

For further information about this post please, contact Richard Hutton on Tel No. 0114 2196785.  Please do not contact this number for an application form.

FOR INTERNAL SECONDMENTS - To apply for this post as a secondment you must have the support of your Line Manager and Head of Department. This should be demonstrated on a GEN 2 that must be sent to Recruiting@southyorks.pnn.police.uk  Please ensure that in the subject of the email you will have the Job title and closing date of the role you are applying for. Without support your application will not be considered any further, therefore please ensure that your support is submitted by the closing date.

Applicants must meet the minimum checkable history criteria, which must be taken into account for all individuals applying to work with South Yorkshire Police in any capacity.  A minimum checkable history period of 3 Years has been identified for this role and successfully undergoing recruitment vetting procedure is a pre-requisite of employment with South Yorkshire Police.

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Closing dates are not normally extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and an agreement is made with the HR Manager - Recruitment and the Line Manager for the role.

Closing date: Thursday 18th October 2018

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