Job Description

Location of Role: North Kent
Advert Closing Date: 03/12/2025
Starting Salary: 24,813.00 (pro-rata for part-time vacancies)
Part/Full Time: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Mon-Fri
Weekend/Evening Working: Yes
An opportunity has arisen for the role of a Facilities Assistant within the unique Facilities Management and Logistics Team at North Kent Police Station. The successful candidate will be an integral member of a dedicated team, who deliver heightened engineering, facilities and logistical services within the station.
Maintaining a high level of customer service, with an understanding of the environment and pressures of our operational colleagues, the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate an ability to be respectful in their approach and react to pressures as they arise, whilst maintaining the business as usual, core needs of the service.
A willingness to increase knowledge and learn new skills is essential. You must be organised but with an ability to adapt and able to work under pressure, providing appropriate levels of escalation as necessary.
A clean, current UK driving licence is essential as you are expected to travel other locations within Kent when supporting the Logistics service. Following appointment, you will be required to pass an in-house Police Permit Tests for diesel cars, petrol cars, vans and 4x4 as applicable.
In addition, it would be helpful if you could evidence knowledge of

• Items of planned maintenance
• Caretaking
• Adhoc minor works including sanitary systems, plumbing, decor, furniture and delivery moves
• Support of the logistics team.

You will be educated to a minimum of GCSE standard in English and have a basic level of numeracy and IT skills,or have work experience in a similar role.
The role will entail an amount of manual handling and therefore individuals must be able to demonstrate that they are physically fit and capable. Knowledge and application of health and safety practices is essential, and training will be provided.
Kent Police offer incremental increases within this salary band, therefore the salary for this position will rise to a maximum of 25,809.00.
Your application for this role will be shortlisted on the content you provide within the "reason for application" question, within the application form itself. CV's, covering letters or attachments are not included in the shortlist. Within your "reason for application" answer, please refer to any experience, skills, and abilities you feel you have that will make you suitable for this role, based on the role criteria stated in the job advert or job description. Please provide as much detail as possible as insufficient content may mean you do not meet the shortlisting criteria, however please note this question is limited to 9000 characters and this system will count spaces and blank lines as characters. This count may differ from the Microsoft Word word count function therefore you may wish to use a different online character counter to check the characters used.
All of our posts require a level of vetting and security clearance. During the recruitment process you will be sent vetting information forms to complete.
Kent Police and Essex Police welcomes applications regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, sex, or employment status.
Please let us know if you require extra support at any stage of the application process, or for further information regarding this position, please email us at recruitment.business.services@ecis.police.uk stating 'Application Support and Adjustments' in the title of your email. Alternatively, you can call us on 01245 452833. Where appropriate we will make adjustments to the selection process, working arrangements and/or the working environment provided it is reasonable in all the circumstances to do so.
If you're not from the UK, you must be a resident in the UK and have lived here continuously for the last three years. You must also be free from restrictions with indefinite leave to remain. If you're from the UK you must have lived here continuously for the last three years. This doesn't apply to those serving abroad in the British Armed Forces.

Skills Required