Executive Assistant to Chief Officer

Maidstone, Kent
Essex Police and Kent Police
Executive Assistant to Chief Officer (Headquarters, Maidstone)

Location of Role: Maidstone

Advert Closing Date: 27/08/2024

Starting Salary: £28,290.00 (pro-rata for part-time vacancies)

Part/Full Time: Full Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Pattern: Mon-Fri

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual to undertake the role of Executive Assistant to Chief Officer at Kent Police Force Headquarters, Sutton Road, Maidstone.

This is a rewarding, challenging and demanding role and you must be flexible and willing to work as part of the wider Executive Assistant Team to Chief Officers, assisting with providing cover for the whole team.

We are looking for individuals who can demonstrate:

• A high level of standards, tact, discretion, and diplomacy (whether this be verbally or in writing) acting as the Chief Officers’ representative, and in line with the Code of Ethics and Kent Police Standard.
• Strong negotiating and influencing skills, to identify and resolve commitment conflicts, provide options, recommendations, and solutions, to facilitate the efficient and effective operation of commitments for the Chief Officers.
• An ability to assimilate information quickly and accurately (in line with MOPI and Information Security guidelines), and work with others where appropriate to identify potential risks and solve problems proactively in relation to diary management, receipt of information or conflicting priorities.
• A high level of office planning and organisational skills, and to be conversant with all key office technology such as Outlook and Microsoft applications such as Teams.
• Emotional awareness, specifically respect and compassion towards others, in line with the Force’s culture principles, to deal with the variety of sensitive, confidential, and diverse information often dealt with as an Executive Assistant under challenging deadlines or circumstances.

You will be required to plan and work on your own initiative, with minimal supervision, acting as the first point of contact for visitors and callers. Your duties will include managing Chief Officers’ diaries and emails, proactively preparing draft correspondence for approval, and minuting meetings that can be of a highly confidential or sensitive nature. This opportunity would suit a highly motivated and experienced individual who is looking to further their career as an Executive Assistant within Kent Police and would like exposure to Strategic Policing in a unique, exciting, and busy environment.

We would encourage prospective applicants to arrange an informal meeting with the Executive Manager, Caroline Stevens prior to the shortlisting date.

For further information about the role, please contact: Caroline Stevens on

Kent Police offer smarter working which allow some flexibility in terms of work arrangements. Due to the operational nature of this role, it will be predominantly office based.

Kent Police offer incremental increases within this salary band, therefore the salary for this position will rise to a maximum of £32,802.00.

Your application is shortlisted on the content provided within the ‘reason for application’ section, which is limited to 9000 characters. Within your answer please refer to the criteria stated in this job advert and include any experience, skills and abilities you feel you have that will make you suitable for the role. Please ensure you provide as much detail as possible as insufficient information may mean that you do not meet the shortlisting criteria.

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 stating ‘Application Support and Adjustments’ in the title of your email. Alternatively, you can call us on .

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.

This post is open to:

• Members of a European Economic Area (EEA) state who hold settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme.
• Commonwealth citizens or foreign nationals (who are not British citizens or European Economic Area (EEA) state members) who have leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom for an indefinite period that is free from restrictions.

All applicants (except those who have been serving abroad with the British Armed Forces) must have lived in the UK continuously for the past three years.

Essex Police and Kent Police are an equal opportunities employer. Communications may be recorded for monitoring purposes.