Our in-house recruitment team play an important part in ensuring Avon and Somerset Police continue to deliver an outstanding police service to our communities. We are responsible for recruiting talent into the organisation and providing a professional and efficient recruitment service for our hiring managers.

This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone who is looking for their first step into HR or Recruitment, you will receive full training in all our recruitment processes and systems and work alongside an experienced and supportive team.

Avon and Somerset Police can offer a huge variety of careers and this is an excellent opportunity to join a large organisation with the likely prospect of future development.

The role

You’ll be instrumental in ensuring we attract and recruit great candidates to fill a variety of roles, engaging with applicants to advise and support them through their recruitment journey and ensure all the required documents are in place for each new hire.

You may also be required to attend recruitment events, such as Job Fairs, Open Days, Information Events and Assessment Centres, these can sometimes be held outside of your normal hours therefore flexibility in start and finish times would be preferred.

Our office is based at the beautiful Police and Fire Headquarters in Portishead, with free parking and a range of great on-site facilities. However, we work very flexibly and this role can largely be performed from home. There is however, the requirement to work with colleagues in the office to support a variety of activities, these days will be agreed with you in advance.

What it takes

To be successful in this role you’ll need to be an excellent communicator with a passion for providing first class customer service.

You’ll need to be able to work to deadlines and prioritise your workload as we receive high volumes of applications.

You are likely to have previous experience within a customer service role and thrive in a busy working environment.

However, no experience is necessary and full training will be given, we’re looking for great team players who are willing to learn and grow with us.

Why Avon and Somerset Police?

We want everyone that joins us to feel comfortable to be who they are in our organisation, we will want you to live and breathe our values including that of inclusivity. Our colleagues are proud to “be the difference” and this message is key in our recruitment values too.

We aim to provide an environment which encourages our employees. We invest in our people and we strive to provide opportunities for our employees to learn, grow and thrive. Our organisations values of caring, inclusive, courageous and learning are at the heart of everything we do.

We want to build teams that represent a variety of experience and perspectives so that we are truly representative of our communities. We are keen to hear from those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities and people from all faiths, religions, gender and LGBT+ communities.

Additional information

This fixed term contract will be for 6-9 months, the duration will depend on the length of the recruitment process.