Avon and Somerset Police
Personal Assistant
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Job Description
Are you looking for a new opportunity where no two days are the same and where you can make a real difference?
Our Personal Assistants support our senior leaders, providing a proactive, efficient, and confidential service to them. They manage, organise, and plan to ensure that the senior leaders have the right things at the right time.
This job is busy, you will be doing a wide range of daily tasks including, reviewing and managing emails, booking in appointments, taking notes at meetings, as well as writing up documents and correspondence. This role is fast-paced and daily priorities can be changeable, so you need to be a quick thinker and find the best solution to completing deadlines or requests in a timely manner.
This vacancy will support the senior leaders in the Public Protection Unit.
The Public Protection Unit plays a vital role in keeping people safe across Avon and Somerset, leading the force's response to safeguarding, offender management, and the investigation of serious offences against children. This can at times be challenging and emotionally demanding, but supporting our leadership team means contributing to work that makes a genuine difference to victims and communities.
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What do you need?
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Previous administration/secretarial experience
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office packages
- Experience and/or ability of arranging, preparing, and supporting meetings
- To be able to demonstrate our Organisation's values
- Ability to travel around the force area if required - Using own car, pool car, or public transport
What We Can Offer You
How we reward our employees is linked to our culture, it’s about more than just salary. Through a package of financial, lifestyle, and health benefits, we support whatever stage of life you're in and the moments that matter:
- Flexible working
- Continuous professional development
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Employee Assistance scheme offering help through counselling services, legal advice, fitness advice, personal coaching, and health assessment
- Staff discount scheme for savings on shopping, days out, sporting events, holidays
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Additional Information
Shortlisting of applications will take place 6th August 2026 - Interviews will be held a minimum of a week after this date.
This is a part-time role working 18 hours per week, exact hours/days can be discussed with the successful applicant.
The role is blended, therefore you will be able to work from home for a proportion of your working week. Your secondary location will be based at Police Headquarters, Portishead.
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.
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