Resourcing Administrator

A Resourcing Administrator is required for a 6 month FTC paying up to £21,558.98 per annum, with British Transport Police (BTP) based in Birmingham City Centre.

BTP is the national police Force for the rail network throughout Great Britain, including London Underground, across which we ensure the safety and security of nearly 3 billion passenger journeys and over 100 million tons of freight every year. The world in which we work is fast-paced, operationally and commercially demanding, and constantly changing. As Resourcing Administrator with BTP you will assist our Resourcing Advisors in the national recruitment of Police Officers, PCSO's, Special Constables and Police Staff. Furthermore, you will provide professional, efficient, proactive and comprehensive administrative support. This is an exciting opportunity for anyone with administrative experience to develop their skills within a policing environment and busy recruitment setting. The successful candidate will have a high level of attention to detail and have experience of working in a fast-paced working environment.

As Resourcing Administrator your duties will include:

• Pre-employment checks - collating all relevant documentation for vetting and medical checks, requesting and chasing references
• Post offer point of contact for all candidates, supporting the on-boarding process, answering queries over phone and email
• Data entry - processing onboarding documents and data entry to our database systems
• Updating the recruitment Excel trackers
• Prepare and issue contracts and offers letters for prospective employees
• Supporting the Resourcing Advisors with recruitment campaigns and associated workloads
• Supporting the Resourcing Advisors with preparation for assessment centres.

Further information about this vacancy can be found in the attached job description. The successful candidate will be required to evidence the following skills:

• Previous experience of delivering excellent administrative support 
• Excellent proficiency with computer use including but not limited to MS Office suite
• High level of attention to detail
• Demonstrable experience of working in a fast-paced working environment
• Good standard of planning and organisational ability.

If you are interested in applying to this role then please do not delay as interviews will be held on 29th June 2021. In return for your experience, we can offer you:

• Salary of £21,558.98 per annum
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Pension scheme
• Other benefits include a bespoke BTP rewards platform and various salary sacrifice schemes such as cycle-to-work and season ticket loan as well as many high street and online retail discounts

We want our organisation to be as diverse as the community it serves and welcome applicants from all sections of the community. In order to apply, you must have the permanent right to live and work in the UK and have been resident in the UK for the previous 3 years. You will be asked these and other questions to determine your eligibility to work for British Transport Police when you start your application and you must answer honestly.

Candidates internal to BTP must confirm that they are not subject to formal action plans for sickness/complaints/discipline or poor performance, that all mandatory training courses have been attended and are in ticket/up to date, that a ‘Competent’ rating, or above, was achieved on the last reporting year PDR and they have completed their tenure period (6 months) for current substantive posting.

BTP has undertaken a review of Police Staff pensions and as a result of this the Police Staff pension will be changing. The current police staff pension is a Defined Benefit scheme which is administered by the Railways Pension scheme. The new pension scheme which is launching is a Defined Contribution scheme which is administered by Royal London. The new pension scheme is awaiting formal approval and an introductory date is not finalised. The earliest this will be is June 2021. If you have any queries, please contact the recruitment team – recruitmentteam@btp.police.uk