IT Administrator

An IT Administrator is required for a permanent role paying up to £30,353.08 per annum with British Transport Police (BTP) based in Camden, London. 

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 IT Administrator with BTP you will provide day to day administration support for the Technology Department including acting as the first point of contact for customers and internal colleagues requesting technical goods and services.

We can offer the successful candidate a blended home and office based working arrangement. We are also happy to consider part-time and full-time working patterns.

As IT Administrator you will be required to:

• Support the Technology Liaison Officer with all IT purchasing activity
• Provide administration support for the Technology Business Manager and wider Technology Department as and when required.
• Ensuring that force purchase transactions are completed in a timely manner
• Utilise and maintain BTP’s financial purchasing system

Key requirements include:

• Strong administrative experience including the use of MS packages such as Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Experience of working within a procurement environment, obtaining quotes for goods and services.
• Excellent customers service skills and good attention to detail.

In return for your experience, we can offer you:

• Salary of up to £30,353.08 (base of £21,808.97 + a London Allowance of £2,700.10 + a SFIA supplement of up to £5,426.79)
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Competitive pension scheme
• Yearly base salary increments
• Working from home allowance available to purchase suitable equipment for blended & home working
• Flexible agile working approach
• Family friendly policies including up to 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave
• Bespoke benefits platform and access to Blue Light Card
• Development opportunities including fully funded apprenticeships
• Employee assistance programme and dedicated wellbeing hub

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 5 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.

Internal candidates must have completed their probation for their current substantive posting. Internal candidates can only apply in tenure if Head of Department approval is emailed to the Recruitment.team@btp.police.uk prior to the vacancy closing. If this authorisation is not provided prior to the vacancy closing the candidate will fail the eligibility check. Candidates internal to BTP must confirm that they are not subject to formal action plans for sickness/complaints/discipline or poor performance and that all mandatory training courses have been attended and are in ticket/up to date. A minimum indicator of 3 / developing' or' 'Indicator 5 / no rating must have been achieved on the last reporting year PDR.

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 July 2022. If you have any queries, please contact the recruitment team – recruitmentteam@btp.police.uk