Admin Support Clerk

South Yorkshire Police; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

South Yorkshire Police is seeking an Admin Support Clerk (Operation Beaconport) to provide clerical and administrative support within the Crimes Services investigation team at Europa View, Sheffield.

The role supports national investigations into group-based child sexual exploitation and abuse, with a 12-month temporary contract and a 37-hour work week. Applicants should have experience with computer systems and customer-facing administration.

Qualifications

• Experience with computer systems in a clerical/administration environment.
• Experience dealing with members of the public or partner agencies in person or on the phone.
• Experience working within a clerical/administration environment.

Responsibilities

• Process telephone calls on behalf of the Op Beaconport Team
• Provide clerical and administrative support.
• Interrogate various South Yorkshire Police computer systems to retrieve data and disseminate results.
• Liaise with and act as point of contact for various partnership and external agencies to share information as appropriate.
• Support the arrangement of meetings.
• Input information onto South Yorkshire Police computer systems.
• Collate and disseminate data for key performance indicators.
• Create and update records on the South Yorkshire Police Databases.
• To produce, record, process and distribute correspondence and reports as required
• Ad hoc typing requirements and filing of papers and other administrate duties.
• Carry out any other duties commensurate with the purpose and grading of the post that may from time to time be determined.

Skills

Experience of using Computer Systems

Clerical/administration experience

Public/partner liaison experience

Job description

Salary: £25,242 -£27,204

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Contract Type: Temporary for 12 months

Role Purpose

Provide clerical and administrative support as part of the investigation team for Operation Beaconport, investigations selected nationally for further review into group-based child sexual exploitation and abuse between 2010-2025.

Job Description

Role: Admin Support Clerk (Operation Beaconport)

District/Department: Crimes Services

Location: Europa View, Sheffield

Salary: £25,242 -£27,204

Hours: 37

Contract Type: Temporary for 12 months

Role Purpose

Provide clerical and administrative support as part of the investigation team for Operation Beaconport, investigations selected nationally for further review into group-based child sexual exploitation and abuse between 2010-2025.

Key Responsibilities

• Process telephone calls on behalf of the Op Beaconport Team
• Provide clerical and administrative support.
• Interrogate various South Yorkshire Police computer systems to retrieve data and disseminate results.
• Liaise with and act as point of contact for various partnership and external agencies to share information as appropriate.
• Support the arrangement of meetings.
• Input information onto South Yorkshire Police computer systems.
• Collate and disseminate data for key performance indicators.
• Create and update records on the South Yorkshire Police Databases.
• To produce, record, process and distribute correspondence and reports as required
• Ad hoc typing requirements and filing of papers and other administrate duties.
• Carry out any other duties commensurate with the purpose and grading of the post that may from time to time be determined.

Skills And Experience

• Experience of using Computer Systems.
• Experience of working within a clerical/administration environment.
• Experience of dealing with members of the public or partner agencies either in person or on the telephone.

Skills and experience as documented in the role profile need to be evidenced in your application to be considered for interview.

Appearance & Standards

South Yorkshire Police is committed to striking a proportionate balance between self-expression and the need to maintain role sensitive professional standards in dress and appearance. Officers, staff, and volunteers of South Yorkshire Police are permitted to have tattoos visible whilst on duty provided the tattoo is not considered to be unacceptable or otherwise inappropriate. Tattoos will be reviewed as part of the recruitment and selection process.

South Yorkshire Police’s overarching aim is to deliver an excellent police service to support safer communities. The public’s assessment of our excellence is influenced by the level of trust and confidence in us, as an organisation and as individuals. In comparison to the general public, police officers and police staff are held to a higher standards of behaviour and accountability. In applying to join the police, applicants are accepting of these higher standards and understand the implications on their right to privacy.

South Yorkshire Police’s Key Values

At South Yorkshire Police we have 3 key values which run through everything we do Fairness, Integrity & Trust, the attached document details the key behaviours we expect all employees to adhere to.

Smarter Ways Of Working

South Yorkshire Police is committed to developing working practices which assist staff to balance their personal and professional lives, whilst meeting the needs of the organisation. This in turn enables SYP to provide an outstanding service to the community.

There are 3 different categories as part of this which are: Fixed, Field and Hybrid.

This role has been evaluated as a Fixed role.

Fixed: This is a traditional arrangement, applicable when the work is mostly required to be undertaken at a fixed single place of work (on police premises) for most of the time. The work can only or is more effectively delivered from a police premises or other agreed organisational/partner premises.

Contact Details

For further information about the role, please email DCI Tom Woodward at [e-mail]

Closing Date

24 th August 2026.

Closing dates are not normally extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and agreement is made between the Recruitment Manager and the Line Manager for the role.

Candidate Information

Please note that, should you be successful at the interview stage and before appointment, the relevant pre-employment checks are required. These include references, medical clearance, vetting clearance and sickness absence criteria check.

Diversity & Inclusion

Applications are particularly welcome from female and ethnic minority candidates.

It is really important to us that the department represents the community we serve, in order for us to provide the best service, utilising a range of backgrounds, experience and skills. We support and value all officers and staff and the unique experiences they bring to the role. We strongly encourage and welcome applications from these valuable underrepresented groups.

If you are from an underrepresented group and want to find out more about the support we can offer, please contact our dedicated team on [e-mail]

In addition, we will look to support anyone who requires Part Time/Job share working hours.

Internal Candidates

This vacancy is temporary therefore; you must have the support of your current Line Manager to apply. If you are a permanent member of staff, this would be classed as a secondment opportunity. If you are on a fixed term contract, you must contact the Recruitment Team before applying.

Please ensure that you and your current line manager complete the attached consent form. Please email the completed form to the hiring line manager, with the role title and the closing date stated in the subject of your email.

Without support, your application will not be considered any further.

Documents To Review

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For Application Guidance and Tips - Please Click Here

For the FIT Values of South Yorkshire Police - Please Click Here

For Secondment Approval - Please Click Here

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