Business Services Assistant (Great Dunmow)

Essex Police and Kent Police; Great Dunmow; Hybrid; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Local Government Pension Scheme

23 days annual leave (pro rata)

Discounts at shops and restaurants

Health and Wellbeing Services

Job summary

Essex Police and Kent Police are seeking a Business Services Assistant in Great Dunmow to support the police in a busy shared services centre. The role is based at Great Dunmow with a permanent full-time contract and a starting salary of £25,242 per year, pro‑rata for part-time vacancies.

Monday to Friday, 08:00–17:00, with occasional evenings and weekends. Successful candidates will join teams delivering finance, HR and other transactional support, handling telephone and email enquiries and

Qualifications

• Strong teamwork skills with flexibility to work across teams.
• Deliver exceptional customer service in a shared service environment.
• Experience using multiple Microsoft Office packages (Excel, Word, Outlook) and ability to learn new software.
• Accuracy and attention to detail when inputting and logging large data volumes.

Responsibilities

• Handle high volumes of telephone and email enquiries.
• Provide finance, HR and other transactional support to meet SLAs.
• Process actions to update electronic records and support policing operations.

Skills

Teamwork

Customer service

MS Office

Data entry

Education

GCSE Maths & English

Tools

SAP

Job description

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Business Services Assistant (Great Dunmow)

Location of Role: Great Dunmow

Advert Closing Date: 03/09/2026

Starting Salary: £25,242.00(pro-rata for part-time vacancies)

Part/Full Time:Full Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Pattern: Mon-Fri

Opportunities have arisen for enthusiastic and energetic staff committed to delivering exceptional levels of customer service to join our dedicated team undertaking the role of Business Services Assistant in the demanding shared service environment of the Business Centre.

We welcome all applications and would ask all new employees to help support our directive to be a fair, open and inclusive employer, as well as ensuring our ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion for all.

Based at Great Dunmow Police Station, permanent vacancies are available across the core hours of 0800 – 1700 Monday to Friday however, there is a requirement to work some evening and weekends on occasions. The Business Centre is a large busy department providing a wide range of shared support services to Police Officers, PCSO’s, Special Constabulary and other support staff within both the Essex Police and Kent Police forces.

Successful candidates will join our existing teams managing challenging demands and deadlines responsible for responding to high levels of telephone and email enquiries. You will be providing advice and guidance, processing actions to meet Service Level Agreements to update and administer electronic records and providing a wide range of finance, human resources and other transactional support functions in order to deliver an effective and efficient service to operational policing and a range of other support teams.

Applicants will need to provide evidence of the following essential skills and experience within the reason for application:

• Strong team working skills and be able to demonstrate a degree of flexibility to adapt to working collectively across all teams to meet challenging deadlines and demands.
• Evidence of delivering exceptional levels of customer service with experience of working in a customer or shared service environment.
• Experience of using multiple of Microsoft packages including Excel, Word and Outlook and the ability to master new software packages.
• Accuracy and attention to detail when inputting and logging vast amounts of data entry and processing transactions.

In addition, it would be desirable to evidence:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills (both verbal and written) together with a confident telephone manner.
• Educated to GCSE level in Maths and English or equivalent.
• Experience of maintaining and inputting data to IT systems, including knowledge of SAP, although full training will be provided.

What we offer you:

• Enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme.
• 23 days annual leave per year (pro rata for part time) increasing with service.
• Discounts at a variety of shops and restaurants.
• Discounted excursions via our Sports and Social Association.
• Unique working environment supporting the delivery of policing services in the County.
• Access to Health and Wellbeing Services and Facilities.

The role will offer flexibility in terms of place of work, including some home working. The extent of flexibility will be agreed through individual assessment with the line manager to assess operational requirements and individual’s suitability for home working.

Successful applicants for this role will be defined as an Office based Agile Worker: Office based agile working with designated team area. Works predominantly (60% or more) in one office space. The rest of the time works at home or at other police site locations.

Kent Police and Essex Police have separate salary grading systems therefore the salary for this position will be dependent on which home office force you are appointed to. This will be discussed with the successful applicant before a final offer is made.

Depending on your current vetting level and security clearances, you may be required to complete additional vetting information during the recruitment process.

Kent Police and Essex Police welcomes applications regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, sex, or employment status.

If you’re not from the UK, you must be a resident in the UK and have lived here continuously for the last three years. You must also be free from restrictions with indefinite leave to remain. If you’re from the UK you must have lived here continuously for the last three years. This doesn’t apply to those serving abroad in the British Armed Forces.

Essex Police is a Disability Confident Leader, we:

• Have subjected our Disability Confident self-assessment to external challenge and validation.
• Are taking an active leadership role in encouraging and helping other employers on their journey to becoming Disability Confident.

Diversity, Equality and Inclusionare central to the values of our organisation. At Essex Police we value and embrace the unique experiences, identities and abilities that each of us bring to our roles. We strive to empower everyone to bring their authentic self openly and safely to work.

Through the dedicated commitment of our support networks, DE&I team and wider HR departments, we are on a journey to embed our DE&I commitments, ensuring Essex Police is an employer of choice; where everyone feels included.

Essex Police and Kent Police are an equal opportunities employer. Communications may be recorded for monitoring purposes.