Vetting Administration Assistant

Leicestershire Police; Leicester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional law enforcement agency in Leicester is seeking a Vetting Administration Assistant to ensure the smooth running of vital vetting operations. The role involves managing vetting processes, monitoring renewals, and verifying documentation while maintaining confidentiality. Excellent communication and experience in administrative roles are essential. The agency promotes a supportive environment that values diversity and inclusion, encouraging applications from various backgrounds. Please apply before the deadline on 4th January 2026.

Benefits

Range of rewards and benefits

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Experience using computerised databases and spreadsheets to input data and maintain records.
• Previous work in a busy administrative environment dealing with confidential and sensitive information.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.

Responsibilities

• Managing the vetting process for recruitment applications.
• Proactively monitoring vetting renewals and annual security reviews.
• Checking residency requirements, ID, and documentation for accuracy.

Skills

Computerised databases and spreadsheets

Excellent communication skills

Dealing with confidential information

Job description

Apply your admin skills to keep vital vetting operations running smoothly.

Join the team as a Vetting Administration Assistant where you’ll play a key role in ensuring an effective service and smooth process is delivered. You’ll coordinate workflows, quality check applications and manage vetting renewals and aftercare while producing insightful monthly reports.

Due to the nature of this role, this is a fixed based position located at Tigers Road, Leicester.

You’ll be

• Managing the vetting process for all recruitment ensuring all applications are received and processed to meet deadlines.
• Proactively monitoring vetting renewals and annual security reviews.
• Checking residency requirements, ID, documentation and vetting applications to ensure quality and accuracy.

You must have

• Experience using computerised databases and spreadsheets to input data and retrieve/maintain records.
• Previous work in a busy administrative environment dealing with confidential and sensitive information.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.

What’s in it for you?

At Leicestershire Police, we want to create an environment that puts people first, so you feel supported in everything you do. We have a range of reward and benefits available to all our employees.

What’s Next

Please click APPLY to complete your application, telling us how you meet the essential and desirable criteria by showcasing your skills and experience.

• Vacancy closes on Sunday 4th January 2026 at 23:55.

If you want a chat about how we can help you throughout the recruitment process and your career with us, get in touch with the Recruitment Team: [e-mail]

Who We Are

At Leicestershire Police it’s not just patrolling the streets. Just as important as our uniformed officers is our dedicated team of professional and support staff working behind the scenes. It’s these skilled people, people like you who contribute to the policing of Leicestershire.

We value diversity and inclusion and encourage applications from underrepresented and neurodiverse backgrounds, so that we can truly reflect the communities that we serve in.