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An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Property Disposal team for the role of Property Disposal Assistant, based at Sittingbourne Police Station. This is a fixed-term position for the duration of 12 months. The postholder will work closely with external stakeholders to generate funds from the sale of items seized in police operations and redundant force equipment. You will be responsible for receiving, logging, and storing items of seized, found, or unclaimed property under the Property Act and preparing for sale in order to reduce waste and create additional income streams for Kent Police. You will work closely with property assistant colleagues to retrieve and manage the disposal of items no longer deemed evidential in line with various policies and processes., Where appropriate we will make adjustments to the selection process, working arrangements and/or the working environment provided it is reasonable in all the circumstances to do so. This post is open to:

• British Citizens
• Members of a European Economic Area (EEA) state who hold settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme.
• Commonwealth citizens or foreign nationals (who are not British citizens or European Economic Area (EEA) state members) who have leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom for an indefinite period that is free from restrictions.
All applicants (except those who have been serving abroad with the British Armed Forces) must have lived in the UK continuously for the past three years.

You will be educated to a minimum of GCSE standard in English and have a basic level of numeracy or have a strong working knowledge of a support service environment. You must be organised and able to work under pressure, providing appropriate levels of escalation to the Team Leader as necessary. Competent information technology skills, including a variety of Microsoft packages are required. A clean, current UK driving licence is essential as you are expected to travel to property stores and locations in and out of Kent. Following appointment, you will be required to pass an in-house Police Permit Tests for diesel cars, petrol cars, vans and 4x4 as applicable. The role will entail a vast amount of manual handling as items are collected in Kent and delivered to various locations and therefore individuals must be able to demonstrate that they are physically fit and capable. Knowledge of health and safety practices is essential, and it would be beneficial for you to have risk management experience. Although knowledge of the policing and evidential property environment are not essential, this would certainly be advantageous.

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

Working for Kent Police provides a number of benefits including:
• Training and professional development opportunities
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• A healthy Annual Leave package; increasing with employment term.
• Flexible working dependant of duties
• On site fitness centre and canteen (location dependent)
• Collaborative and supportive work environment.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Wellness programmes
• Eligibiliy for a Blue light Discount Card
• Opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to public safety and community well-being.