Executive Assistant

Job description

Executive Assistant

Force

South Wales Police

Role Type

Police Staff

Business Area

Corporate Services

Department

Executive Support

Location

HQ, Bridgend

Grade

SC34

Salary

£25,948.00 - £29,859.00

Part/Full Time

Full Time

Hours per Week

37

Type of Contract

Permanent

Level of Welsh language ability required?

2

Shortlisting Date

29 September 2026

Interview Date

22 October 2026

Closing Date

28/09/2026, 15:00

Job Advert Description

Would you like a career like no other? If so... Join Us

South Wales Police brings together thousands of people with the same aim - to keep South Wales safe.

We want to be the best at understanding and responding to our community's needs. To do this we need the very best candidates from a wide range of backgrounds to apply to become part of our policing family.

We are looking for someone to #JoinUs as an Executive Assistant in our Executive Support Team. Could you be who we are looking for?

About the team/Department you will be joining:

• Working within Executive Support, the successful candidate will support the Chief Officer Group
• You will be working within a fast-paced environment within the Chief Officer team, together with Executive Assistants and Staff Officers.
• We work Monday - Friday flexi hours. There is some flexibility around home working.

About the role and your key responsibilities:

• Providing confidential secretarial and administrative support, including typing and word processing duties, diary management, maintaining and reviewing filing systems, undertake research and preparatory work to provide information via a range of computer systems. Preparing files of papers, recording and dissemination of minutes of meetings, some of which are highly confidential and of a high-profile nature.
• Booking transportation and hotels as and when required, responsibility for the submission of expenses.
• Working closely with Staff Officers to effectively support the Chief Officer Group.

What skills and experience do we need you to bring to the role:

• Prior experience working as a EA in a busy office would be advantageous.
• We are keen to hear from you if you are highly competent with Microsoft systems and have previous administrative experience.
• Level 2 Welsh speaker.

The successful Candidate must be willing to undergo vetting to MV/SC Vetting.

Please note, if you are an internal candidate and subject to an ongoing PSD investigation, your appointment or placement in the role may be delayed pending an outcome. Whether the role is held open will be considered on a case-by-case basis

As an equal opportunities' employer, we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. However, as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates are currently underrepresented within the Force, we would particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse candidates.

To support the ambition of a diverse workforce, South Wales Place is able to offer a Guaranteed Interview Scheme (GIS). The GIS is available for people living with a disability or identify as ethnically diverse.

If you are an applicant who is living with a disability or from an ethnically diverse background (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) and would like to be considered under the GIS, you must meet the essential minimum criteria for the role as outlined in the advert and role profile. You should take time to evidence that you meet each of the essential criteria in your application form and/or personal statement and CV.

For further information please email

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