Role:

Salary: Band 5, £27,531 – £28,653

Location: Forcewide, you will be traveling across property sites within the force area.

Hours/Contract: 37 hours, Permanent

Working for #TeamNP

Our purpose at Team NP is simple: to keep people safe and to fight crime. But it takes more than officers alone to do the job – and that’s where our 2,000-strong team of police staff and 200 volunteers come in.

As one of the largest police forces in England we have a huge variety of departments and specialisms offering you endless opportunities. From mentoring and coaching schemes and online soft skills courses to leadership development programmes; we’ll give you the support, training and time to carve out the career you always wanted.

As one of the top 50 UK inclusive employers and a disability confident employer, we promote a culture of respect in the workplace so everyone can feel seen, heard and valued.

Whether you’re a member of staff or a volunteer, you can also expect first-rate support to manage your health and wellbeing. With year-round events, a 24/7 welfare support hotline and a leading approach to neurodiversity, our initiatives enable you to be at your best.

Above all else, here at Team NP, we can offer you a career that is so much more than just a job, it’s a chance to be part of something that really matters. 

Learn about our full benefits package

The role

Here at Northumbria Police, we think our region is amazing! It takes a great deal of people from different backgrounds, with diverse skills and experience to serve our force area effectively, think you have what it takes to help us make a difference? This could be the perfect time for you to join us in our Business Services Department as a Evidential Property Coordinator.

This is a fast-paced and enjoyable role where you’ll plan and coordinate daily activities for the Evidential Property team, managing proactive demand and acting as the primary point of contact. Your excellent organisational skills and enthusiasm for challenges will be crucial in ensuring smooth operations. Service delivery is key, so you’ll need to keep stakeholders informed and provide exceptional customer service.

What you’ll do

• Stakeholder Management: Maintain effective communication and relationships with internal and external partners, acting as the primary contact for Business Services. You will monitor and evaluate a demand led service, identifying risk or areas which may impact on service delivery. 


• Customer Service: Develop and implement customer service solutions to drive efficiencies and improve service delivery.


• Service Delivery: Manage local projects to support force objectives, focusing on continuous improvement and risk management. This could include hazardous waste collections, drug disposals and conducting audits.


• Resource Allocation: Coordinate cover for absences and resource allocation, ensuring all department functions are adequately resourced.

Sound interesting? For further information, and to support your application, please view the job description. 

What you’ll bring

• IT Skills: Proficient in Microsoft Office software with the ability to quickly learn and utilise bespoke systems.


• Planning and Organisation: Strong organisational and planning skills, with experience of co-ordinating tasks and activities with competing pressures and demands.


• Problem Solving: Able to use your initiative to problem solve and make decisions autonomously.


• Teamwork: Able to work as part of a team as well as being self-motivated and able to work independently.


• Communication: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to adapt to a diverse range of stakeholders.

You will need to have a full UK driving license and vehicle to travel between stations.

This is a varied role where you’ll also provide support to staff across the force. You’ll need be flexible with your approach and location. Whilst you will have an operational base, you will be expected to work at different sites as directed by your manager throughout the week to support both staff and operational requirements.

We know it’s important for you to feel that you’re not only part of a great team, but part of a community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

Harnessing these differences creates a productive environment in which everyone feels valued, and their talents are fully utilised. Appointments are based on merit alone.

Interested to learn more? For further information about the role please Julie Bertie by email at julie.bertie@northumbria.police.uk

What we offer

• 26 days’ leave (increasing to 30 days for 5 years+ service) plus 8 bank holidays


• NHS Fleet Solutions Car Lease Scheme


• Enhanced maternity, shared parental and adoption leave


• Flexi time – allowing you to fit your working hours around your individual needs


• Flexible working (we are happy to discuss options such as compressed hours)


• Agile working – option to work from home, your team zone, and spaces across the force. 


• Fantastic market-leading public sector pension scheme with up to 16% employer contribution


• Corporate travel schemes – local rail, bus services and metro discounts


• Access to private healthcare and eye test vouchers


• Discounts on shopping and eating out thanks to the Blue Light Card and Blue Light Tickets


• We’ve invested in extensive paid sick leave, trained mental health first aiders on-site, an employee advice service for the times you need that additional support.


• Access to gyms in some stations


• Sports & Social Club – join our thriving sports scene at Team NP and enjoy further exclusive discounts on days out and travel


• Cycle to work scheme


• Opportunity to volunteer in local community

Just so you know

Our application form will help us understand how your work, education and life experience has prepared you for the role of an Evidential Property Coordinator with #TeamNP. To help support your application research what makes us tick here at Northumbria, the role you’re applying for and the values and behaviours that contribute.

The recruitment process will consist of the initial application form followed by a face-to-face interview so you know, you can save your application and come back to it any time prior to the closing date on the advert.

We are proud members of the Business Disability Forum, with whom we collaborate with to improve the lives of disabled employees. We are also a Disability Confident Employer, therefore if you demonstrate that you meet the minimum criteria for this role as stated in the advert, we will progress your application and offer you an interview.

If you tell us that you have a disability, we can make adjustments to support you through the recruitment process (for example we can arrange extra time for tests or provide a sign language interpreter) You can get in touch with us via careers@northumbria.police.uk for any support regarding the application process. Please provide us with plenty of notice so we can ensure your visit goes smoothly. 

If your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a Recruitment Vetting (RV) form, therefore you must be a resident of the UK for a minimum period of 3 years to ensure vetting checks can be successfully performed.  A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance, medical information, and references.

Terms of appointment

This is a permanent role subject to a six-month probationary period.

If you are successful in your application, you will have a six-month probation period with us where you will be unable to apply for any other post advertised internally or externally.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.