Pound Assistant - Perivale Vehicle Pound
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Job Title: Pound Assistant – Perivale Pound
Salary: £22,216 to £24,355 plus a £1,518 location allowance and Shift Disturbance Allowance of 12.5%. If you are new to the MPS you will receive £22,216 the band minimum. Progress to the band maximum of £24,355 will be via incremental progression.
Location: Perivale Vehicle Pound
Help us handle every vehicle that comes to the Met
If you like working outside in a role that’s different every day, join us here at the Met Police car pound. Here, we deal with all kinds of vehicles. They could be stolen, seized for motoring offences or needed for forensic examination. Buses, supercars, ice cream vans – you never know what will come through our gates. But with our excellent training, you’ll be equipped to handle anything.
As a Pound Assistant, you’ll be in charge of processing each vehicle that arrives. That means dealing with paperwork, inspecting for damage, monitoring recovery operators and moving disabled vehicles using specialist equipment. You’ll also deal with members of the public. With back office administration too, it’s a varied and interesting role.
In this job, you could be working outside in all weathers. There’s also heavy duty manual handling involved and a variable shift pattern.
If you’d like to join our team, you need to be fit and prepared to undertake Officer Safety Training and Emergency Life Support training. You should also have a full UK driving licence and good IT skills. On top of this, you must be ready to deal with any kind of vehicle. It’s important you can be patient and calm, even in difficult situations. If you’re happy working on your own or as part of a team, there may be a place for you in our Vehicle Recovery & Examination Service (VRES).
Full training is provided and you’ll have the chance to earn vocational qualifications.
To apply, please visit our website to download a role specific information pack and click on the link to complete and submit the online application form. You will also be required to submit a detailed CV.
Completed applications must be submitted by 23.55pm 10th February 2020.
Failure to supply all the relevant documents will result in your application being terminated.
We view diversity as fundamental to our success. To tackle today’s complex policing challenges, we need a workforce made up from all of London’s communities. Applications from across the community are therefore essential.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer the Met have committed to ensuring that disabled people and those with long term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations
Previous applicants in the last twelve months for the role of a Pound Assistant need not apply.
Essential Criteria
- MUST hold a full substantive driving license
- ELS and OST trained, or willingness to be trained
The jobholder should have, or expected to learn, the following knowledge around:
- VRES operating procedures
- Car Pound layout
- Structures and operating of vehicles and vehicle movement equipment
- Corporate and regulatory Health & Safety guidelines
Disability Confident Statement
The Met is committed to being an inclusive employer with a diverse and representative workforce at all levels. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences. We particularly welcome applications from ethnic minority groups and females.
As a Disability Confident employer, the Met has committed to making disability equality part of our everyday practice. We ensure that people with disabilities and those with long term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations. If you consider yourself to have access, workplace or reasonable adjustment requirements that need to be accommodated, we ask that you include this information within your application form. All matters will be treated in strict confidence and will not affect any recruitment decisions.
Read our full disability confidence statement.
This opportunity is closed to applications.