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Clothing Assistant
| Posting date: | 07 February 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £25,098 to £25,098 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 February 2025 |
| Location: | Pelaw, Gateshead |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Northumbria Police |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Salary: Band 3, £25.098 per annum
Location: Pelaw
Hours/Contract: Permanent, 37 hours
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 Clothing Assistant.
Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes to supply our Force with the right uniform? This could be the perfect time for you to find out by joining us in our Business Services Department as a Clothing Assistant.
Our small and friendly supplies team stock over 350 items across various sizes and work hard to ensure our officers and staff members have the equipment they need to carry out their roles effectively. In this role, you will be responsible for supporting our uniform provision with a professional and customer focused tailoring service.
This is an important role in ensuring colleagues from across the organisation are equipped for duty and represent the Force to the highest standard. You will use industrial level, specialist machinery to undertake alterations and provide a bespoke service to each of our officers and staff. In a storeroom that holds over 1000 lines of stock, you’ll help colleagues of all ranks and roles.
What you’ll do
Tailoring Service Management: Responsible for the operation and delivery of the Force tailoring service, ensuring a professional and efficient service for all clothing and tailoring needs This can include ad-hoc tailoring projects, creating ribbon bars and hand stitched insignia.
Specialist Knowledge and Safety: Possess in-depth knowledge of specialist clothing and equipment to ensure staff and officers are correctly equipped, prioritizing health and safety. You will also be comfortable using the Microsoft Office suite and uniform ordering systems.
Bespoke Measuring and Fitting: Provide bespoke, one-to-one measuring and fitting services for essential items like PPE, ensuring proper fit and professional appearance in line with force policy.
Proficiency with Equipment: Highly skilled in using complex tailoring equipment and machinery, including industrial sewing machines and embroidery machines, to meet organizational needs. This will also include the routine cleaning, maintenance and safety checks.
Customer Service and Collaboration: Deliver high-level customer service, respecting individual beliefs and cultures, while collaborating with other departments to ensure timely delivery and support.
Stock Management: Carry out regular stock checks on our inventory, ensuring the OPEX corresponds with the physical stock and any discrepancies rectified.
Teamwork: Work effectively as part of the team sharing best practise, suggesting cost saving ideas and developing innovative ways of working to support the team and the wider force.
What you’ll bring
Organisation: You will be able to organise and prioritise your own workload, managing multiple work steams at the same time.
Teamwork: Work both independently and as part of a team, contributing to the team and force objectives.
Communication: Excellent communication skills both written and verbally, able to adapt your style to engage with a wide range of audiences.
Problem Solving: Resolve problems using your own initiative, with the judgment to know when escalation is necessary.
Microsoft: Experience of using Microsoft software packages.
Willing and able to Learn: You will need to be a quick learner, able t to learn how to use complex and specialist equipment and machinery. This will also include learning the inventory and being able to adjust a wide range of specialist clothing.
Interested to learn more? For further information about the role please contact Brian Appleby by email at brian.appleby@northumbria.police.uk
What we offer
26 days’ leave (increasing to 30 days for 5 years+ service) plus 8 bank holidays.
Enhanced maternity, shared parental and adoption leave
Flexible working (we are happy to discuss options such as compressed hours)
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
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 and medical information.
Terms of appointment
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.
Location: Pelaw
Hours/Contract: Permanent, 37 hours
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 Clothing Assistant.
Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes to supply our Force with the right uniform? This could be the perfect time for you to find out by joining us in our Business Services Department as a Clothing Assistant.
Our small and friendly supplies team stock over 350 items across various sizes and work hard to ensure our officers and staff members have the equipment they need to carry out their roles effectively. In this role, you will be responsible for supporting our uniform provision with a professional and customer focused tailoring service.
This is an important role in ensuring colleagues from across the organisation are equipped for duty and represent the Force to the highest standard. You will use industrial level, specialist machinery to undertake alterations and provide a bespoke service to each of our officers and staff. In a storeroom that holds over 1000 lines of stock, you’ll help colleagues of all ranks and roles.
What you’ll do
Tailoring Service Management: Responsible for the operation and delivery of the Force tailoring service, ensuring a professional and efficient service for all clothing and tailoring needs This can include ad-hoc tailoring projects, creating ribbon bars and hand stitched insignia.
Specialist Knowledge and Safety: Possess in-depth knowledge of specialist clothing and equipment to ensure staff and officers are correctly equipped, prioritizing health and safety. You will also be comfortable using the Microsoft Office suite and uniform ordering systems.
Bespoke Measuring and Fitting: Provide bespoke, one-to-one measuring and fitting services for essential items like PPE, ensuring proper fit and professional appearance in line with force policy.
Proficiency with Equipment: Highly skilled in using complex tailoring equipment and machinery, including industrial sewing machines and embroidery machines, to meet organizational needs. This will also include the routine cleaning, maintenance and safety checks.
Customer Service and Collaboration: Deliver high-level customer service, respecting individual beliefs and cultures, while collaborating with other departments to ensure timely delivery and support.
Stock Management: Carry out regular stock checks on our inventory, ensuring the OPEX corresponds with the physical stock and any discrepancies rectified.
Teamwork: Work effectively as part of the team sharing best practise, suggesting cost saving ideas and developing innovative ways of working to support the team and the wider force.
What you’ll bring
Organisation: You will be able to organise and prioritise your own workload, managing multiple work steams at the same time.
Teamwork: Work both independently and as part of a team, contributing to the team and force objectives.
Communication: Excellent communication skills both written and verbally, able to adapt your style to engage with a wide range of audiences.
Problem Solving: Resolve problems using your own initiative, with the judgment to know when escalation is necessary.
Microsoft: Experience of using Microsoft software packages.
Willing and able to Learn: You will need to be a quick learner, able t to learn how to use complex and specialist equipment and machinery. This will also include learning the inventory and being able to adjust a wide range of specialist clothing.
Interested to learn more? For further information about the role please contact Brian Appleby by email at brian.appleby@northumbria.police.uk
What we offer
26 days’ leave (increasing to 30 days for 5 years+ service) plus 8 bank holidays.
Enhanced maternity, shared parental and adoption leave
Flexible working (we are happy to discuss options such as compressed hours)
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
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 and medical information.
Terms of appointment
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.
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