Firearms Enquiry Officer
Essential Skills
You will:
- Have good communication skills with the ability to listen to others.
- Be skilled in the use of standard IT packages, systems and/or databases in order to produce concise reports or documents.
- Have the ability to proactively manage own workload to enhance efficiency and effectiveness within own area of work.
- Work effectively in a team, develop positive working relationships with colleagues, partners and other stakeholders to achieve shared objectives, providing support as required.
- Possess a full UK Drivers Licence
Desirable Skills
- Skilled in the inspection and handling of shotguns and firearms.
- Able to interpret and apply guidance to a specific activity.
Conditions
The Firearms Enquiry Officer role is full time (36.5 hours per week) and is based at Aston Police Station, Birmingham.
In this role the post holder will cover the geographic areas of Coventry and Solihull and will be required to use their own vehicle to travel throughout these areas. The post holder will be able to claim mileage for work related travel costs.
West Midlands Police are currently undertaking a long term review of staff pay and conditions. The grade, pay and other terms of employment are therefore subject to review and may change in the future.
West Midlands Police is a Disability Confident Leader - the highest level an organisation can achieve under the scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions. As part of our commitment we operate a ‘Disability Confident Interview Scheme’ - all candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview.
It is important to note that there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people who meet the essential criteria for the job. For example: in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. In these circumstances, the employer could select the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job, as they would do for non-disabled applicants.
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