Police Staff

I am a line manager to 10 technicians and responsible for maintaining 720 Police and Fire vehicles. I order parts and search for best prices on parts required to repair vehicles, create job cards and assist technicians with diagnosing vehicle faults.

I’ve been in the motor trade since 1986 and what attracted me to my role here was having direct involvement in managing the fleet of vehicles and ensuring they are kept on the roads to service the needs of Staffordshire.

I work in the Joint Estates Department as part of the Business Service Team. I help look after and maintain the Fire and Police Estate, which includes monitoring budgets, arranging contractors, dealing with ID requests and queries, assist in monitoring both PFI and FM Contracts and many other aspects for both Services.

I work as part of an amazing team, and we have a great working environment which gives us flexibility and, in turn, gives me a great work/life balance.

As a Helpdesk Agent my primary role is to raise and to do the initial investigation on users IT issues and tickets coming through the helpdesk phone line and through the online ticketing system. It ranges from low level simple fixes all the way to looking at major system outages, actioning changes in different IT services, and finally using and administering highly sensitive police systems such as the Police National Computer.

Due to the nature of the police, we never know what call is going to come through and this means I'm never bored and always kept busy. I also enjoy the range of different people I get to speak to and all the roles I can learn about. Since joining the force, I have had the opportunities to observe different teams, get involved with different departments, and do apprenticeships.

In my role as HR Support Assistant I handle most aspects of human resources work from maternity and paternity leave, ill health retirements, probations and contracts. I also help out the HR Officers and HR Business Partners with any admin and data requests they have. and get to speak to and help people from different departments all over the force.

The ‘police family’ atmosphere is the thing I enjoy most about working at Staffordshire Police. Everyone helps each other out and my role means I get to speak to and help people across different departments from all over the force.

In my role as an IT Project Manager, I am responsible for implementing and upgrading hardware and software used by officers and staff across the force. This can be down to the implementation of a brand-new system or hardware such as body-worn video through to a major upgrade of a current system.

When planning my return to work after my first child, I knew flexibility was important for my family and career. With the support of my managers and Staffordshire Police's flexible working policy, I have the added benefit of re-arranging the way I work to suit me and my family's needs, whilst still delivering quality outcomes.