Vacancy: Sussex Police need your help

[ColinJ]

Firearms Admin Support Volunteer​

Sussex Police
Job type
Volunteer

Full Job Description​

A new opportunity has arisen for a volunteer to assist the Firearms and Explosive unit and to assist and support them with their admin tasks.
The Role
The Firearms and Explosive Licensing unit are a busy team and would welcome an admin volunteer to come and support them. The volunteer would experience how the Firearms and Explosive department runs.
Key Responsibilities
Support the administration team in the department with a wide range of tasks including:

• Generating letters
• Keep spreadsheets updated
• Supporting with finance operations in the department
• Post duties
• Check stationary stock levels in the department

Skills & Experience
General Administration Skills
Microsoft packages – ideally word, excel and outlook
Experience of managing finance is desirable
Contact Details
volunteer@sussex.police.uk
Additional Information
Following submission of your application you will receive a confirmation email with a copy of your application attached. Occasionally emails from this address can fall into spam/junk folders so please ensure this is checked regularly. You may wish to consider adding noreply@surreysussexpolice.as.recruitmail.com to your address/contact list to ensure you receive all communications.

Diversity Statement
We are only as good as our people. It's really important that our officers and staff can be themselves in the workplace and we know that as an organisation we'll grow from the variety of thinking, approach and skills that diversity brings; all of which help us deliver a better policing service. We strive to ensure how we deliver our services, provide information and how we recruit is open and accessible to all.

We have multiple staff support groups who help to improve our understanding of minority issues and ensure they are reflected in our work. We are proud members of the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index and Disability Confident, a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and aligned with the Armed Forces Covenant and the HeForShe movement.

We value the differences that people bring from all backgrounds and communities. Regardless of age, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, disability, social status or religious beliefs, we would love to hear from you.
Job Detail

• Reference number
  SYSX VOL00236
  
  Date posted
  11/01/2023
  
  Closing date
  24/01/2023

 

[308tikka]

 

[Stalker62]

I volunteered for my local FLD last summer.

The FLM would have been delighted for someone to 'lean in' just one day a week.

The "Volunteer Coordinator" did not even know who the FLD were.

He referred it to his "Manager" - seven months later, I am still waiting to hear from her.

I emailed the FLM explaining (without compliant) the situation, as I did not want him to think that the lack of any progress was down to me.

Absolute fing shambles.

If I could be arsed, I would send them the above advert.

Meanwhile, the delays for grants/renewals/variations continue a pace...

 

[Jh1986]

If I volunteer, can I process my own FAC grant to the top of the pile and then leave?

 

[Bavarianbrit]

The HeForShe movement????
A different world than the one that I live in.

 

[Stalker62]

The HeForShe movement?

Forgive me.

I have no clue what that means?

Edited:

Ah got it . The original advert.

 

[DVS1]

If I volunteer, can I process my own FAC grant to the top of the pile and then leave?

That thought had drifted through my mind

 

[Jh1986]

The HeForShe movement????
A different world than the one that I live in.

I do find it odd that it got as much page space as the actual job advert.

I was also mentioning this all the other day, when it was revealed how much various public bodies spend on 'diversity managers'. Surely the diversity, inclusion, and various other policies are basically all the same no matter what your field. Why break it down? Why not have one policy for all public bodies and do away with paying people to create a slightly different policy at a local level?

 

[Franchi Matt]

Dear lord, what ever next? Volunteer bad guys
This whole 'volunteer policing' is a slippery slope but hey - its the people behind the triggers we should be worrying about....

 

[Liveonce]

Hope they vet the volunteer as much as they do for a grant of a firearm, given the information they will have access too.

 

[Jh1986]

Hope they vet the volunteer as much as they do for a grant of a firearm, given the information they will have access too.

Wouldn't be unlike the anti mob, to infiltrate organizations

 

[Franchi Matt]

Hope they vet the volunteer as much as they do for a grant of a firearm, given the information they will have access too.

This is where it all goes wrong... maybe police forces need fresh scapegoats.

 

[Apthorpe]

Hope they vet the volunteer as much as they do for a grant of a firearm, given the information they will have access too.

I'm sure they will. They will vet and red tape the volunteer until he gives up or they find some other way of driving him/her/it out.

 

[Boosh]

Oh my f##king god.

 

[Rascal2018]

Im half tempted……
Im about to put a 1for 1 in and if i can get that moving quicker im all for that haha

 

[Jh1986]

Im half tempted……
Im about to put a 1for 1 in and if i can get that moving quicker im all for that haha

You do mine, I'll do your's. No trace

 

[long_range_rob]

Can we volunteer for an armed response unit?

No mention of any security clearance requirement for someone who’ll have access to sensitive personal data and know the details of owners of firearms and their storage locations and details. Did they not learn from the debacle when an anti was employed to work with the data on badger cullers and leaked that information.

 

[Jh1986]

Can we volunteer for an armed response unit?

No mention of any security clearance requirement for someone who’ll have access to sensitive personal data and know the details of owners of firearms and their storage locations and details. Did they not learn from the debacle when an anti was employed to work with the data on badger cullers and leaked that information.

Guntrader already gave all that out