Team Leader - Road Safety Support Unit - Hybrid working

  • Avon and Somerset Police
  • Portishead, Somerset
  • 16/07/2026
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Job Description

Team Leader - Road Safety Support Unit - Hybrid working

Role type Police Staff

Permanent

Contract type Full Time

Department Criminal Justice

Location Portishead, Police Headquarters, Valley Road, Portishead- BS20 8QJ

Grade/scale SC 5

Please note, if this is a paid role and the role is part time then the salary quoted will be pro rata based on the hours worked per annum.

We are looking to recruit a Team Leader to work within our Criminal Justice Department within Avon & Somerset. If you are looking for a career that will help bring offenders to justice, then we would like to hear from you.

Every person that works for us, is in some way supporting and serving the community we represent. Each day brings you new challenges and decision making and your learning and development will be ongoing within the department.

You will be joining our vital Road Safety Support Unit (RSSU) team who support the detection and prosecution of road traffic offences. These can range from collisions to officer witnessed offences and other road traffic incidents including speeding and red light violations.

Responsibilities

In this role, your main responsibilities will be:

  • To have responsibility for the management and guidance of staff.
  • To ensure that all enquiries and complaints are satisfactorily progressed.
  • To respond to queries from members of the public, other departments within the organisation or other outside agencies.
  • To prioritise and manage workloads.
  • To ensure the effective creation, maintenance and updating of a variety of computerised databases.
  • Analyse statistical data and produce reports.
  • To be responsible for correspondence relating to the office.
Skills, experience and qualifications required
  • You will need experience of working with computers, especially Microsoft packages, including Excel.
  • The ability to motivate, develop, support and manage staff.
  • Excellent communication skills, verbally and in writing, with both small and large groups of people.
  • An ability to motivate staff to work together as a team.
  • Experience of administration work is essential.
What we can offer you

A package of financial, lifestyle and health benefits to support whatever stage of life you're in. Including:

  • Employee Assistance scheme offering help through counselling services, legal advice, fitness advice, personal coaching and health assessment
  • Staff discount scheme for savings on shopping, days out, sporting events, holidays
  • Blended working approach with the option to work from your home address for a proportion of the week

Blended Working / Hybrid Working The role has been identified as a blended role. The successful candidate for this role will have the opportunity to work from home whilst also at a secondary work location, which will be a police premises. The successful applicant will have the option to discuss working arrangements with their line manager. All applicants must reside within the UK.

To be eligible to apply for this role you must have a 3 year 'checkable history' in the UK - ideally this means that you would have been resident in the UK for the last 3 years.

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