Chronicle Administrator (Headquarters, Chelmsford)

Location of Role: Chelmsford

Advert Closing Date: 01/06/2026

Job Grade/Rank: 27204.00 (pro-rata for part-time vacancies)

Part/Full Time:Full Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Pattern: Mon-Fri

Weekend/Evening Working: No

This is a key support position within the Firearms Training Department also providing essential assistance to Operational teams. As the dedicated fulltime Chronicle Administrator you will undertake a range of administrative duties to support the Firearms Training Team with a particular focus on accurate data management within the Chronicle system.

Based at Essex Police Headquarters you will work closely with Firearms Training Instructors and build strong working relationships across the Training Team Operational Teams 7 Force Armed Policing and external partners.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Maintaining reviewing and qualityassuring the Chronicle database to ensure accurate and complete training records for all accredited officers including both Firearms and Taser qualifications.
• Recording all armed deployments - planned and spontaneous across the county to maintain an uptodate and reliable operational history.
• Researching extracting and presenting data from Chronicle for a range of reports requested by Senior Officers.
• Supporting the Firearms Training Team in the coordination and delivery of training events.

You must be able to demonstrate:

• Previous administrative experience with strong office and organisational skills.
• The ability to plan organise and prioritise your own workload while managing interruptions and multiple demands.
• A good standard of general education or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience of working both independently and as part of a wider team.
• Good computer literacy and confident use of software such as Word Excel PowerPoint email systems and the intranet.
• A willingness and ability to learn new systems which should be clearly evidenced in your application.

This opportunity will suit a highly motivated and proactive individual who brings a breadth of experience accuracy and a keen eye for detail to the role.

This is an OfficeBased Agile Worker position. You will work predominantly (60% or more) from your designated team area at Headquarters with the remainder of your time worked from home or other police sites where appropriate.

Flexible working arrangements including some home working may be agreed following an assessment of operational needs and your suitability for homebased work. Where home working is approved you will still be required to attend your contractual workplace regularly.

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Kent Police and Essex Police welcomes applications regardless of age disability gender reassignment marriage or civil partnership status pregnancy or maternity race religion or belief sexual orientation sex or employment status.

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If youre not from the UK you must be a resident in the UK and have lived here continuously for the last three years. You must also be free from restrictions with indefinite leave to remain. If youre from the UK you must have lived here continuously for the last three years. This doesnt apply to those serving abroad in the British Armed Forces.

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• Are taking an active leadership role in encouraging and helping other employers on their journey to becoming Disability Confident.

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