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Vehicle Recovery Assistant
Location: Force Headquarters
Agile working style: Fixed Base Worker
Salary: £25,626 - £31,296
Contract: Permanent
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Apply nowCome and assist with the Force's Vehicle Recovery Scheme.
The Vehicle Recovery Team are looking to recruit a Vehicle Recovery Assistant on a full-time permanent basis, based at Force Headquarters, Ripley
Vehicle Recovery Assistants act as a point of contact to a wide range of internal and external customers ensuring a professional and quality service is provided. You will be responsible for processing a wide range of tasks in connection with the Force Vehicle Recovery scheme.
What you’ll be doing
- Provide all customers with detailed advice and guidance on vehicle recovery legislation and procedures.
- Provide immediate advice and assistance to Officers at the roadside during office hours.
- Undertake vehicle releases, Officer chasers, disposal checks, carry out system audits and process disposal paperwork / payments.
- Record, update and interrogate seized vehicle data using the force vehicle recovery system.
The must haves
- Experience of working in a customer environment providing a high level of customer service.
- Good IT skills including knowledge of Microsoft products (Word, Excel and Outlook).
- Ability to prioritise workloads while multitasking across a number of complex tasks.
What’s in it for you?
At Derbyshire Constabulary, we want to create an environment that puts people first, so you feel supported in everything you do. We have a range of reward and benefits available to all our employees.
What’s next
Please click APPLY to complete your application.
To support you with your application we have provided some application guidance and our recruitment process.
Who we are
At Derbyshire Constabulary, policing isn’t just patrolling the streets. Just as important as our uniformed officers is our dedicated team of professional support staff working behind the scenes. It’s these skilled people, people like you who contribute to the policing of Derbyshire.
To understand how you can make Derbyshire safer together visit our careers website.
We value diversity and inclusion and encourage applications from underrepresented and neurodiverse backgrounds, so that we can truly reflect the communities that we serve in.
Agile Working Style
Fixed Base Worker
Entirely office based and requires regular use of specific non-movable equipment or access to technology and software which is only available on site.
Ripley Force Headquarters

Derbyshire Constabulary
Butterley Hall
Ripley
Derby
DE5 3RS