About the job

Job summary

Applications for this role are restricted to existing employees of the College of Policing, the Civil Service and officers or staff of a UK police force or UK policing organisation.

About us:

We’re the professional body for the police service in England and Wales. We work with everyone in policing to set standards, to share knowledge and good practice and to support the development of police officers and staff. Our mission is to drive a consistent approach across policing where the public and the service expect it, to boost professionalism and to improve leadership at every level.

Although we're a small organisation, our work has a big reach. We are uniquely placed to work both with national policing organisations and local forces to support frontline officers, staff and volunteers in their day-to-day roles.
We offer a supportive and inclusive environment for people to thrive. Our extensive flexible-working policy, employee wellbeing support, family friendly policies, employers network for equality and inclusion (ENEI) membership and status as a disability confident employer means everyone can bring their whole self to work.

Job description

We look forward to reading your application for the role of Policing Standards Manager – Continuous Improvement.

The selected candidate will provide professional leadership, direction and vision, directly connecting with police forces and national policing organisations. Contribute to improving knowledge and practice across the College and within policing in relation to specific areas of specialism and subject matter expertise, including forecasting and anticipating future demand.

The PSM is currently involved in a number of critical projects and workstreams that are an essential part of the College’s business plan.  

These include:
•    Delivery of national work on strategic workforce planning, IPP and performance management support to forces.
•    The adoption of a national strategic workforce planning Continuous Improvement Maturity Matrix with Force and NPCC stakeholders
•    Working proactively with forces to problem solve and share practice at an early stage to drive up quality and compliance relating to initial entry, high risk policing, performance improvement.
•    Providing improvement support to assist policing to achieve the objectives of the continuous improvement strand of the NPCC and College National Policing Vision 2030.

Person specification

Some of your responsibilities will include:

•    Building and retaining credibility internally and externally on current and emerging issues within the subject area and associated application of guidance, policy and standards.
•    leading teams to ensure innovative delivery of national products for guidance, changes to legislation, knowledge sharing, sharing of best practice and operational advice.

To be successful in this role you’ll need:
•    A Level 6 qualification in the subject matter or extensive equivalent experience.
•    Subject matter expertise relative to delivery within the portfolios e.g., continuous improvement, leading transformation
•    Proven experience of problem-solving and using an evidence-based approach to develop and establish standards for professional practice
•    Ability to effectively challenge, influence, engage and inspire others, including more senior colleagues and stakeholders, to ensure the right outcome is achieved
•    Skilled at creating and leading high performing teams, working collaboratively and flexibly across a complex matrix environment

Please see the attached job description which contains full details of the role.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £49,500, College of Policing contributes £13,365 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

Eligibility:

Vacancy reference: K&I6586

It is anticipated that interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams on 21 December.

This is a designated homeworking role and will require regular travel to all College of Policing sites, UK police forces and external organisations with occasional out of hours working.

This is a permanent role or a 24 month secondment opportunity available to:

•    colleagues employed directly by the College or the Civil Service. Please note you will be required to obtain the written support of your line manager prior to submitting your application.

•    serving police officers substantive in the rank of Superintendent, or those officers suitably qualified for temporary promotion in the rank of Chief Inspector. All applicants must have the support of their Chief Officer which must be of NPCC rank, i.e., CC, ACC or DCC and this must accompany an application.

•    serving police staff at the equivalent rank of Superintendent who have their chief officer's approval. Chief Officer’s approval must be of NPCC rank, i.e., CC, ACC or DCC. Approval for a secondment must accompany an application.

Central service conditions may apply for police officers and staff.

Please ensure you return the attached secondment approval form either as an attachment when submitting your application or via email to recruitment@college.police.uk.

For further information on applying for a secondment please visit the “Secondments into the College” page.

How to apply and contact information:

For further information visit our ‘Work for us’ page.

What it's like working at the College of Policing

We believe that a diverse workforce brings many benefits to the organisation including diversity of thought and improvements to the way we work internally and with partners and communities. We strive to be fully inclusive but we know there is more to do. We genuinely encourage people from all backgrounds and underrepresented groups to apply for this role.

We want to continually improve our recruitment processes and to remove any barriers to equal opportunities that could disadvantage those from particular backgrounds. In order for us to have the information to do this, we ask you to please complete the diversity section of the online application process. We use a “blind” shortlisting process and we hope that by using this method we will be able to promote greater diversity in our workforce and remove any subconscious decisions based on biases.

The College is committed to support the Greening Government Commitment and reducing our Environmental impact.  We have a dynamic Environmental Management Plan in place which encompasses various objectives, including our pledge to reduce business travel.  To support our green agenda we have, in phase one, installed Electric Vehicle Charging Points at our sites in Ryton (12 points) and Harperley Hall (4 points) alongside two at our Harrogate office. We encourage employees to become an Environment Champion to help with promoting and delivering our Environmental Management Plan. Our One Step Greener approach encourages all College staff to make small changes to create a better future for everyone.

Please note that in order to work for the College of Policing you must have the Right to Work in the UK with indefinite leave to remain. In addition, you will also be required to provide an address history in the UK for the preceding 3 years.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.