JOB DESCRIPTION

The secondee will be recruited as a senior leader in the College, bringing in specialist expertise to lead, deliver and promote a suite of high impact PCER strategic management information and guidance resources.
Specifically, the role involves the production of up-to-date and reliable indicative costing information about optimised PCER programmes and promising design and delivery models. The information will be presented as guidance that is widely relevant to forces across England and Wales. The role will require engagement with PCER stakeholders, including to consider and account for local variation in delivery, collaboration approaches and direct/ indirect costs.
Additionally, the post-holder will develop an indicative PCER costing tool for local force use, which will enable greater confidence in modelling PCER delivery options. It will set out, in a readily accessible way, a nationally consistent approach to establishing indicative PCER programme costs and will facilitate cost modelling and comparisons.
This role will be enabling enhanced evidence-informed strategic decision making about PCER use at the local level, supporting forces to optimise delivery approaches and meet strategic workforce aims.
The posting is for a talented and experienced individual who will be able to step into the role and start contributing at pace. In-depth familiarity with PCER programme design and delivery models will be important, as well as relevant experience, for example, of complex procurement and providing strategic and financial advice to inform chief officer decision making.
It would be advantageous to work in a force that operates a mix of PCER and that is well advanced with optimising their design, delivery and assessment approaches. It means that these local programmes could be used as case studies, in addition to gathering other examples from forces/ collaborations.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Please see attached job description.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Describe your experience of costing extended, multifaceted and partnership delivered programmes.
• Describe how you have gained an in-depth understanding of PCER programme design and delivery models

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)
• 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

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

The Police Constable Entry Routes (PCER) Optimisation programme aims to maximise the effectiveness of police constable initial education. Highly collaborative between the College, the National Police Chiefs’ Council, forces and their education partners, the programme is embedding approaches to enhance the learning experience and professional development of new officers. Optimised local PCER programmes are high value for money and learner focused, with engaging and integrated delivery and assessment.
With the national programme due to close in March 2026, we are looking for a force PCER specialist to play a national role in embedding and consolidating strategic benefits at the local level. Specifically, the secondee will lead the production and promotion of additional PCER strategic management information and guidance resources, focused on optimising value for money, effectiveness and efficient use of a blend of routes.
The secondment will harness learning to date, to support both local continuous improvement and evidence-informed decisions about which PCER to run and how.