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:

Our mission is: Leadership, Standards, Performance. This guides our work with individuals, forces, and policing partners towards our vision. We exist to support police officers, police staff and volunteers to deliver the best service to the public. Only through high quality leadership, consistent standards and continual performance improvement can everyone in policing reach their full potential. Our mission guides our work with individual, forces and partners towards our vision.
Although we are a relatively 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 membership (ENEI silver award winners), and status as a disability confident leader means everyone can bring their whole self to work.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The selected candidate will lead the design, development and delivery of a complex portfolio of Technical Skills Learning events within a safe learning environment, across ranks and roles, ensuring learning content meets current legislation and guidance. Resourcing and deploying Trainers, Associates and subject matter experts to achieve agreed KPIs, overseeing and sourcing appropriate venues, necessary equipment, transport and associated logistics to optimise cost-efficient availability against demand.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Some of your responsibilities will include:

• Quality assuring and auditing the delivery of the relevant Technical Skills Learning portfolio, utilising version-control, relevant documentation and learning resources reflecting the curriculum, professional practice, guidance, standards from evaluation reports to ensure that Technical Skills Learning interventions are accurate, relevant and professionally delivered.
• Leading, inspiring, coaching and matrix managing Technical Skill Trainers / Assessors and a complex pool of staff, seconded officers, SME’s and Associates to ensure compliance and achievement of agreed specifications, maintaining the highest level of integrity to support the professional development of delegates and trainers to embed a customer-focus culture.
• Continually researching and refreshing own expertise by working alongside a wide range of stakeholders, sharing knowledge, identifying innovative solutions and developing evidence-based policing standards. Lead on horizon scanning, which then informs the development of curriculum specifications and learning interventions which support, promote and embed consistency in professional practice across Technical Skills Learning within policing and partner agencies.

To be successful in this role you’ll need:

• Strong ability to build effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels and work collaboratively to achieve objectives.
• To be able to apply judgement creatively and flexibly to solve complex problems and generate new ideas.
• Excellent planning and organisational skills with the ability to adapt to different audiences/scenarios.

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

TECHNICAL SKILLS

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

• Demonstrable experience of creating learning resources which utilise a wide range of learning methodologies to inspire and develop learning in new ways.
• Demonstrable experience of creating learning resources which utilise a wide range of learning methodologies to inspire and develop learning in new ways.
• Skills in research, consultation and analysis of information from multiple sources to identify clear, appropriate learning and prepare supporting options papers.

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

Open to UK nationals only.

Some of your responsibilities will include:

• Quality assuring and auditing the delivery of the relevant Technical Skills Learning portfolio, utilising version-control, relevant documentation and learning resources reflecting the curriculum, professional practice, guidance, standards from evaluation reports to ensure that Technical Skills Learning interventions are accurate, relevant and professionally delivered.
• Leading, inspiring, coaching and matrix managing Technical Skill Trainers / Assessors and a complex pool of staff, seconded officers, SME’s and Associates to ensure compliance and achievement of agreed specifications, maintaining the highest level of integrity to support the professional development of delegates and trainers to embed a customer-focus culture.
• Continually researching and refreshing own expertise by working alongside a wide range of stakeholders, sharing knowledge, identifying innovative solutions and developing evidence-based policing standards. Lead on horizon scanning, which then informs the development of curriculum specifications and learning interventions which support, promote and embed consistency in professional practice across Technical Skills Learning within policing and partner agencies

To be successful in this role you’ll need:

• Strong ability to build effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels and work collaboratively to achieve objectives.
• To be able to apply judgement creatively and flexibly to solve complex problems and generate new ideas.
• Excellent planning and organisational skills with the ability to adapt to different audiences/scenarios

This role is available until 31/08/2028 as a secondment opportunity 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 Inspector or 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 Inspector or Chief Inspector 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