Benefits Manager

Job summary

Location

​​This role is available as a designated homeworking role. Please note, some travel may be required.​

About the job

Job summary

​​This post is open to applicants who can meet the College’s nationality, UK residency and vetting requirements.​

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.

Additional Information:

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.

Due to our status as Public Servants, we are not eligible to participate in the Civil Service transfer process. Therefore, while successful candidates can transfer in on their existing terms and conditions, any subsequent transfer out of the College to the Civil Service cannot be guaranteed on existing terms and conditions, and new starter/modernised terms may apply.

The College embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we comply with the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) and apply the minimum selection criteria at sift stage of the recruitment process.

Job description

You will lead the development and continuous improvement of a corporate benefits management framework for the College of Policing, ensuring it remains aligned to organisational priorities and contributes to a consistent, evidence-based approach to benefits realisation across policing. Maintain up-to-date guidance, tools and documentation, and provide clear, timely recommendations to senior stakeholders to address dependencies, risks and opportunities, including where these affect delivery to forces.

Drive the enhancement of benefits management capability across the College by designing and delivering high-quality training, tools and guidance. Foster a culture of accountability, continuous learning and benefits ownership internally. Contribute to the development and adoption of a coherent benefits-led approach across policing, working with national stakeholders and networks to promote consistency and shared practice.

Provide visible leadership and expert guidance, working collaboratively with colleagues to shape programme and project delivery within the College. Support the translation of strategic direction into benefits-led delivery approaches, and as directed, play a key role in advancing benefits management practice across policing by influencing, advising and supporting forces.

Monitor and evaluate benefits performance across College programmes and projects, using structured reviews to assess outcomes against forecasts. Draw out actionable insight and lessons learned, considering both internal delivery and impact on forces, to strengthen implementation and maximise benefits realisation.

Ensure all business cases and delivery stages within the College adopt a consistent, benefits-led approach. Promote a disciplined and proportionate methodology that supports sustainable change, improved productivity and a clear line of sight to value delivered within the College.

Person specification

Some of your responsibilities will include:

• ​​Develop and maintain a corporate benefits management framework and associated documentation​

• ​​Develop benefits management capability across the College; by designing and delivering high quality benefits training​

• ​​Provide visible benefits leadership, expertise and collaborative working as colleagues within the College​

To be successful in this role you’ll need:

• Level 6 qualification in the subject matter or equivalent experience

• Master’s Degree or Recognised Benefits Management Qualification (APMG or similar)

• ​​Demonstrable experience of embedding benefits led approaches in a large organisation​

• Experienced in designing and creating benefit maps, benefit realisation plans, benefit profiles and other associated benefits management documentation

• Credible subject matter expert and good communication skills

• Understanding of the wider policing landscape with the ability to relate policy decisions to the development of standards, practice and guidance

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace

Technical skills

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

• Develop and maintain a corporate benefits management framework and associated documentation
• Provide visible benefits leadership, expertise and collaborative working
• Monitor benefits issues arising from in-flight/post-implementation programme / project reviews

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £47,720, College of Policing contributes £13,824 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

College staff have Public Servant status. As a Public Servant, you are eligible to join the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension Scheme.

The College is a great place to work. We're passionate about our people and offer a wide range of benefits, including (but not limited to):

• Defined benefit pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 28.97%

• Up to 31.5 days holiday (this is in addition to 8 public holidays and 1 privilege day)

• Continued professional development and structured career paths

• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave

• Flexi-time (for certain grades)

• Benenden Healthcare

• National Dental Plan

• Discounts for on-line shopping

• Free employee support line

• Interest free season ticket loans

• Rewards and recognition scheme

• Learning and development tailored to your role.

• An environment with flexible working options.

• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.

We also have a number of thriving staff networks that provide the opportunity for advice, support and to drive change. A place to get your voice heard, share experiences and challenge our working practices to ensure equality of opportunity for all.

For more information about our benefits and staff networks, visit What we offer as an employer , College of Policing

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

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

Things you need to know

Vacancy reference: 7135

Anticipated interview dates: 15 – 17 July Inc.

This role is available until 31 March 2027 as a fixed term appointment or 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 Chief Inspector, 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 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.

Central service conditions may apply.

Please ensure you return the attached secondment approval form either as an attachment when submitting your application.

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

For fixed Term contracts:

Whilst this fixed term contract is offered on the understanding that it will only last as long as the stated contract length, there could be a possibility that it could be extended or made permanent should circumstances allow.

Internal College applicants who are at risk of redundancy or in need of redeployment and pass the recruitment process, will be given priority over other applicants.

An initial sift based on the lead Behaviour “Managing a quality Service” may be held if a large number of applications are received. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift or progressed straight to assessment/interview.

How to apply and contact information:

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, and as Public Servants we follow the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

We embrace diversity and promote equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

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

What it's like working at the College of Policing

If you would like to discuss the role in more detail please contact Lorraine.crossman-smith@college.police.uk

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

Security

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

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.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.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Lorraine Crossman-Smith
• Email : lorraine.crossman-smith@college.police.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : recruitment@college.police.uk

Attachments

T317 Benefits Manager v2 Opens in new window (docx, 74kB)Police_Officer_Secondment_Agreement Opens in new window (docx, 155kB)