​Learning Delivery Manager – Investigation & Technical Skills

Job summary

Location

This role is a designated homeworking role. Please note that significant amounts of travel will be required, which will include frequent overnight stays at Ryton-on-Dunsmore (CV8 3EN) and Durham (DL15 8DS)

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:

Although we are Public Servants, we are accredited by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) and recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in CSC’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 will follow the standard Cabinet Office policy and new starter/modernised terms will 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.

Our vetting

If you are successful at interview, you will be required to undertake pre-employment security checks. You will be sent a security questionnaire which must be accessed within 24 hours.

Please note, these checks can take up to 10 weeks. You will only be offered a start date after the checks have been completed. If the outcome of these checks is not satisfactory, your recommendation for employment will be withdrawn

Job description

As the lead for the College of Policing’s Investigation and Technical Skills Training area, you will be responsible for the delivery of a complex and diverse portfolio of learning programmes in the UK and across international markets. You will play a crucial role and exciting role in maintaining and enhancing the College reputation as the leader in the provision of high-quality, innovative learning across a wide range of specialist policing and law enforcement areas in the UK and internationally.

Person specification

• Leading the development of an annual training plan for the Investigation and Technical Skills Delivery Area. Ensuring the accuracy of planning and income forecasting. Working collaboratively with key stakeholders across Training, Infrastructure and Operations (TIO) and the wider college to ensure the best possible outcomes for the College and its customers are achieved.

• Recruiting, retaining, motivating and developing a diverse, inclusive and high performing team. Developing professional career pathways that support employee retention and satisfaction and improve individual performance. You will be responsible for resourcing a complex training programme and will have the oversight of HR and performance management processes for a workforce of secondees, staff and associates.

• Leading the delivery of an annual quality improvement plan across the Investigation and Technical Skills delivery area. Ensuring that all training materials are regularly reviewed, updated and maintained to the highest possible quality standard and that all training is delivered to the highest possible standard.

To be successful in this role you’ll need:

• Level 6 or 7 qualification in related subject matter (e.g. Leadership, Law, Criminology etc) or extensive equivalent experience

• Evidence of ongoing commitment to continuing professional development

• Level 4 Trainer Qualification (or working towards completion within 12 – 18 months)

• Current or recent PIP3 SIO

• Skilled at creating and leading high performing teams, working collaboratively and flexibly across a complex matrix environment

• Ability to develop financial proposals and business cases and deliver value for money

• Experience of strategic and workforce planning, performance management and risk management

Qualifications

PIP3 SIO accreditation

Behaviours

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• Developing Self and Others

Technical skills

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

• Stakeholder Engagement
• Leadership
• Managing a Team

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £59,440, College of Policing contributes £17,219 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

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.

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

Vacancy reference: 7308

Anticipated interview dates: 23/10/2026. Please note, interviews will be held in-person at our site in Ryton (Leamington Road, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Coventry, CV8 3EN)

This role is available 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 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.

Central service conditions may apply.

Please ensure you return the attached secondment approval form via email to recruitment@college.police.uk.

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

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 personal statement 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.

If you would like to discuss the role in more detail please contact Jim Saunders, Head of Learning Delivery Jim.Saunders@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 security 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 : Jim Saunders
• Email : Jim.Saunders@college.police.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : recruitment@college.police.uk

Attachments

T318 JD Investigation_Technical_Skills_Delivery_Manager (1) Opens in new window (docx, 101kB)Secondment approval form Opens in new window (docx, 88kB)