Roads Policing Lead

College of Policing

United Kingdom

Remote

Expires: Expiring in less than 3 weeks

Policy

Flexible

£35,074 per year

Job summary

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

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.

Job description

We look forward to reading your application for the role of Roads Policing Lead.

The selected candidate will draft and develop evidence-based policing standards, support curriculum content and guidance for roads policing and police driver training, engaging with, consulting, and advising police forces, agencies, and other stakeholder organisations, to support the promotion and embedding of professional practice across policing.

Manage the College of Policing quality assurance and licensing process with regards to the delivery of the Police Driver Training National Policing Curriculum by Driver Training Units nationally.

Person specification

Some of your responsibilities will include:

Collecting, interpreting and critically evaluating information and best available evidence from a range of sources to determine and develop cost-efficient, value for money options and opportunities for policing standards and guidance which promote professional approaches and deliver improvements in working practices across policing.
Making recommendations regarding the granting, renewal or revocation of all UK law enforcement police driver training licenses. Managing, influencing and reviewing compliance of forces and agencies with licensing standards, setting development plans and appropriate time limits for interim licence status.
Providing support, leadership and direction to the team, setting priorities to meet existing and future demands. Balance competing demands from external stakeholders with staff wellbeing to ensure that all work is completed to a high quality and within the required time parameters.

To be successful in this role you’ll need:

A Degree or equivalent level 5 qualification and/or significant equivalent work experience in area of subject matter expertise
Qualified to meet the Police Sector Standard for the Training of Trainers.
Qualified to meet Assessor standards as contained within the Assessor and Verifier National Policing Curriculum.
Experience of problem-solving and using an evidence-based approach to develop and/or establish standards for professional practice.
Demonstrable experience of leading teams and working successfully with organisations and/or communities to improve service delivery and implement new ways of working.

Behaviours

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

Communicating and Influencing
Making Effective Decisions
Managing a Quality Service
Leadership

Technical skills

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

Experience of problem-solving and using an evidence-based approach to develop and/or establish standards for professional practice in the area of roads policing and police driver training
Up-to-date subject matter expertise and evidence of CPD in the subject areas for the post
Proven ability quickly to build rapport creating strong, effective, credible, and successful partnerships with the ability to negotiate and facilitate positive outcomes

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £35,074, College of Policing contributes £10,160 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.

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 and Technical skills.

Eligibility

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

Vacancy reference: 7069

Interview Dates: Friday 13th March and Monday 16th March.

This role is designated homeworking role and will entail regular travel throughout the UK.

This role is available as a permanent role

OR a 2-year FTC to:

all external applicants who can meet the College’s nationality, UK residency and vetting requirements

An initialsiftbased on the leadtechnical skill Up-to-date subject matter expertise and evidence of CPD in the subject areas for the postmay be held ifa large number ofapplications are received. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift or progressed straight to assessment/interview.

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

Open to UK nationals only.

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.

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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Salary range

£35,074 per year