Senior Executive Support

Independent Office for Police Conduct

London, UK

On-Site

Expires: Expiring in less than 2 weeks

Administration

Full time

£47,493 per year

Job summary

As Senior Support Executive, you will operate at the centre of the IOPC, gaining clear insight into strategic priorities while providing confident, informed advice that enables the Director General to perform at their peak. Your work will be integral to the strength and efficiency of the DG’s office and to the successful delivery of the organisation’s transformation agenda.

Job description

Drawing on your background as a private secretary or similar, you will produce sharp, influential reports, briefs, and speeches that support clear decision‑making and represent the Director General’s voice with precision. You will build strong, purposeful relationships across senior teams, working closely with the Senior Leadership Team and Deputy Director General’s Office to ensure seamless coordination.

Your leadership will set high expectations and drive performance, while your analytical mindset will support you to navigate complex priorities and deliver results in a dynamic environment. With professionalism and sound judgement at the core of how you operate, you will manage sensitive information with discretion and lead cross‑directorate initiatives to successful completion.

Person specification

Main Responsibilities

To act as the point of contact to the Director General and support in all related matters pertaining to the business.
Assisting in the development and implementation of business strategies, providing insights, and facilitating strategic meetings.
Ensuring the Director General is fully prepared for meetings, providing briefings, action updates and stakeholder information to ensure they can achieve the meeting objectives. Attending meetings with the Director General and ensuring meetings are actioned and delivered effectively and efficiently.
With the guidance of the Chief of Staff preparing speeches, speaking notes and briefings using authentic application of voice and tone of the speaker.
To draft reports, briefings and communication material on behalf of the Director General (for both internal and external stakeholders).

Please refer to the Job Description for full role responsibilities.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £47,493, Independent Office for Police Conduct contributes £13,758 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

What we Offer:

27.5 days paid annual leave (increasing with service to 32.5 days)
Options to carry over, buy or sell annual leave
Voluntary Health Cash Plan provided by BHSF
Civil Service pension
Civil Service maternity leave package
PAM employee assistance programme
Access to Civil Service Sports Council (CSSC) membership
Cycle to work scheme
Opportunity to enjoy the latest home and electronics in a more affordable way provided by Vivup
Car Leasing Scheme
Staff Networks focussed on each of the protected characteristics - run for staff, by staff: Enable Network, Age Network, Welsh Network, Pride and LGBTQ+ Network, Sex and Family Network, Race, Religion and Belief Network
Learning and development tailored to your role.
An environment with flexible working options
A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

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Selection process details

Additional Information

There is an expectation that this is primarily an office based role, with an expectation to support the Director General wherever they travel on occasion. The postholder must be able to spend the majority (60 – 80%) of their contractual hours working in-person due to nature of the job role.
The postholder must be able to work flexibly to meet the demands of the job role. This means at times longer days including early starts and late finish.
The postholder must be able and willing to travel to all IOPC locations as and when required. This usually required weekly travel.

We'll assess you against these Senior Executive Officer (SEO) Level behaviours during the selection process:

Communicating and Influencing
Delivering at Pace

This vacancy is using Success Profiles, to find out more, please click here.

Throughout the recruitment process we will also assess your Experience, Strengths, Technical Skills and Values.

As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete three application interviews based on the essential criteria.

Anticipated timeframes for the assessment are as follows:

W/C 23 February: All applications will be reviewed
W/C 2 March: Candidates will be updated on the outcome of application. Successful candidates will be invited to assessment.
W/C 9 March: Assessments take place. Anticipated assessment and interview dates are estimated to take place on Friday 13th March 2026.

The formality of the assessment will consist of a Success Profiles Interview and Technical Assessment. The top scoring 3 candidates from this stage will then be invited to attend a final stage interview with our Director General on Wednesday 18th March and successful candidate offered/appointed on Thursday 19th March 2026.

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.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

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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

£47,493 per year