Senior Regional Implementation Advisor
Job summary
This role is available as a designated homeworking role. Please note, some travel may be required.
Applications for this role are restricted to existing officers of a UK police force or UK policing organisation.
We are currently recruiting for a Senior Regional Implementation Advisor. Please note that if you are not eligible to apply, your application will be withdrawn.
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.
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
We welcome your application for the role of Senior Regional Implementation Advisor. This is an exciting opportunity for a substantive Chief Inspector or suitably qualified Inspector (who has their Chief Officer support for a temporary promotion), to join the Centre for Police Productivity (CfPP) as part of the wider College of Policing team.
This role will focus on building and maintaining strong relationships with policing practitioners and key external stakeholders, including Forces, NPCC, Home Office, and professional bodies, to support the development and implementation of CfPP programmes and initiatives. Working collaboratively across the College, the postholder will drive the sharing of best practice, promote innovation, and embed a culture of inclusion within policing. Acting as a key point of contact for forces, they will provide expert advice, resolve queries, and support stakeholders through a problem-solving approach at both tactical and strategic levels. The role also involves contributing to the development of evidence-based products, conducting research and environmental scanning, and representing the College at national and regional forums, ensuring alignment of activities while delivering presentations and engaging stakeholders in continuous improvement.
Person specification
Some of your responsibilities will include:
- Initiate and foster close working relationships with practitioners in forces within a specified area to support implementation of key CPP programmes and products
- Act as the forces’ first point of contact to address, rectify and resolve promptly and satisfactorily any questions or issues relating to CPP services and support provided by the College to ensure that the College’s reputation is protected and enhanced.
- Ensure the development and review of CPP products reflect good practice, evidence-based work and lessons learnt. Research environmental scanning and consultation on operational policing issues. Provide recommendations that underpin the core values of the College and represent value for money.
To be successful in this role you’ll need:
- Proven experience of developing systems, processes and relationships to identify, explore and disseminate effective practice within policing or similar sectors.
- Subject matter expertise relative to professional community such as: Policing Standards, Policy, Practice; Implementation, Compliance and Improvement.
- Experience of working in an operational police environment in a police force and of working within police culture
Please see the attached job description which contains full details of the role.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
- Making Effective Decisions
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Strong analytical skills with the intellectual capacity to understand and communicate complex issues to internal and external stakeholders
- Strong ability to build effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels and work collaboratively to achieve objectives
- Report writing and presentation skills.
Benefits
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.Vacancy reference: 7125
Anticipated interview dates: 8 July 2026
This role is available as a secondment opportunity until 31 March 2027 to:
- serving police officers substantive in the rank of Chief Inspector, or those officers suitably qualified for temporary promotion in the rank of 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.
An initial sift based on the lead question “Please give an example of the implementation of a national initiative in force or forces that you have worked on” 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.
The closing date for this vacancy is Sunday 28 June 2026.
Central service conditions may apply.
Please ensure you return the attached secondment approval form as an attachment when submitting your application.
For further information on applying for a secondment please visit the “Secondments into the College” page.
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
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).Apply and further information
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Phil Sparrow
- Email : phil.sparrow@college.police.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : recruitment@college.police.uk