National Police Chiefs’ Council - Strategic Engagement Lead

Job Title: National Police Chiefs’ Council - Strategic Engagement Lead

Salary: Band B - Salary: The starting salary is £57,301, which includes allowances totalling £2,841.

The salary is broken down as £54,460 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £66,356 Plus, a location allowance of £1,841 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.

Location: Remote working nationally within UK. NPCC is currently based in close proximity to St James Park underground station, London and therefore occasional travel will be required to this premise and other Police locations across the UK. We encourage applications from candidates living across the UK. Further details on flexible arrangements will be discussed at interview stage.

Contract – Fixed Term Contract until 30/09/2024 (with the potential for further extension subject to funding and performance).

Existing Home Office, Collage of Policing and Police Staff/Officer applicants please note; NPCC will evaluate all allowances currently attributed within your remuneration and cannot guarantee

The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC)

Policing is operating in a time of global change and uncertainty, the public and our staff need a service which is responsive, able to tackle future challenges and embrace opportunity.

The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) brings UK police leaders together to set direction in policing and drive progress for the public.

We achieve this through:

• Coordination – by joining up the operational response to critical national policing issues to deliver policing today and shape the future.
• Collaboration – by working in partnership as part of the whole policing system and beyond to improve public safety.
• Communication – by sharing the collective expertise, views and action of UK police chiefs.

NPCC Communications Team
The NPCC Communications Team plays a crucial role in communicating the collective views and action of UK police chiefs to the public, government, and stakeholders, building and maintaining confidence in policing at the national level and supporting effective engagement with stakeholders. 

The Role

We are seeking a dynamic Strategic Engagement Lead to lead the NPCC communications team till end of Sep 2024.

This is a high profile, challenging communications leadership role supporting the UK’s most senior police officers to achieve their strategic objectives and drive progress for the public.

Working at the centre of policing on the biggest issues for the service, it offers the opportunity to make a real difference.

The Strategic Strategic Engagement Lead will manage complex, high profile and politically sensitive issues.  Their decisions and delivery have national implications with the potential to impact both positively and negatively on the reputation of the whole police service and its relationship with communities.  .

The successful candidate would need to have the following experiences and skills:

• Highly developed strategy skills with an ability to shape communications strategy on complex and sensitive issues and find creative solutions to communications challenges.
• Confident in gathering, commissioning and using audience insight, data and analysis to shape strategies, and in evaluating communication including defining evaluation measures and method.
• High level analytical and reasoning skills.   Ability to think strategically, evaluate complex, nuanced information and issues, take account of the bigger picture, understand linkages and interdependencies, and taking a logical and structured approach to problem solving.

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS - If you join and work for us, you will get access to: 

• A competitive salary with yearly increments. 
• Support networks, free Employees' Assistance Programme, Occupational Health and wellbeing services. 
• Flexitime, with the ability to undertake your hours flexibly and in line with business need. 
• Hybrid working, with the ability to work remotely dependent on role. 
• Competitive pension scheme. 
• Company sick pay. 
• Job related equipment supplied  
• Specialist equipment supplied, under Occupational Health referral 
• Access to the Blue Light Card Scheme for discounts and services (requires a one-off payment of £5). 
• Development and training opportunities available. 
• Supportive and flexible training plan, including regular check-ins throughout your initial period of joining us to ensure you are up to speed with the role and getting the support you need. 

VETTING  

Applicants must hold or be prepared to undergo RV/CTC vetting before taking up the post.

Application Requirements

Please provide a CV and evidence against the following competencies, (350 words maximum per competency) which are based on the knowledge, skills and experience set out in the job description and the competencies in the Competency and Values Framework (CVF). 

• We deliver, support and inspire, Level 3 - Give and example of when you have led the delivery of an innovative communications solution and how you supported your team to deliver a successful outcome.
• We are collaborative, Level 3 - Please discuss you have led a project across a number of different stakeholders internal and/or external. to achieve a better outcome for communications.
• We are emotionally aware, Level 3 - Give an example when you have needed to consider the impact on an end audience or stakeholder which may have meant changing your original programme to accommodate that.

Should you want to know more about the role, we would strongly encourage you contact HR & Recruitment on hr-recruitment@npcc.police.uk to arrange an informal conversation.

Additional Information

Occasional national travel may be required. Travel expenses will be paid if location allowance is not being received, or when travel falls outside of the home to work journey. NPCC will pay for overnight accommodation if required.

The Metropolitan Police manage HR for NPCC recruitment.

Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 1st April 2024.

Please note that if you are applying as a secondee from another national police force or government organisation, please contact HR-Recruitment@npcc.police.uk, do not apply online via Oleeo. Online applications will only be accepted for external candidates, or existing MPS employees. If you an external to policing please ensure you apply through the External Oleeo link.

Anyone applying on a secondment basis, must seek Chief Officer Group and HR Business Partner support before applying. Applicants must also discuss with their Senior Leadership team their intentions to apply for a role within NPCC.

We view diversity as fundamental to our success. To tackle today’s complex policing challenges, we need a workforce made up from all of communities nationally. Applications from across the community are therefore essential.

As a Disability Confident Employer, the NPCC have committed to ensuring that disabled people and those with long-term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations.