Leadership Academy Course Programme Lead

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Learning & Development
Hendon, Other
NEW SCOTLAND YARD
Band B
Full Time
36 hours per week
Permanent

Job Title: Leadership Academy Course Programme Lead

Salary: The starting salary is £59,839, which includes allowances totalling £2,928.

The salary is broken down as £56,911 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £69,342 Plus, a location allowance of £1,928 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.

Location: Central London – Marlowe house, New Scotland Yard and other locations across MPS.

The Commissioner has committed to giving every Met leader a development programme each year. It’s an ambitious commitment. And it needs a leader to bring the plans and the teams together to actualise it. Join us and deliver contemporary, impactful learning.

 

Key responsibilities:

  • Support the Commissioner’s commitment to annual leadership development for all leaders and champion A New Met for London across the organisation
  • Lead an internal team and manage external contractors to produce high-quality leadership learning content
  • Ensure programme content aligns with MPS objectives, is relevant to officers and staff, and meets national standards or licensing requirements
  • Own the design and delivery of the MPS Senior Leaders Programme, a flagship initiative of the Leadership Academy
  • Manage the current year’s leadership CPD offer while planning and designing the following year’s CPD programme
  • Lead on Positive Action (PA) within the Academy, integrating PA into existing leadership products and initiating new PA-focused programmes where needed

To apply for this position, you will need the following skills and experience.

Skills

Lead (providing leadership and assurance):

  • Proven track record managing high-profile programmes, including stakeholder engagement, risk management, and navigating complex interdependencies
  • Strong commercial and financial acumen, with experience in profiling, managing, and reporting spend

Master (operating as MPS lead):

  • Strategic scanning to identify future learning needs for organisational health
  • Deep understanding of how LMS, authoring tools, and multimedia software enhance learning design

Advanced (highly competent and able to train others):

  • Expertise in L&D technology, tools, systems, and delivery methods
  • Business engagement, programme commissioning, and continuous improvement of L&D courses
  • Skilled in analysing options, supporting business change, and identifying cross-activity dependencies
  • Risk assessment and escalation
  • Strong presentation and facilitation skills
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Word)

Experience:

  • Worked as a senior leader. Operating on peer-to-peer basis at senior level – providing guidance, insight and advice across a broad range of business-related matters.
  • Strategically aware, driven, and forward-thinking, with confident communication across senior internal and external stakeholders, including the Management Board and Met leadership.
  • Worked with local and national stakeholder groups.
  • Managed leadership development requirements, programme design, programme commissioning, solutions delivery, and programme evaluation.

Benefits:

  • Progression opportunities
  • Flexible & hybrid working
  • Training and development
  • Competitive pensions
  • Generous annual leave entitlement
  • Careers pathways
  • Competitive pay

How to apply

To begin your career at the Met, please click the "apply now" button below. The application process requires a comprehensive CV, a Personal Statement, and an online application form. In your Personal Statement, you should explain your interest in the position and illustrate how your skills and experiences make you a suitable candidate. Please note that you should not submit two copies of your CV, and ensure that your documents are saved in either PDF or Word format, clearly labelled as CV and Personal Statement.

Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 19th November 2025.

Once received, your application will be reviewed against eligibility criteria, following this, your application will be reviewed by the hiring manager. The application review for this vacancy will commence 1-2 weeks after the vacancy has closed.

Following application review, successful candidates will be invited to interview. Interview dates will commence 1-2 weeks after the hiring managers review.

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Professional qualifications:

  • MSc or equivalent in Instructional Design, Education, Learning & Development, or related field
  • Professional certifications in instructional design, ED&I management, coaching and mentoring, or project management (e.g. CIPD Level 5–7, CMI/ILM Level 4–7, Prince2, Agile)
  • Membership of a relevant professional body (e.g. CMI, IoL, CIPD, or a coaching and mentoring governing body) – preferable
English
Band B
The following competencies will be tested against during sift:
  • We analyse critically at level 2
The following values will be tested against during sift:
  • Accountability 
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The Met is committed to being an equitable (fair and impartial) and inclusive employer for disabled people, striving to have a diverse and representative workforce at all levels. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences. We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and long-term conditions, ethnic minority groups and women.

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