Lateral External Inspectors Process 2023
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A UNIQUE CITY. A UNIQUE SET OF POLICING CHALLENGES. A UNIQUE CAREER.
POLICING LONDON IS A CHALLENGE LIKE NO OTHER.
Inspectors and Detective Inspectors
LOCATIONS: ACROSS LONDON
OPEN TO: SUBSTANTIVE INSPECTORS WHO HAVE COMPLETED WBA OR HOLD OSPRE PART II.
Our mission is to keep London safe
We’re proud of our people and the job we do to police London. Over 40,000 colleagues are dedicated to serving 9 million+ residents and visitors of one of the world’s most dynamic and diverse global cities.
London doesn’t stand still, and neither do we
In London’s Met you will have plenty of opportunities to continue your professional development. The Met is involved in a wide range of operations and policing events, each presenting their own distinct opportunities to broaden skill sets, on a scale that wouldn’t be found in any other police service.
Life as an Inspector
Our ambition is to be the most trusted police service in the world. As an inspector, you will need to provide strong leadership and management in a time of unprecedented change within the UK’s largest Police Service. The trust and confidence of our customers and communities will be a direct reflection of how you fulfil the challenges of the role. You will achieve this by leading by example, upholding our professional standards, and showing personal flexibility in the face of change.
We’ll look to you to deliver results in line with the Met’s mission and vision, values and priorities, working collaboratively with partners to understand and manage the diverse needs of our customers and communities in all that we do.
As a leader, you’ll face a number of challenges including achieving continued crime reduction, partnerships, increasing community confidence and leading our people so they can be the very best they can be.
Alexis Boon is the Assessment Director for this process and this is what he said about this process:
"Being an inspector was one of the most enjoyable roles I’ve had in my career so far - you lead your own team and have a fantastic opportunity to support, develop and mentor your people to be the best they can be. You are the person your team turns to for advice and guidance.
“You set the direction for your team focusing them on the priorities of the people of London, delivering the very best service to all. As well as leading your team, you work closely with senior leaders and influence key decisions that impact on the public and our people.
I’m sure many of us remember those influential inspectors who helped play a key part in our careers. This is your chance to take your leadership to the next level and be that inspiring role model for others.”
Who are we looking for?
To be eligible to apply for this process, you must:
- Be a current substantive inspector or detective inspector at the point of applying.
- Have completed the Work Based Assessment or OSPRE part II (with written evidence and sign off of this).
- Have an overall competent or exceptional PDR rating for the last performance year.
- Meet the MPS attendance management criteria.
- Be free of any bar to promotion as a result of discipline outcomes.
- Currently be serving in a Home Office force, or BTP
- All mandatory training to be up to date.
All expressions of interest must be submitted by 23.55 on Friday, 3 February 2023. There is no competency based application form this year.
Queries in respect of this opportunity should be sent to the Met Promotions Team at metpromotions@police.sscl.com or by telephone on 01633 632500 (option 4).
Candidate briefings
We will be holding a candidate briefing on Monday, 23 January to provide you further information on the process. The briefing will be hosted on Microsoft Teams and will be opened by assessment director Alexis Boon. For anyone who is unable to attend the candidate briefing, a recording of the session will be made available.
If you are interested in applying for this lateral opportunity and would like to attend, you can book onto a session by clicking on the link below:
- Online session: Monday, 23 January 2023 (14:30-15:30)Book
We view diversity as fundamental to our success. To tackle today’s complex policing challenges, we need a workforce made up from all London's communities. Applications from across the community are therefore essential.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, the Met 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.
NB. Please note that for substantive sergeants with a valid NPPF inspector pass applying for promotion there is a separate job advert and information pack to refer to.
Click 'Apply' to begin your online application.
Disability Confident Statement
The Met is committed to being an inclusive employer with 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 ethnic minority groups and females.
As a Disability Confident employer, the Met has committed to making disability equality part of our everyday practice. We ensure that people with disabilities and those with long term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations. If you consider yourself to have access, workplace or reasonable adjustment requirements that need to be accommodated, we ask that you include this information within your application form. All matters will be treated in strict confidence and will not affect any recruitment decisions.
Read our full disability confidence statement.
This opportunity is closed to applications.