Force Incident Manager Course Lead
College of Policing
Apply before 11:55 pm on Monday 30th September 2024
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About the job
Job summary
Applications for this role are restricted to existing officers of a UK police force or UK policing organisation.
About us:
We’re the professional body for the police service in England and Wales. We work with everyone in policing to set standards, to share knowledge and good practice and to support the development of police officers and staff. Our mission is to drive a consistent approach across policing where the public and the service expect it, to boost professionalism and to improve leadership at every level.
Although we're a 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.
Job description
We look forward to reading your application for the role of Force Incident Manager Course Lead.
The selected candidate will support delivery for the College of Policing’s Force Incident Managers (FIM) Course. They will ensure the material is regularly reviewed for currency taking in learning gained nationally. And maintain an operational currency as a FIM in the host force.
Person specification
Some of your responsibilities will include:
• Working in partnership with key stakeholders, including the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) leads and Policing Standards Managers, to set the priorities for the FIM course, working with advisory groups, and taking the chair of, and / or active participation in, relevant working groups.
• Planning, promoting and leading the high-quality delivery of FIM courses to agreed quantitative and qualitative specifications and KPIs, deploying in-service associates and Subject Matter Experts where appropriate, to optimise cost-efficient delivery against demand, and taking remedial action as needed based on quality assurance trends.
• Delivering and assessing learning and development interventions to agreed content and assessment specifications within a safe learning environment, adapting teaching and materials to meet individual student’s abilities, levels of understanding and learning styles, to ensure all students receive a consistent, high quality learning intervention which addresses their development needs.
To be successful in this role you’ll need:
• To be an occupationally and operationally competent Force Incident Manager.
• Demonstrable experience of the management of force daily business including critical and / or major incidents.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to explain complex and specialist concepts on an individual and group basis to account for learners' preferred learning styles.
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
- Developing Self and Others
- Working Together
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Occupationally and operationally competent Force Incident Manager
- Demonstrable experience of the strategic management of critical / major incidents.
- Developing others in leadership and command roles through coaching, mentoring and/or training.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to explain complex and specialist concepts on an individual and group basis to account for learners’ preferred learning styles.
- Exhibit personal qualities and behaviours which are a role model for others; open to receive challenge and feedback and to work as part of a team to get the job done
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):
- Continued professional development and structured career paths
- Flexi-time (for certain grades)
- Discounts for on-line shopping
- Free employee support line
- 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
Selection process details
Eligibility:
Vacancy reference: 6832
This opportunity is offered as a designated homeworking role however will require travel to all College of Policing sites and potentially regional deliveries.
This role is available for 2 years as a secondment opportunity to serving police officers substantive in the rank of Chief Inspector or 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.
Central service conditions will apply for police officers.
Please ensure you return the attached secondment approval form either as an attachment when submitting your application or via email to recruitment@college.police.uk.
For further information on applying for a secondment please visit the “Secondments into the College” page.
How to apply and contact information:
For further information visit our ‘Work for us’ page.
What it's like working at the College of Policing
If you would like to discuss the role in more detail please contact Andy Gadd (Command Learning Delivery Manager).
We believe that a diverse workforce brings many benefits to the organisation including diversity of thought and improvements to the way we work internally and with partners and communities. We strive to be fully inclusive but we know there is more to do. We genuinely encourage people from all backgrounds and underrepresented groups to apply for this role.
We want to continually improve our recruitment processes and to remove any barriers to equal opportunities that could disadvantage those from particular backgrounds. In order for us to have the information to do this, we ask you to please complete the diversity section of the online application process. We use a “blind” shortlisting process and we hope that by using this method we will be able to promote greater diversity in our workforce and remove any subconscious decisions based on biases.
The College is committed to support the Greening Government Commitment and reducing our Environmental impact. We have a dynamic Environmental Management Plan in place which encompasses various objectives, including our pledge to reduce business travel. To support our green agenda we have, in phase one, installed Electric Vehicle Charging Points at our sites in Ryton (12 points) and Harperley Hall (4 points) alongside two at our Harrogate office. We encourage employees to become an Environment Champion to help with promoting and delivering our Environmental Management Plan. Our One Step Greener approach encourages all College staff to make small changes to create a better future for everyone.
Please note that in order to work for the College of Policing you must have the Right to Work in the UK with indefinite leave to remain. In addition, you will also be required to provide an address history in the UK for the preceding 5 years.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : College of Policing Recruitment Team
- Email : recruitment@college.police.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : recruitment@college.police.uk
