Job Description

Details

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Reference number

417445

Salary

81,000
Up to 114,000, dependent on your qualifications, knowledge, and the relevant experience you are able to offer. No allowances will be payable.
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
GBP

Job grade

SCS Pay Band 1

Contract type

Fixed term

Loan

Secondment

Length of employment

2 Years

Business area

HO - Public Safety Group

Type of role

Policy

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

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Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information

Location

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This is a national role. The successful candidate will be expected to meet the minimum 60% office attendance requirement in an agreed Home Office location (such as London or Manchester)

About the job

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Job summary

The Public Safety Group (PSG) in the Home Office is responsible for a set of outcomes which are fundamental to our national life. Our role is to keep the public safe by cutting crime (including by disrupting the highest harm criminals), protecting the vulnerable and ensuring that our critical police, fire and rescue services are as efficient and effective as they can be in delivering front line public services.


To deliver on our mission, we develop and deliver policy, provide funding, deliver legislation, and make the most of innovation, data, and partnerships to prevent crime, protect the vulnerable, and tackle the highest harm crimes. The Safer Streets mission leads on keeping people safe.


A new Police Standards and Performance Improvement Directorate (PSPID) has recently been created within the Public Safety Group. The Police Performance Improvement Unit is a new unit within this directorate.

Job description

This role provides a unique opportunity to shape and lead a new Home Office unit to improve police force performance across England and Wales. It will be a key part of delivering the Government's Safer Streets Mission.


You will advise the Home Secretary and Ministers about police force performance against a new Police Performance Framework being developed for a Police Reform White Paper.


The successful candidate will work closely with His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) to implement a new tiered performance system, building on existing systems and structures. And you will work in partnership with the College of Policing and others to provide performance improvement support to police forces where it is required, as part of a renewed ladder of support and intervention. This may include establishing turnaround teams, in consultation with police system partners and the force, to problem solve and address concerns.


You will be required to provide strategic, decisive leadership across the policing system through the development of strong, collaborative working relationships with senior policing leaders, including HMICFRS, the College of Policing, National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC), Chief Constables, the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC), and others.


You will need high quality performance analysis skills and be able to use data and qualitative insight to both support and challenge police forces, whilst building strong foundations for a trusted presence in the policing system.


The post holder will lead a team of multi-disciplinary professionals, provide critical senior leadership and urgently moving forward this exciting new function.


You will report to the Director for Police Standards and Performance Improvement and be required to work collaboratively with the Policing Policy Director, Director of Strategy Capability and Resources, and other colleagues across the Public Safety Group, Home Office, and partners in the wider criminal justice system.

Key Responsibilities:

Supporting work to design a system-wide policing improvement programme through problem and benefit realisation, data and evidence mapping the current policing landscape, and building in lessons learned from previous improvement frameworks. Leading and motivating a diverse team of experts (including police secondees, technical experts and analysts) to deliver performance analysis and assessments and determine the need for performance support. Working collaboratively with forces and policing system partners to provide performance improvement support to police forces where it is required, as part of a renewed ladder of support and intervention. Ensuring the Home Secretary's Police Reform strategic priorities are reflected in improvement activities and delivery outcomes. Working with all Home Office UK Police Forces and law enforcement agency colleagues to establish and develop a data strategy, including significantly improved access to, and availability of, consistent police data for Ministers and Home Office officials. Managing your unit's budget, resource plans and, ensuring the effective use of public spending and maximising value for money. Being an active and corporate member of the Public Safety Group senior strategic leadership team and specifically supporting the development of the wider reform of policing.

Person specification

Essential Criteria:

Wide ranging operational law enforcement experience with proven operational competence in policing, with a demonstratable track record of successful experience working at a strategic level. The candidate will also have a strong understanding of the law enforcement system, knowledge of relevant policing local, regional and national policies, strategies and initiatives and an understanding of the implications within the policing context. Experience of gathering, using, and analysing evidence/data to inform decision making and the ability to evaluate its impact, specifically within a law enforcement context. Excellent personal impact, resilience, and interpersonal skills, with experience of successfully engaging with and influencing a diverse range of partners. Strong leadership skills and experience of delivering at pace and getting things done under pressure whilst driving a culture of performance and improvement. A significant track record of visible, inclusive and results focussed on direct and matrix managed leadership which builds resilience and motivates staff to deliver and thrive.

Desirable Criteria:

Experience and/or understanding of Programme and Project Management to support the governance and assurance framework for your work-stream.

Benefits

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Alongside your salary of 81,000, Home Office contributes 23,465 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.Learning and development tailored to your role An environment with flexible working options A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Things you need to know

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Selection process details

1.A

CV -

setting out your career history, highlighting specific responsibilities and achievements that are relevant for this role, including details where budgets and numbers of people managed, relevant achievements in recent posts, together with reasons for any gaps within the last two years;


2.A

Statement of Suitability -

(limited to 1250 words) explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience, provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with particular reference to the essential criteria in the person specification.





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This role has a minimum assignment duration of 2 years. An assignment duration is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise.




As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.

Security

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .



See our vetting charter .
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) 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
Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.



We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .
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.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

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Contact point for applicants

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Job contact :

Name : Lisa Gregson Email : lisa.gregson@homeoffice.gov.uk
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Recruitment team

* Email : scsrecruitment@homeoffice.gov.uk