Job Description

Details

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Reference number

439604

Salary

45,326
This position attracts a Recruitment and Retention Allowance (RRA) of 1000 (Per Annum) available as an addition to the advertised salary.
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
GBP

Job grade

Higher Executive Officer
NCA Grade 4 / Police Sergeant

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

NCA - HR - Learning Development and Talent - Delivery and business partnering team.

Type of role

Education and Training

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time

Number of jobs available

1

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

Location

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Calder (Normanton), Leicester, Nottingham, Warrington

About the job

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Job summary

NCA Human Resources aims to create a proud workforce that feels empowered and enabled to lead today, at the same time as building capability for tomorrow. To be effective in our work we are investing in our people and recognising operational success is achieved through the hard work, expertise and commitment of our people.


This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about providing high quality training to their students, confident in motivating others and can adapt to any situation. The NCA has adopted an officer-centred, blended model to align learning within the Agency to the National Strategic Assessment and NCA Annual Plan. This model is a significant shift from predominantly classroom-based courses to alternative delivery methods that support sustainable learning outcomes for officers and encourage self-directed, experiential and social learning to enhance educational activities.


Working as part of the driver training unit, you will be responsible for designing and delivering a range of driver training courses to new and existing officers, to enable them to continue to lead the UK's fight to cut serious and organised crime.

Please note: Sift results are expected to be released week commencing 12th January. However, results may be delayed due to limited resources over the Christmas period. Any delays will be communicated with candidates via email.

Job description

Please note: This is full time working over 4 days (Monday to Thursday, flexible on bank holiday weeks). This requires flexibility and travel (including overnight stays). This will be determined by business needs, however we aim to keep travel to a minimum where possible.

As a Driver Trainer, you will be responsible for creating and delivering training across the the UK. Your varied duties mean that every day will bring a new challenge. The often time-critical nature of your activities will mean you must be able to multi-task and prioritise. Driver training roles are customer service focused, including providing guidance and advice to colleagues and internal customers.


Duties and Responsibilities:

Design, develop and deliver learning programmes using a variety of training methods aligned with College of Policing standards. Deliver compliant driver training across the UK. Ensure records are kept in a timely manner and in line with Learning Development and Talent (LD&T), NCA and College of Policing (CoP) requirements. Act as a subject matter expert for driving with the Agency. Work collaboratively within LD&T, the agency and wider law enforcement community. Role model continuous professional development and maintain CPD. Adapt teaching styles to suit the needs of the students to help them learn.

Person specification

Advanced Police Driver. Police Driving Instructor. Deliver quality training to NCA and College of Policing requirements. Ability to work well within team. Must be able to work within the driver training team and wider LD&T, contributing to the management and delivery of NCA driver training. Ability to physically work remotely and travel for training delivery if required. Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing. Understands who the customer is, what they want and need and effectively delivers against those requirements, exceeding expectations where possible. Effectively manages time and workload and escalates issues - ensuring tasks are completed to agreed standards and timelines.

Licences

Currently qualified to Police Advanced Driving standard. Currently a College of Policing qualified Police Driving Instructor.

Qualifications

Currently qualified to Police Advanced Driving standard. Currently a College of Policing qualified Police Driver Instructor. Must meet the Police Sector Standard for training of Instructors. Tactical Pursuit and Containment Trainer.



Candidates will be asked to provide evidence of the above criteria in-person within the interview stage upon passing the sift stage.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:


Seeing the Big Picture Communicating and Influencing

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:


Essential expertise (including knowledge of legislation and Authorised Professional Practice) in the delivery of Police Driver Training to Advanced driving level. A sound knowledge of learning and development principles and practice. Good collaboration skills, establishing and developing productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.

Benefits

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Alongside your salary of 45,326, National Crime Agency contributes 13,130 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
All NCA employees are members of the UK Civil Service and eligible for the Civil Service pension scheme, alongside your salary the NCA contributes 13,130. Further information on the benefits of the scheme is available on the Civil Service Pension Website.


New entrants to the NCA receive 26 days annual leave, rising to 31 on completion of 5 years continuous service, plus 8 bank holidays.


If qualifying criteria is met new joiners from UK Police Forces or the UK Intelligence Community (UKIC) will have service with those employers taken into account for continuous service purposes for annual leave entitlement only, this will be up to a maximum of 31 days leave (including 1 privilege day).


Other benefits include:

Flexible working, including flexi-time, compressed hours and job sharing (in line with business requirements) Family friendly policies, notably above the statutory minimum Learning and Development opportunities Interest free loans and advances, including season tickets, childcare and rental deposits Housing schemes - Key Worker status Discounts and Savings with a wide variety of services including Cycle to Work, Smart Tech schemes, dental insurance, gym discounts and savings on everyday spending, available through the Reward Gateway , Edenred and Blue Light Card schemes. Staff support groups/networks Sports and social activities, including membership to the Civil Service Sports Council (CSSC)

Further information is available on the NCA Website.

Things you need to know

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Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.
This vacancy is using the Success Profiles framework and will assess using the following criteria: Behaviours, Technical Skills
Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

How we will assess you

Your application will be assessed against the following:

Technical

- this will be assessed by 250 word examples on:Essential expertise (including knowledge of legislation and Authorised Professional Practice) in the delivery of Police Driver Training to Advanced driving level. A sound knowledge of learning and development principles and practice. Good collaboration skills, establishing and developing productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
A panel will assess how well your application demonstrates the requirements outlined above.
You will receive an acknowledgement once your application is submitted.


We aim to have sift completed and scores released within 10 working days of the closing date of the advert. For high volume campaigns this timeframe may be extended.


Scores will be provided but further feedback will not be available at this stage.


For guidance on the application process, visit:

NCA Applying and Onboarding

Please note:

1) Sift results are expected to be released week commencing 12th January. However, results may be delayed due to limited resources over the Christmas period. Any delays will be communicated with candidates via email.

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Candidates will be asked to provide evidence of the essential qualifications as listed in the essential criteria section. This should be presented at the in-person within the interview stage upon passing the sift stage.

# Assessment 1


The format of this assessment will be Presentation and Interview which will be tested on via the details listed below.


If you are successful at sift, you will be required to deliver a presentation within the interview stage. This will assess:


Technical 1: Essential expertise (including knowledge of legislation and Authorised Professional Practice) in the delivery of Police Driver Training to Advanced driving level.


Behaviour: Communicating and influencing.


Details of the presentation will be sent prior to the interview to the successful candidates.

Success Profiles at Assessment

Behaviours

Seeing the Big Picture Communicating and Influencing

Technical

Essential expertise (including knowledge of legislation and Authorised Professional Practice) in the delivery of Police Driver Training to Advanced driving level. A sound knowledge of learning and development principles and practice. Good collaboration skills, establishing and developing productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.

Presentation

Applicants that are invited to interview will be asked to deliver a presentation based on the below criteria:
Essential expertise (including knowledge of legislation and Authorised Professional Practice) in the delivery of Police Driver Training to Advanced driving level & Communicating and Influencing.

Assessment Outcome

Outcomes will be communicated via the NCA recruitment portal.

If successful but no role is immediately available, you may be placed on a reserve list for 12 months.
In the event of a tie at the assessment stage, available roles will be offered in merit order using the following order:

Lead criteria (behaviours/technical/experience) If still tied, desirable criteria will be assessed (if advertised) If still tied, application sift scores will be used
Feedback is provided only to those who attend an assessment.
You will be subject to vetting and pre-employment checks before appointment.
Once the vacancy closes, the advert will no longer be accessible. Please save a copy for your records.
We encourage all candidates to visit the NCA Careers Page for more information.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

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 .

Apply and further information

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Contact point for applicants

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Job contact :

Name : NCA Recruitment team Email : central.recruitment@nca.gov.uk
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Recruitment team

Email : central.recruitment@nca.gov.uk

Further information

If you believe your application has not been treated fairly, email: Central.Recruitment@nca.gov.uk (quoting the vacancy reference).