National Police Chiefs’ Council - Strategic Planning & Performance Researcher

Job Title: National Police Chiefs’ Council - Strategic Planning & Performance Researcher

Salary: The starting salary is £38,926 which includes allowances totalling £2,928.

The salary is broken down as £35,998 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £38,523 Plus, a location allowance of £1,928 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.

Location: 50 Broadway, London, with flexibility to work remotely. NPCC encourages applications from candidates living across the UK. 

Contract – Fixed term contract up to 31 March 2026 (with the potential for further extension subject to funding and performance)

THE NATIONAL POLICE CHIEFS’ COUNCIL (NPCC)

Policing is operating in a time of global change and uncertainty, the public and our staff need a service which is responsive, able to tackle future challenges and embrace opportunity.

The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) brings UK police leaders together to set direction in policing and drive progress for the public.

We achieve this through:

Coordination – by joining up the operational response to critical national policing issues to deliver policing today and shape the future.

Collaboration – by working in partnership as part of the whole policing system and beyond to improve public safety.

Communication – by sharing the collective expertise, views and action of UK police chiefs.

NPCC STRATEGIC PLANNING AND PERFORMANCE (SPP) TEAM

The Strategic Planning and Performance (SPP) team forms a part of the NPCC Strategic Hub (the Hub), the SPP team provides strategic and business planning functions to the NPCC including research and analysis, stakeholder engagement and partnership working, and risk management capabilities. The SPP team supports the development and coordination of activity across the NPCC, and the team works effectively with partners and stakeholders across policing, building effective, collaborative relationships and ensuring a coordinated response to policing issues at all of levels.

THE ROLE

We are seeking an experienced and effective researcher to support strategic activity within the Hub and across the NPCC. The successful candidate will be proactive in seeking out relevant sources of information related to areas of tasked work, able to quickly develop clear understanding potentially complex and sensitive topics, able to report finding and make recommendations clearly and confidential at a variety of levels in support the of NPCC and policing activity and objectives.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to support development of NPCC policy, planning, and delivery; in support of national policing priorities and objectives, working in a fast faced, complex and politically sensitive environment. These posts will report to the ‘Strategic Planning and Policy Manager’ and will have opportunity to support the NPCC activity across a range of national policing themes and areas of activity, supporting partners and national programmes.

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS - If you join and work for us, you will get access to:

A competitive salary with yearly increments.

Support networks, free Employees' Assistance Programme, Occupational Health and wellbeing services.

Flexitime, with the ability to undertake your hours flexibly and in line with business need.

Hybrid working, with the ability to work remotely dependent on role.

Competitive pension scheme.

Company sick pay.

Job related equipment supplied

Specialist equipment supplied, under Occupational Health referral

Access to the Blue Light Card Scheme for discounts and services (requires a one-off payment of £5).

Development and training opportunities available.

Supportive and flexible training plan, including regular check-ins throughout your initial period of joining us to ensure you are up to speed with the role and getting the support you need.

VETTING

Applicants must hold or be prepared to undergo RV CTC level before taking up the post.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Please provide a CV and evidence against the following competencies, (350 words maximum per competency) which are based on the knowledge, skills and experience set out in the job description and the competencies in the Competency and Values Framework (CVF). Please note, CV’s will not be assessed within the initial application, answers to the CVF questions alone determine next steps. Once candidates identified for interview has been confirmed, CV’s will then be shared with the appropriate Hiring Manager.

We are collaborative, Level 2 - Please describe a time when you have demonstrated the ability to work with multiple individuals or groups, partners or stakeholders to deliver a common goal . How did you contribute to, and ensure, a successful outcome?

We analyse critically, Level 2 - Please provide an example of a time when you had to analyse competing or complex data, ideas or information to make a critical decision? How did you approach the situation, what actions did you take, and what was the result?

We are innovative and open-minded, Level 2 - Please describe a time where you had to think outside the box to solve a complex problem or develop a new idea/solution. How did you approach the challenge, and what was the outcome?.

Please click apply now to see the Job Description and other documentation relevant to the post.

Should you want to know more about the role, we would strongly encourage you contact hr-recruitment@npcc.police.uk to arrange an informal conversation.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Occasional national travel may be required. Travel expenses will be paid if location allowance is not being received, or when travel falls outside of the home to work journey. NPCC will pay for overnight accommodation if required.

The Metropolitan Police manage HR for NPCC recruitment.

Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 2nd March 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 10/03/2025

Following application review, successful candidates will be invited to interview. Interview dates TBC.

Met candidates applying for a secondment opportunity must also make the Met HR Secondments Unit aware via HR Mailbox - Secondments Unit  so they can track applications made by their staff.

This role is open to external candidates as a fixed term contract, anyone who is an existing MPS employee will be processed as a secondee.

Please note that if you are applying as a secondee from another national police force or government organisation, please contact HR-Recruitment@npcc.police.uk, do not apply online via Oleeo. Online applications will only be accepted for external candidates, or existing MPS employees. If you an external to policing please ensure you apply through the External Oleeo link.

Anyone applying on a secondment basis, must seek Chief Officer Group and HR Business Partner support before applying. Applicants must also discuss with their Senior Leadership team their intentions to apply for a role within NPCC.

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.