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.

We look forward to reading your application for the role of Command Training Lead.

The selected candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day delivery of command training and development programmes, supervising students and, where appropriate, associate trainers to ensure that learning objectives are met to course specifications and agreed quality standards.  They will work with other College departments to provide subject matter expertise in the formulation of evidence-based policing standards and the design and development of learning products.

Some of your responsibilities will include:
•    Delivering training programmes to agreed content and assessment specifications, developing and adapting teaching techniques, lesson plans, scenarios and training materials to meet individual students’ learning needs to ensure that all students receive a consistent, high quality training intervention.
•    Reviewing and revising training packages to address changes to the curriculum, professional practice, guidance, standards and/or feedback from quality assurance data trends, ensuring an inclusive and psychologically safe learning environment. Maintaining a version control log to ensure that learning programmes are always accurate, up-to-date, and inclusive, and that definitive records of revisions are maintained.
•    Researching and refreshing own subject matter expertise and trainer skills and work with internal and external stakeholders to share knowledge, help identify innovative solutions and draft and develop evidence-based policing standards, guidance and associated curriculum specifications and learning interventions to support the promotion and embedding of consistent approaches to professional practice across policing.

To be successful in this role you’ll need:
•    To be an occupationally and operationally competent Gold POPS Commander and/or Strategic Firearms Commander.
•    Demonstrable experience of successfully delivering training using a variety of evidence-based approaches and delivery solutions and developing others in leadership and command roles through coaching, mentoring and/or training.
•    Excellent verbal and written communications skills with the ability to translate technical and academic language into an appropriate format and style for all stakeholders

We are ideally looking for someone who is both a Strategic Firearms Commander and POPS Gold Commander, however we also welcome applications for candidates with only one of these specialisms.

Please see the attached job description which contains full details of the role.

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace
• Developing Self and Others
• Seeing the Big Picture

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

• Occupationally and operationally competent Gold POPS Commander and/or Strategic Firearms Commander.
• Demonstrable experience of successfully delivering training using a variety of evidence-based approaches and delivery solutions and developing others in leadership and command roles through coaching, mentoring and/or training.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills with the ability to translate technical and academic language into an appropriate format and style for all stakeholders.
• Role model for others – being open to receive and give feedback; value diversity and difference; and to work as part of a team to achieve objectives.
• Able to engage with and present to a range of audiences and represent the College effectively in varied forums,