Detective Superintendent - Professional Standards and Vetting

Detective Superintendent - Head of Professional Standards and Vetting
Location: Flexible
Winsor Pay Scale: Superintendent

The Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) is an armed police service that’s dedicated to the nuclear industry. Our vision is to be recognised as a provider of a world-class service for the protection of nuclear material and facilities. Given the critical nature of our work, it’s vital that we recruit skilled and committed professionals to our hard-working team.

An opportunity has arisen for the role of Detective Superintendent.

Applications are invited from substantive Superintendents who wish to be considered for the role of Detective Superintendent, Head of Professional Standards in the Civil Nuclear Constabulary.

Our Professional Standards Department and Vetting team (PSD) has the responsibility for the investigation of crime and misconduct committed by either officers or police staff, and we are looking for a Detective Superintendent to head the PSD and Vetting department.

The role holder will lead the professional standards and vetting functions, creating an internal culture that recruits and retains the right people and delivers the highest standards of honesty and integrity. Doing this through enhancing and developing vetting processes and the effective and timely investigation and resolution of complaints and allegations of misconduct; ensuring that lessons learned are identified and used to make improvements; and communicating with all stakeholders to develop and maintain a high level of confidence and trust in the integrity of the force. Reporting to the Assistant Chief Constable Professionalism, the postholder has direct line management responsibility for two distinct teams – Professional standards and vetting.

Some of the Responsibilities of the role include:

Discharging the responsibilities of the appropriate authority as set out in relevant regulations.
Providing visible leadership to the force on standards of professional behaviour, taking appropriate action to hold others to account throughout the force and at all levels.
Leading, motivating and engaging professional standards and vetting staff, promoting workforce wellbeing and building a high performing team.
Building and maintaining strong working relationships with senior leaders throughout the force to provide advice and guidance on professional standards and vetting matters and to identify opportunities for new initiatives that will improve standards of behaviour.
Managing and reporting on the performance of the professional standards and vetting functions, setting performance objectives, holding staff accountable for delivering these and taking appropriate corrective action where necessary to ensure the delivery of functional objectives.
Managing budget and resources.
Ensuring the development and communication of a professional standards and vetting strategic assessment and control strategy and National Intelligence Model compliance.
Developing and implementing professional standards and vetting policies and procedures ensuring compliance with the law, Codes, Regulations and College of Policing Authorised Professional Practice.
Integrating the Code of Ethics to all aspects of CNC business.
Understanding future legislative, regulatory, doctrinal and policy changes that will impact on professional standards and vetting areas of business and ensuring capability and capacity is in place to ensure delivery of agreed functional priorities.
Collaborating with other forces and national bodies, identifying opportunities and contributing to the development of innovation in professional standards and vetting activities to improve the legitimacy, integrity and accountability of policing.
Developing and maintaining effective and enduring working relationships at appropriate levels with the Office for Nuclear Regulation.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

Experience of leading, managing and developing a diverse team.
Experienced of making complex decisions and holding accountability for undefined and actions.
Experience of planning, including experience in leading multiple projects or programmes.
Possess a thorough understanding of the law, Codes of Practice, doctrine and policy as they relate to professional standards and vetting.
Accredited and experienced in managing investigations to Professional Investigation Programme (PIP) level 2.

All applicants must:

Not have been on any stage of Unsatisfactory Performance Procedure (UPP) within the previous two years.
Have successfully completed their probationary period as a substantive Superintendent.

Your application:

If you are interested in applying for this role, please submit an Application Form (please follow this link - https://cnc.jobs/media/1419/r481-police-officer-external-application-statement-psd-and-vetting.docx) evidencing your suitability, transferable skills and experience for the role against the information contained in the job description. Please download and complete this application. Once completed, attach this alongside your application within Oracle Fusion.

Your evidence must not exceed 1000 words.

To view a copy of the job description, please click here - CNC Job Description

Applications MUST be submitted by 1600 on Friday 10^th January 2025.

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to get in touch with us at jobs@cnc.police.uk