Promotions Trainer
Job Title: Promotions Trainer
Salary: The starting salary is £47,060, which includes allowances totalling £2,928.
The salary is broken down as £44,132 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £52,652. Plus, a location allowance of £1,928 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.
Location: Kilburn but will likely require travel to other police buildings across the Met.
Fixed Term Contract: 12 Months
Job purpose
The promotions trainer is a key member of the promotions team, providing an enabling business support role, assessing the training needs of promotions assessors (officers and staff), designing and developing training programmes that enhance their abilities and performance for conducting promotion assessments. They will offer specialist expertise to deliver high quality promotion processes which includes the creation of training materials, delivering workshops, undertaking quality assurance activity at assessment centres and evaluating the outcomes of training sessions. They will be deployed and assigned by the Occupational Psychologist. Particular areas of focus would include:
- Design and delivery of high-quality promotion training across the officer promotion lines to enhance competencies and performance.
- Working alongside the occupational psychologists and outsourced partners, providing specialist input for promotion assessor training for each of the corporate officer lines.
- Undertake quality assurance activity at application and assessment centre stages.
- Project manage the design and delivery of the Mets corporate promotion assessor training and play a key role in continuous improvement activity.
The Role
- Experience working within a recruitment and selection or promotions environment, working with HR teams.
- Design of training materials to enhance assessor competencies and performance. Your responsibilities include designing training material, leading training sessions, assessing the training's impact, and providing one-on-one mentorship where required.
- Conduct training needs analysis through job analysis, input and consultation with key stakeholders including the occupational psychologists and assessment design team.
- Creation of structured training plans and development of comprehensive training programs that align with the promotion assessment timelines.
- Developing assessment/assessor toolkits for assessors to become more self-sufficient in delivering promotion activity.
- Ability to incorporate a variety of training methods to cater to different learning styles.
- Ability to work flexibly in managing a range of project assignments and able to work independently or as part of a team.
- Ability to conduct engaging and effective training sessions with clear communication and interactive learning techniques to maintain participant interest. You should be proficient in presenting both in a group setting and one-on-one scenarios.
- Responsibilities also include managing the logistical elements of training sessions, such as scheduling, venue selection, including room booking and distribution of learning materials.
- Experience in monitoring and evaluating training effectiveness including pre- and post- training evaluations and feedback.
- Experience in designing, implementing and evaluating feedback surveys and analysing assessor performance data to measure if the learning outcomes meet the training objectives.
- Ability to identifying data/trends and producing recommendations for success or new ways of training.
- Good project management skills with an ability to deliver at pace and to deadline.
- Ability to balance risk and innovation with the trial of new ideas and translating insight into actions.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to present information clearly and concisely to a range of different stakeholders, including experience of drafting and presenting management briefings.
- Confidence to challenge current practices and develop new solutions, ensuring HR promotion activities can be delivered with maximum benefit and are aligned to the organisation’s wider strategy.
- Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with both internal and external stakeholders at various levels.
- Be an advocate for change and innovation, looking at new ideas in terms of approach and service delivery.
This list should not be regarded as exhaustive, and the post holder will be expected to deliver other duties relevant and appropriate to this post.
How to apply
Click the apply now button below and start your career at the Met. Applications will be via a detailed CV, Personal Statement, and online application form. Your personal statement should outline why you are interested in the role and how your skills and experience demonstrate your suitability for the role. In your personal statement, please include relevant examples to demonstrate the following MPS Values of Empathy, Accountable, and Respect; these will be tested against during sift. (NB. Please do not attach 2 copies of your CV).
Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 24th of February 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 3rd of March 2025.
Following application review, successful candidates will be invited to interview. Interview dates will commence 17th of March 2025.