Superintendent - Local Policing
Wiltshire Police - Superintendent Local Policing
- Substantive Position
- Salary £80,784 - £95,025 per annum
- Relocation allowance available (where moving into force area)
- Location: Devizes HQ, with some flexible working
The Chief Constable is inviting applications from Superintendents and Substantive Chief Inspectors for a key role as Superintendent within Local Policing.
This role is about gaining trust, building relationships, and empowering communities. Wiltshire’s diverse landscape, with its bustling towns and rural areas, presents unique challenges and opportunities that demand innovative, compassionate leadership.
As Superintendent, you will envision a future where our police force is more integrated with the communities we serve than ever before. Wiltshire’s strength lies in its people—the local shopkeepers, the neighbourhood watch volunteers, the youth groups shaping the leaders of tomorrow. It is their trust we must earn daily, through actions that reflect empathy, fairness, and transparency.
The road ahead for policing in Wiltshire is not without its challenges. The rise in cybercrime, the complexities of safeguarding vulnerable individuals, and the ongoing need to combat antisocial behaviour require a leader who is both strategic and adaptable. This role will suit you if you are ready to face these challenges head-on, working collaboratively with partners across the public, private, and voluntary sectors to deliver holistic solutions.
Above all, you will ensure that Wiltshire Police remains a beacon of trust, professionalism, and dedication. As Superintendent, you will dedicate yourself to making Wiltshire a place where every resident feels safe, valued, and proud to call home.
In this application process you will be required to demonstrate:
- Experience working at Superintendent or Substantive Chief Inspector rank in policing.
- Ability to lead the development and implementation of policy and strategy in own areas of responsibility, in line with force/organisational and national directives.
- Resource and budget planning for own areas of responsibility, in line with force priorities.
- Ability to lead, motivate, engage, manage and develop a team of policing professionals and provide leadership to a significant area of command/area of responsibility.
- Experience in leading responses to major events and serious/complex investigations, setting strategic/tactical objectives and priorities, assessing and managing threats/risks and directing the deployment of resources.
- A strong ethical and moral compass, challenging poor performance/behaviours.
The post will be based at Wiltshire Police Headquarters, Devizes. However, the nature of the work will require travel throughout Wiltshire and potentially nationally. It is envisaged the role will be hybrid with two days working in Devizes, two days anywhere in the County and one day remote working.
You will be required to be part of an on-call Gold Command rota. When on-call, you will be expected to be within one hour of a Wiltshire Police station location.
Closing date for applications: 7th April 2025. Please note that no applications can be submitted after this time. Interviews will be held in the week commencing 21st April 2025
What we offer
• Excellent career development opportunities
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 30 days
• Hybrid working (2 days per week in Devizes HQ and remotely for remainder of the week )
• Flexi hours scheme
• Free Gym membership
• Physical and mental well-being support
• Generous Pension scheme
Please note, all roles will be subject to a vetting procedure, some roles due to the nature of their work, will require additional security clearance.
We are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation who provides fair and equal consideration to all of our applicants. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, sexual orientation, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence