National Police Chiefs' Council - Strategic Planning & Performance Analyst

Job Title: Strategic Planning & Performance Analyst

Vacancies: 4

Salary: Band D 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 £1,982 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.

Location: Remote working nationally within UK. NPCC is currently based in close proximity to St James Park underground station, London and therefore occasional travel will be required to this premise and other Police locations across the UK. We encourage applications from candidates living across the UK. Further details on flexible arrangements will be discussed at interview stage.

Contract – Fixed Term Contract until 31/03/2026 (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

To work with the Strategic Planning and Performance (SPP) Manager to deliver evidence based, high quality, insightful analysis to support the delivery of operational policing. The post will help to embed approaches and frameworks that underpin and enable the effective delivery of SPP, which will recognise emerging risks, steer organisational direction, inform decision making at all levels and provide assurance.

The successful candidate would need to have the following experiences and skills:

Influence and negotiate with stakeholders, recognising stakeholder needs and escalating complex and sensitive issues.

Use a range of recognised quantitative and/or qualitative analytical tools and techniques. This could include risk registers, bow-ties, standard deviation and projections;

External stakeholders: Attendance at external meetings and less formal communication with a range of external stakeholders including College of Policing, external audit bodies, academic institutions and other partners in order to support the development of frameworks and share best practice. You will be expected to:

Establish and uphold effective two-way professional relationships at the relevant level, understand objectives, share good practice and promote collaborative working across joint ventures, facilitate inspections and audits, provide information for external scrutiny.

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, coaching and mentoring opportunities available.

Supportive and flexible onboarding 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 collaborative, Level 2 - Please give an example of a time when you have established an effective working relationship with someone outside of your department to complete an important assignment or project.

We take ownership, Level 2 - Please provide an example of a time you handled unexpected challenges or changes in a project

We analyse critically, Level 2 - Please give an example where you had to use both qualitative and quantitative analysis to solve a problem?

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 on 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 29th June 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 30th June 2025

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

Met candidates applying for a secondment opportunity must also make the Met HR Secondments Unit aware via HRMailbox-.SecondmentsUnit@met.police.uk 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 Met 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 Met employees. If you an external to policing, please ensure you apply through the External Oleeo link available via - https://www.met.police.uk/police-forces/metropolitan-police/areas/c/careers/police-staff-roles/police-staff-vacancies/.

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.