Secondment Opportunity - NPCC/HMPPS Police Advisor

Employer: National Police Chiefs’ Council

Vacancies: 1

Job Title: NPCC/HMPPS Police Advisor

Rank: Detective Inspector. If you are applying on temporary promotion, please ensure that you are eligible to apply. This role is open to Detective Sergeants supported for temporary promotion. For MPS Officers, this role is open to substantive Detective Inspectors, those on the Select List, and substantive Detective Sergeants.

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: Secondment until 31/03/2026 (with the potential for further extension subject to funding and performance).

Allowances: Secondees from the national forces/organisations, outside of the London area, are entitled to claim travel expenses incurred for the role.

Existing Home Office, College of Policing and Police Officer applicants please note; NPCC will evaluate all allowances currently attributed within your renumeration and cannot guarantee eligibility to retain those allowances if successful.

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 SERIOUS ORGANISED CRIME TEAM
The NPCC Serious Organised Crime Team plays a crucial role in communicating the collective views and action of UK police chiefs to the public, government, and stakeholders, building and maintaining confidence in policing at the national level and supporting effective engagement with stakeholders.

THE ROLE

The role supports the Strategic Police Advisors (SOC in Prisons & (Intelligence) and Criminal Justice & Partnerships (two Superintendents) with joint work driving strategic engagement and tactical delivery between NPCC and HMPPS and more broadly across policing to combat crime linked to, or occurring within the prison environment, or amongst people managed under probation supervision. The role includes working directly to the NPCC Lead for HMPPS, DCC Michaela Kerr, supporting her to deliver broader policing priorities across areas such as SOC in Prisons (MARSOC), crime in prisons, intelligence, Serious Crime Prevention Orders (SCPOs) and Regional Prison Intelligence Unit coordination. The postholder will be embedded within the HMPPS Corruption, Crime and Policing Unit and will be expected to support the Superintendents in national coordination activities. The role is jointly funded by HMPPS and NPCC.

The postholder will assist in the development of sustainable interfacing between the NPCC and HMPPS National Security Group across the range of each agency’s priorities. This will include considering effective governance arrangements for future engagement between Policing and HMPPS and the specific delivery of recommendation 2b of the NSPARC Policy Lab report into SOC In Prisons and Probation. The post holder will also be required to support work advancing the recommendations of the NPCC review in relation to the MARSOC programme.

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

You will have experience in influencing and negotiating within partnership working, and the skills to support engagement at regional and national level.
You will have an understanding of the operational context for Policing in relation to serious and organised crime, intelligence and prison crime.
You will have experience of, or demonstrate aptitude towards, project coordination and progressing multiple workstreams to conclusion and their administration.
Some knowledge of CT Policing and HMPPS structures and operating structures is beneficial.

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

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.
Job related equipment supplied
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 NPPV3/MV & SC 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).

We collaborate, Level 2 - Please give an example of a time you have reviewed performance and made changes to improve delivery? What was the process and who else was involved? How did you identify the suggestions for improvement? What was the change in performance/output?
We analyse critically, Level 2 - Please give an example of when you have been faced with a number of options to take and how you used / gathered information to make informed and sound decisions.
We take ownership, Level 2 - Please can you provide an example where you have taken ownership of a large project that has involved multiple stakeholders. What challenges did you encounter and how did you overcome them to deliver successful outcome.

Should you want to know more about the role, we would strongly encourage you contact John Wallace John.wallace@sussex.police.uk and Jim Hatton James.Hatton@leics.police.uk to arrange an informal conversation.

Please do not attach 2 copies of your CV.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Occasional national travel may be required. Travel expenses will be paid when travel falls outside of the home to work journey. Travel expenses will be paid 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 27th June 2025

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.

Candidates should contact HR-Recruitment@npcc.police.uk with any questions or advert document requests.

Applications from candidates who work ‘part-time’ or on flexible working-patterns are welcomed.

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 the National Police Chief’s Council.

We view diversity as fundamental to our success. To tackle today’s complex policing challenges, we need a workforce made up from all of communities nationally. Applications from across the community are therefore essential.

As a Disability Confident Employer, the NPCC have committed to ensuring that disabled people and those with long-term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations.