Gloucestershire is a largely rural county with two large urban conurbations including the City of Gloucester and Cheltenham Spa. We are home to two Royal Households and a number of significant events attracting national attention throughout the year, including the National Hunt Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse and the Royal International Air Tattoo in Fairford. There is a strong military presence in the county as well as an important Government footprint.
Gloucestershire Constabulary have recently launched a 2026 – 2030 strategic plan. Under the leadership of T/CC Maggie Blyth and DCC Katy Barrow-Grint, the plan will focus our efforts on four clear priorities: investigating crime, safer communities, an efficient organisation, and ethical leadership. The role offers an exciting opportunity to be part of transformative change: bringing tangible benefits to victims of crime, the wider public, and colleagues within the Constabulary.
We are seeking candidates who have an ability to:
- Demonstrate strong supportive leadership and management skills, instil confidence and trust in officers, teams, partners and the wider community.
- Ensure they fully understand the performance of their teams at all times, intervening and prompting activity where required. To embed that culture within their teams.
- Respond to the challenges of emerging crime, vulnerability and public safety issues.
- Readily accept personal accountability while retaining the trust of communities.
- Be open to challenge and quick to adapt.
- Demonstrate resilience in responding to high pressure and complex situations.
- Deliver organisational efficiency and improvement, understanding and exploiting the benefits of technology and good business practice.
- Develop and sustain partnerships with a wide range of stakeholders to ensure the best possible service delivery to the community.
- Empower, trust and support every individual to succeed among their peers, within their teams and across their partners.
- Value difference, diversity and inclusion.
- Deliver Wellbeing as an integral element of business as usual.
Applications are invited from both substantive chief inspectors and inspectors on promotion to chief inspector.
