National Chiefs Police Council - Business Support Manager - Hydrant

Job Title: National Chiefs Police Council - Business Support Manager - Hydrant

Salary: The starting salary is £44,132.

The salary is broken down as £44,132 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £52,652

Location: Remote working nationally within UK. The Hydrant Programme is currently based at Moss Way Police Station, Moss Way, Sheffield. As such, occasional travel to this location will be required. In addition, travel may be necessary to the NPCC office, currently situated near St James's Park Underground Station in London, as well as to other police premises across the UK.

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 HYDRANT PROGRAMME

The Hydrant Programme is a national policing programme supporting the work of the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) Child Protection and Abuse Investigation Working Group. Originally established in 2014 to coordinate the response to non-recent child sexual abuse but now supporting forces across all child protection and abuse investigation issues.

Hydrant develops policy and strategy on behalf of the NPCC, develops and delivers best practice advice including a learning, review and improvement function, provides a strategic analysis capability and partnership engagement with key stakeholders and partners. 

THE ROLE

The Business Support Manager is responsible for support to the National Police Chief’s Council (NPCC) Hydrant Programme and CSE Taskforce.

A key part of the role is to support the Director and Deputy Director in the planning and managing of key governance meetings including CSE Taskforce Working Group, the NPCC Ritualistic Abuse Working Group, and internal Hydrant Programme Management Meetings and Team Away days. This will involve agenda shaping, liaison with attendees, third sector colleagues and senior Home Office officials and keeping an accurate record of all discussions and actions. The postholder will also be responsible for maintaining the link with other workstreams to ensure that the Hydrant Programme is appropriately represented at meetings and the Directors are prepared. The post holder is responsible for the supervision of the administration assistant within the administration team. The post holder is responsible for the running and management of IT with key stakeholders.

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

Experience of delivering business support within a complex environment.

It is essential that the post holder works flexibly to ensure Hydrant Programmes objectives are delivered.

Tasking, advising, and guiding administration team staff including day to day work requirements, welfare, and development responsibility.

Undertake other activities and changing demands of the business support function commensurate with the post as may be required for the effective delivery of the Hydrant Programme business

Engaging and maintaining relationships with stakeholders.

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

This post requires access to the most sensitive intelligence material on a daily basis. Applicants must hold or be prepared to undergo National Security Vetting (NSV) Security Check (enhanced) (SC(e)) 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 collaborate, Level 2 - Provide a recent example of collaborative work you have led, involving a range of internal and external stakeholders.

We are innovative and open-minded, Level 2 - Provide a recent example about a time when you had to make a decision based on complex or incomplete information. How did you approach the situation, and what steps did you take to ensure your decision was well-informed?

We take ownership, Level 3 - Describe a time when you identified a problem or challenge in your work and took ownership to resolve it, even though it wasn’t directly your responsibility? What steps did you take, and what was the outcome?

Should you want to know more about the role, we would strongly encourage you contact hr-recruitment@npcc.police.uk to arrange an informal conversation.

Please do not attach 2 copies of your CV.

IMPORTANT NOTICE FAIR RECRUITMENT COMMITMENT / INTERVIEW CONDUCT

We also support the need for reasonable adjustments. If you require assistive technology as part of a reasonable adjustment (e.g. transcription software), please let us know in advance so we can support you appropriately.

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 21st September.

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 w/c 22nd September.

Following application review, successful candidates will be invited to interview. Interview dates will commence w/c 29th September.

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 an external candidate.

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.