Policy Officer, Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Policy Officer, Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

If you are interested in working alongside policing, statutory partners and the voluntary sector to help prevent crime, reduce re-offending, and improve community safety locally, then we have just the role for you.

A vacancy for the role of Policy Officer has arisen within the Partnerships Team in the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

While this role primarily focuses on issues relating to crime prevention (such as preventing business and retail crime, serious and organised crime, and fraud and cybercrime), you will provide wider policy support across the broad ranging work of the Commissioner’s office, including community safety, criminal justice and independent scrutiny. You will also be responsible for the co-ordinating the Commissioner’s Countywide High Harms Board and supporting the delivery of his Police and Crime Plan and other statutory requirements, such as the Serious Violence Duty and the national ‘From Harm to Hope’ drugs strategy.

The role will be fast-paced, dynamic and varied. One day you will be working with colleagues from across the local partnership to co-ordinate local crime prevention activity and ensure good practice is shared nationally; and the next you could be researching a new piece of legislation or national guidance to understand what the implications are for the Commissioner and his office.

You will need to:

Be comfortable balancing competing priorities against a backdrop of complex change.
Be able to translate legislation and guidance into local practice and procedures, and big picture context into local policy positions.
Work professionally and effectively with a range of organisations and stakeholders at all levels from across the local partnership. In bringing partners together, you will be able to identify opportunities for change and turn plans into action.

If you want to find out more about the role, please send an email to Ella Hayward, Senior Partnership Policy Officer (ella.hayward@cambs.police.uk) to arrange a call.

The rewards are great and include:

A full-time role (37 hours per week) with a starting salary from £35,526 - flexible working arrangements will be considered.
Flexi time hours are from 07:30 to 18:00, Monday to Friday.
The opportunity to join the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
Agile working arrangements – you will be able to divide your time between working from home and the office, currently based at Police Headquarters in Huntingdon, for a better work/life balance.
Being part of a small and friendly team that works hard to support the Police and Crime Commissioner to carry out their statutory duties working alongside but separate to the Constabulary.
Peer and professional support from staff performing similar roles across the county through the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners.

Key Dates:

Deadline for applications: 23:55 on Sunday 5th October 2025
Interviews: Thursday 23rd October 2025, at Police Headquarters in Huntingdon.

For the purposes of the application, you will be expected to provide your CV as well as a statement of evidence against the minimum entry requirements stipulated in the role profile. There is a word count limit of 500 words for the statement against the entry requirements (one statement to cover all entry requirements).

Additional Information

All internal applicants must have successfully completed their probationary period to apply for this role.

Please note - If you qualify as an internal candidate for this role with the force that is advertising then Internal applicants can upload either a CV or the internal role summary form attached to the advert.

This vacancy is live to those at risk of redundancy and will remain open to redeployees until a final offer has been agreed with a successful candidate and accepted by them.

Redeployees at risk of redundancy will take priority over all other applicants at any point during the recruitment process. If a redeployee does apply and is successful, they will remain on their home force’s terms and conditions.

It is recommended that you download and store a copy of the role profile as this will no longer be available once the advert has closed.

As a Disability Confident leader, we take personal responsibility to help create an inclusive workplace, where police officers and staff respect one another, feel valued for their differences and can be themselves. We are committed to providing workplace adjustments, wherever needed so everyone feels welcome and can flourish. If you have a disability and you meet the minimum criteria for the position you are applying for, you will be entitled to an interview under the ‘Offer an Interview Scheme’.