Radio Services Senior Manager
Job Title: Radio Services Senior Manager
Salary: The starting salary is £68,295, which includes allowances totalling £2,928.
The salary is broken down as £65,367 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £70,012 Plus, a location allowance of £1,928 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.
Location: The primary Met Location for this role is Bow. Travel across the Met Estate, to attend meetings as required by the business, is expected.
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Policing London is a hugely complex challenge that evolves every day. To make sure the Met is up to the task, we need the right IT and systems across our organisation. As a Radio Services Senior Manager, you will help to enable us to do our best for the London area. Join us and play your part in making London the safest capital in the world and delivering ‘More Trust, Less Crime and High Standards’.
As a member of the Met, you will also enjoy great benefits including annual leave, civil service pension arrangements, maternity/paternity support, as well as being part of a continuous learning culture.
Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT)
The mission of Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) is to provide the Met with information (and specifically data), communications and technology to help frontline officers and Met staff do their jobs more efficiently, in order to deliver the New Met for London plan. In other words, DDaT is about “passionately delivering trusted technology for precise data driven policing”.
As well as keeping up to speed with developments in technology and making recommendations for new equipment and systems that will help modernise policing, DDaT also comprises the Data Office which:
- Owns and drives the data compliance and analytics agenda.
- Brings together the accountabilities that are currently dispersed across the Met business areas.
- Consolidates and further develops existing Met data and insight services.
- Enables data sharing and collaboration to serve the public and external partners.
DDaT is committed to creating an inclusive working environment. We support hybrid working, and the hiring manager will be happy to discuss arrangements for this role.
Job Purpose
Radios are critical technology for officer communications and safety, enabling both overt and covert operational policing. The Radio Services Senior Manager is accountable for radio devices, infrastructure, and associated services that support mission critical radio communications.
The Radio Services Senior Manager ensures the optimal balance of quality, risk and value for money for Radio Services deployed to the Met. The role holder provides strategic oversight, governance, and decision-making authority for Radio Services suppliers, as well as delivering service-focused input into change initiatives.
Key Role Responsibilities
- Deliver a highly available and reliable mission critical Radio Services, ensuring operational effectiveness. This includes for specialist radio services such as Marine, Search & Rescue, National Police Air Service as well as for Front Line policing.
- Manage third-party supplier performance, ensuring adherence to contractual obligations.
- Ownership of third-party contracts relating to Radio Services.
- Manage Radio Services budget lines and expenditure. Lead on financial forecasting.
- Represent Radio Services on governance boards whilst ensuring projects deliver effective changes and solutions for Met policing operations.
- Lead Met workstream activities for the Emergency Services Network (ESN), engaging with Home Office, partners and third parties.
- Radios network coverage and capacity planning for operational policing and events such as Notting Hill Carnival and New Years Eve celebrations.
- Integrated Communications Control Service infrastructure at Met and national locations.
- Resource location applications and their integration with other systems.
- Ensure effective delivery of Radio Services Helpdesk for Met officers and staff.
- Drive continuous improvement, ensuring cost efficiency, risk mitigation, and service quality.
- Radio asset management, including handheld, vehicle, desktop, and covert devices.
- Ensure compliance with Health & Safety policies for radios and peripherals.
- Management of a team of Radio Service Managers.
- Manage and take part in an on-call rota.
Vetting Clearance
For this role the Vetting Clearance is Force Clearance Level, Recruitment Vetting (RV), and National Security Vetting (NSV) Level, Counter Terrorism Check (CTC).
Hybrid Working
Hybrid Working available in line with the Metropolitan Police Service hybrid working policy.
How to apply
To begin your career at the Met, please click the "apply now" button below. The application process requires a comprehensive CV, a Personal Statement (1000 words maximum, and an online application form. In your Personal Statement, you should explain your interest in the position and illustrate how your skills and experiences make you a suitable candidate. Please note that you should not submit two copies of your CV, and ensure that your documents are saved in either PDF or Word format, clearly labelled as CV and Personal Statement.
Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 22nd September 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 w/c 29th September.
Following application review, successful candidates will be invited to interview. Interview dates will commence w/c 13th October.