Senior Appointment Lead/HR Resourcing Lead
Job Title: Senior Appointment Lead/HR Resourcing Lead
Salary: The starting salary is £59,839, which includes allowances totalling £2,928.
The salary is broken down as £56,911 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £69,342. Plus, a location allowance of £1,928 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.
Location: Kilburn
Job Purpose
This role is required to lead recruitment to fill chief officer and senior (broadband) staff vacancies, making a contribution to:
- Improved levels of representation across the organisation (particularly in respect of external officers and female and ethnic minority chief officers staff);
- Supporting leaders across the MPS in driving improvements to the Met’s performance, culture and behaviours;
- To build positive relationships with potential candidates, providing high levels of customer service to secure talent attraction in a competitive and demanding environment;
You will perform duties and be the senior resourcing point of contact for escalation and problem solving for the Chief Officer and Broadband Staff campaigns.
Key activities include:
- Manage campaigns that contribute to the continuous improvement of the candidate and hiring manager experience; ensuring a strong employment offer that can attract talent into MPS into a variety of roles at different levels within the MPS to include chief officers and broadband staff.
- Ensuring awareness of the impact of changing demographics and economic conditions and increasing competitiveness within labour markets will impact on the pool of talent available to the MPS;
- Well-developed understanding of supply pipelines and organisational requirements, linking in with Corporate Workforce Planning and Police Promotions and escalating risk as appropriate.
- Delivering ongoing efficiency and continuous improvement in end to end senior appointment resourcing processes, including assessment centres, through innovative design developments.
- Preparing reports/business cases for consideration at MPS Executive level on proposals for senior appointment campaigns, including suggested approaches.
- Conduct post implementation evaluations to ensure that interventions are properly realised and deliver the requisite benefits.
- Supporting with the delivery of assessment events that are fair, taking account of gender, cultural differences and norms, meeting standards for diversity and fair access of opportunities for all.
- Ensuring chief officer campaigns are delivered in line with College of Policing guidance.
- Development and maintenance of key stakeholder relationships, e.g. HR Policy & Reward; Commercial Services; Finance; Vetting; DPS; MBS; Management Board private offices; MOPAC; College of Policing; NPCC; CTPHQ.
- Line management of 2 x Campaign Managers (Band C) and 1 Resourcing Assistant (Band E).
Note: In addition you may from time to time be required to undertake additional duties necessary to meet the needs of the Met; such duties to be commensurate with the responsibilities and grading of the post.
How to apply
To begin your career at the Met, please click the "apply button “. The application process requires a comprehensive CV, a Personal Statement, 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/or Personal Statement.
Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 27th November 2025.
Once received, your application will be reviewed against eligibility criteria, following this, your application will be reviewed by the hiring manager.
Following application review, successful candidates will be invited to interview.