Job Title: NRPCC Strategic Development Manager
Salary: The starting salary is £83,589, which includes allowances totalling £3,009.
The salary is broken down as £80,580 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £93,071. Plus, a location allowance of £2,009 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.
Location: Remote working nationally within UK. NPCC is currently based in close proximity to St James Park underground station, London and therefore occasional travel will be required to this premise and other Police locations across the UK. We encourage applications from candidates living across the UK. Further details on flexible arrangements will be discussed at interview stage.
Contract – Fixed Term Contract for 2 years from start date.
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 – NATIONAL ROADS POLICING COORDINATION CENTRE
The NRPCC is an evolution of the NPCC Roads Policing Portfolio following the conclusion of the Roads Policing Review in 2025 and subsequent dedicated funding to create a new strategic partnership between NPCC and DfT. It will support road safety and roads policing across the UK with enhanced national coordination, consistency and communication across the portfolio, government and the wider road safety community. The enhanced central capability will lead operational cohesion across 43 forces, maximise intelligence opportunities, identify and drive best practice and create a formal mechanism for delivering road safety innovation.
THE ROLE
The Strategic Development Manager plays a key national role in shaping, influencing and delivering Roads Policing strategy across England and Wales. The postholder is accountable for translating and informing national strategic priorities into delivery, ensuring alignment between government policy, NPCC portfolios and operational policing.
The successful candidate would need to have the following experiences and skills:
- Advanced knowledge of programme and project delivery frameworks within complex, multi-agency public sector environments, including governance, risk, assurance and performance management.
- Developing briefings, analysis and recommendations that inform senior decision-making and strategic direction.
- Leading complex, multi-agency delivery across organisational boundaries, balancing competing national priorities.
- Resolving complex and ambiguous delivery challenges, balancing national priorities, operational realities and stakeholder interests to maintain progress.
- Experience of working within structured governance environments, supporting senior accountable roles (e.g. SRO or programme director level).
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
Applicants must hold or be prepared to undergo RV/CTC 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.
Please note, the job description is used as a framework to review and manage performance when an individual is in post, and therefore not all knowledge, skills and experience are required from the outset. We are looking for someone who can demonstrate some of these and is willing to learn and achieve objectives set.
- We collaborate, Level 3 - Describe a time when you had to build or lead a strategic partnership that crossed organisational, sector or political boundaries.
- We take ownership, Level 3 - Tell us about a situation where you identified an organisation‑wide issue requiring senior‑level ownership.
- We are innovative and openminded, Level 3 - Provide an example of when you introduced or championed a significant new way of working that challenged established organisational culture.
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.
REASONABLE ADJUSTMENTS
With all recruitment processes, we support reasonable adjustments. This aligns with the Equality Act 2010 and reflects best practice in inclusive recruitment. Please let us know in advance so we can support you appropriately. See the following examples of adjustments recommended by Optima Medical Team for prior candidates.
- Assistive technology e.g. transcription software
- Advance access to interview questions
- Extra time for assessments and interviews
IMPORTANT NOTICE FAIR RECRUITMENT COMMITMENT / INTERVIEW CONDUCT
To ensure a fair and authentic recruitment process, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools during the interview process is strictly prohibited. We ask all candidates to complete interviews and assessments independently, without the use of AI, automated tools, or external assistance.
However, we recognise that AI can be a helpful tool in the preparation phase of the application process. Candidates may use AI to help structure their thoughts and refine their CVs providing the content remains truthful and accurately reflects their own experiences and capabilities.
Should 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.
Any candidate found to be using unauthorised tools during the interview process will be withdrawn from consideration. We value honesty, integrity, transparency, and personal accountability. Demonstrating these qualities throughout the recruitment process is essential.
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 23rd August 2026.
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 from 24th August 2026.
Following application review, successful candidates will be invited to interview. Interview dates to be confirmed.
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 a secondee.
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 are external to policing, please ensure you apply through the External 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.
