Superintendent – Staffordshire Police
Location: Staffordshire Police Headquarters
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: Friday 14th August, 12:00 midday
Be part of building a safe and confident Staffordshire
Staffordshire Police is seeking to appoint forward‑thinking Superintendents to help lead our organisation at a pivotal time. Our ambition is clear: to deliver a safe and confident Staffordshire, secured by an outstanding local police service that is passionate about serving its communities, caring for its people, and working in strong partnership with others.
As a Superintendent, you will play a critical role in delivering our Force priorities. These include strengthening our focus on vulnerability, delivering high‑quality investigations, improving public confidence, and driving down crime and antisocial behaviour across Staffordshire and Stoke‑on‑Trent.
Staffordshire is a county of proud communities: from rural villages and market towns to the urban centres of Stoke‑on‑Trent, Tamworth, and Burton upon Trent. The area faces diverse policing challenges. Our communities expect a modern service that is visible, accessible, respectful, and proactive in keeping them safe.
This is an exciting opportunity for highly capable leaders to join a Force committed to modernising, partnering, and innovating—supported by investment in technology, training, and people.
Our opportunities are open to both substantive Superintendents looking for a level transfer or, substantive Chief Inspectors applying for promotion.
About the Role
As a Superintendent, you will:
Lead a large and/or complex area of command within forces and across collaborations, strategic alliances and partnerships, carrying responsibility for all activities in their area.
- Carry responsibility for strategic or policy lead for one or more areas of policing across the force or organisation.
- Play a critical lead role in operational policing for major or critical events or incidents. This includes planning and directing the activities in line with the legal framework and wider policing policies/objectives to uphold the law, ensure public safety and strengthen public confidence.
- Carry specific legal powers to enable the maintenance of law and order.
- Contribute to the development of culture, climate and working processes in their area to ensure adherence to standards, and the promotion of accountability and continuous improvement.
Skills, Experience & Behaviours: COP Role Profile – Superintendent, link to profile: Superintendent | College of Policing
Command Qualification
Applicants should hold a current command skill at PPF/Command Level appropriate for Superintendent roles. There will be an essential requirement to participate in the Silver rota, supporting wider force command and control. There is also an expectation to work towards accreditation in wider command functions such as PIP 3/4, Public Order, and Firearms.
Join Us
If you are an ambitious, emotionally intelligent, and collaborative leader who wants to make a lasting impact on policing and community safety in Staffordshire, we would be delighted to hear from you.
To apply please answer the essential criteria questions: 500-word limit for each question
If you have any questions regarding this opportunity, please email: promotion.enquiries@staffordshire.police.uk or contact Laura Macdonald, Recruitment & Onboarding Officer.
Staffordshire Police / Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service is fully supportive of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and strives to employ a workforce that represents the community we serve.
Our vacancies are open to everyone and all appointments are made based on merit. We encourage and welcome applications from all underrepresented groups which include: Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, female, people who have a disability, those who are neurodivergent and persons of the LGBTQ+ community.
We use positive action to encourage potential candidates from underrepresented groups through targeted step-In support and advice sessions. If you have the skills, experience and values, that here in Staffordshire Police / Staffordshire Fire and Rescue we pride ourselves on, then we would welcome you to apply.
For more information on Positive Action please email the team on positive.action@staffordshire.police.uk positive.action@staffordshirefire.gov.uk
Please note if you are successful at interview and commence pre-employment checks this will include vetting, please see what this involves and the process via the below link:
Police vetting process | Join The Police (joiningthepolice.co.uk)
