Job Title: Visits and Events Manager
Salary: The starting salary is £48,995, which includes allowances totalling £3,009.
The salary is broken down as £ 45,986 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £ 54,863. Plus, a location allowance of £2,009 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.
Location: New Scotland Yard, Westminster. You may be expected to work at other Met buildings across London as part of a blended working agreement. There are also some opportunities for remote working when appropriate.
Work pattern: 36 hours a week. You will be required to work some weekends and other out of hours cover with appropriate notice to ensure the successful delivery of visits and events for which TOIL or overtime will be available.
JOB PURPOSE
There is no greater mission than keeping the public safe. This communications role is integral to the success of the Metropolitan Police Service. Our communities and police officers depend on excellent communications and engagement informed by insightful policy and political advice.
This role works as part of the visit and events team who design and deliver a proactive and strategic programme of engagements for the Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, and wider Management Board as well as planning, delivery and continuous improvement of the Met’s corporate events and awards.
You will directly lead on plans and execute them that increase the Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner’s visibility internally with our workforce and externally with community groups, businesses, charities and a range of other organisations.
You will also be asked to project manage from planning to evaluation of key corporate internal events and awards supporting the Commissioner and Management Board, these will include Precision Leadership Summits (PLS), annual corporate awards and other key leadership events.
You will innovate and lead on scoping and delivering new events and processes for celebrating success and leading awards ceremonies at a local level with B/OCUs. You will also coordinate and deliver community engagement events using innovative ideas.
Alongside this core focus, the role will occasionally work with colleagues in the political engagement strand to oversee incoming senior‑level visits requests from Government and City Hall to design visits that support our priorities and help advocate for the Met.
The competencies you will be expected to hold include:
- Influencing and persuading
- Making effective decisions
- Managing a quality service
- Seeing the big picture
- Changing and improving
- Resilience
- Line management
- Achieving outcomes
KEY RESULT AREAS
- Successful delivery of the Met’s annual corporate awards programme, meeting agreed objectives, budgets and timelines while reinforcing organisational principles and values.
- Planning and delivery of internal and external events as part of an annual rhythm, that supports NMfL and internal workforce engagement e.g. Precision Leadership Summit, corporate awards, launches.
- Occasional planning, delivery and evaluation of internal and external senior visits, including VVIP or political engagements, for both proactive opportunities and incoming requests.
- Support colleagues across communications with advice and quality assurance on event or visit related activity as required.
- Excellent submissions, itineraries and briefings to support events.
- Strong coordination of external relations, media, internal comms and content colleagues to ensure events align with NMfL and our communications objectives.
- Development of strong working relationships with Management Board Members, private offices, senior officials and stakeholders to ensure successful events.
- Spotting of opportunities and risks, making recommendations and finding solutions.
- Be part of a team of band C and band D staff members to deliver high quality events.
- Quality assure the work of team members as they set up and manage events.
- Ensure the effective planning and scheduling of activity, as well as the sign off and commissioning processes.
- Work in collaboration with the wider communications leadership team, helping to create a professional and friendly office.
- Lead others, monitoring performance and provide extra support where necessary to increase capability and confidence to ensure delivery.
- High ethical and professional standards that align to the values and principles set out in A New Met for London.
- Be part of a culture of continuous learning in which we evaluate and improve ways of working and communications delivery.
- Every member of our team is expected to be multi-skilled and work across several communication disciplines using modern up-to-date professional practice.
- Understand the New Met for London plan and the Commissioner’s priorities, and use this to implement key messages clearly, accurately, coherently, consistently and creatively.
- Represent communications, including in organisational or partnership meetings, to provide high quality communication and engagement advice across the breath of the communication spectrum.
COMPETENCY AND VALUES FRAMEWORK FOR POLICING
The Competency and Values Framework (CVF) aims to support all policing professionals, now and into the future. It sets out nationally recognised behaviours, which will provide a consistent foundation for a range of Met and national processes.
As part of the role you are expected to operate and demonstrate the behaviours as set out in the national policing competency and values framework to the levels as shown below:
Level 2: ‘We are emotionally aware’; ‘We are collaborative’; ‘We deliver, support and inspire’; ‘We are innovative and open minded’
Level 3: ‘We take ownership’; ‘We analyse critically’
An overview and full details of the Competency and Values Framework can be downloaded from Met Careers application pages.
How to apply
To begin your career at the Met, please click the "apply button “. The application process requires an online application form.
Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 28/05/2026.
