Senior Strategy Officer

This post is open to applicants who can meet the College’s nationality, UK residency and vetting requirements., Applications are invited for the post of Senior Strategy Officer.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our Strategy Team, who play a vital role in supporting the Executive and Board to set the strategic direction of the College – identifying priorities that will set our future direction over the medium to long term.
As a Senior Strategy Officer, you will be responsible for providing facilitation support to senior leaders to test strategy concepts and formulate our corporate strategy document for consideration and sign-off. You will work across the organisation to ensure our strategic ambitions drive our business plans and that our work is focussed on delivering the commitments we’ve made to policing. You will support delivery leads to design coherent programmes at work aimed at achieving transformational change in policing, utilising methods such as logic models and behavioural change science. You will lead on engagement and collaborative working with key stakeholders across policing to understand and shape demand; identify, agree and scope future priorities., We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
+ Communicating and Influencing
+ Delivering at Pace
+ Seeing the Big Picture
+ Working Together, If you would like to discuss the role in more detail please contact Teresa McKee, Head of Strategy.
We believe that a diverse workforce brings many benefits to the organisation including diversity of thought and improvements to the way we work internally and with partners and communities. We strive to be fully inclusive but we know there is more to do. We genuinely encourage people from all backgrounds and underrepresented groups to apply for this role.
We want to continually improve our recruitment processes and to remove any barriers to equal opportunities that could disadvantage those from particular backgrounds. In order for us to have the information to do this, we ask you to please complete the diversity section of the online application process. We use a “blind” shortlisting process and we hope that by using this method we will be able to promote greater diversity in our workforce and remove any subconscious decisions based on biases.
The College is committed to support the Greening Government Commitment and reducing our Environmental impact. We have a dynamic Environmental Management Plan in place which encompasses various objectives, including our pledge to reduce business travel. To support our green agenda we have, in phase one, installed Electric Vehicle Charging Points at our sites in Ryton (12 points) and Harperley Hall (4 points) alongside two at our Harrogate office. We encourage employees to become an Environment Champion to help with promoting and delivering our Environmental Management Plan. Our One Step Greener approach encourages all College staff to make small changes to create a better future for everyone.
Please note that in order to work for the College of Policing you must have the Right to Work in the UK with indefinite leave to remain. In addition, you will also be required to provide an address history in the UK for the preceding 3 years.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
+ UK nationals
+ nationals of the Republic of Ireland
+ nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
+ individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
+ Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

• Degree or equivalent Level 6 qualification or significant equivalent experience
• Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development
• Experience of preparing and presenting high quality strategy/policy/briefing papers
• Experience of collaborative working, establishing positive working relationships and engaging and eliciting information from a board variety of stakeholders
• Ability to think and plan strategically, see the bigger picture and to exercise sound judgement in the face of conflicting pressures
• Experience of line management and/or coaching to improve performance
Please see job description for full details of the role.

We’re the professional body for the police service in England and Wales. We work with everyone in policing to set standards, to share knowledge and good practice and to support the development of police officers and staff. Our mission is to drive a consistent approach across policing where the public and the service expect it, to boost professionalism and to improve leadership at every level.
Although we're a small organisation, our work has a big reach. We are uniquely placed to work both with national policing organisations and local forces to support frontline officers, staff and volunteers in their day-to-day roles.
We offer a supportive and inclusive environment for people to thrive. Our extensive flexible-working policy, employee wellbeing support, family friendly policies, employers’ network for equality and inclusion membership (ENEI silver award winners), and status as a disability confident leader means everyone can bring their whole self to work.

Alongside your salary of £44,277, College of Policing contributes £11,954 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
The College is a great place to work. We're passionate about our people and offer a wide range of benefits, including (but not limited to):
+ Defined benefit pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 27%
+ Up to 31.5 days holiday (this is in addition to 8 public holidays and 1 privilege day)
+ Continued professional development and structured career paths
+ Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
+ Flexi-time (for certain grades)
+ A range of flexible working arrangements
+ Benenden Healthcare
+ National Dental Plan
+ Discounts for on-line shopping
+ Free employee support line
+ Interest free season ticket loans
+ Rewards and recognition scheme
We also have a number of thriving staff networks that provide the opportunity for advice, support and to drive change. A place to get your voice heard, share experiences and challenge our working practices to ensure equality of opportunity for all.
For more information about our benefits and staff networks, visit What we offer as an employer , College of Policing