Assistant Chief Constable Recruitment
Introduction from our Chief Constable
Thank you for your interest in developing your career with Lancashire Constabulary. We believe in individuality, diversity, and initiative – people who can be counted on – not simply counted.
We have a fantastic force of over 6,000 police officers and staff, all sharing a passion and determination for keeping Lancashire’s people safe. Here at Lancashire Constabulary we are committed to a nationally recognised set of behaviours and values. All employees who join the team believe in a common code of ethics and are dedicated to demonstrating all that this entails and creating an inclusive and open-minded workforce that reflects our local communities. Serving our public respectfully and fairly with integrity and transparency is at the heart of everything we do as reflected in our Vision and Values;
Our Vision – Preventing and fighting crime. Keeping our communities and people safe.
Our Values – We’re professional, accountable, and united. And we do everything with respect.
We are extremely fortunate in Lancashire to be in the very safe hands of an exceptional team of chief officers and senior staff who possess an enormous range of skills and experience between them. Each has their own areas of expertise, and together they strive to ensure our constabulary is the best it can be.
If you are interested in joining this team and resonate with our values, then we look forward to hearing from you.
Sacha Hatchett
Chief Constable
Why Lancashire?
Founded in 1839, Lancashire Constabulary covers an area of 1,189 square miles. The county has a population of nearly 1.5 million people with a rich diversity of communities, all with specific policing needs. Serving them is demanding and challenging but incredibly rewarding. We enjoy one of the most diverse and interesting regions in the UK, and no day is the same.
The constabulary is split into three divisions, West, South and East and our Headquarters is based in Hutton, Preston, with our Dogs and Mounted section nearby. Each division is run by a Chief Superintendent. To accommodate our workforce of just over 6,000 people we have an extensive network of locations across the county.
To ensure we fulfil our commitment to policing Lancashire, we have a very special workforce made up of over 3,000 Police Officers and approximately 2,500 Police Staff – of which 290 are PCSOs and 460 Special Constabulary Officers, Police Cadets and Community Volunteers.
Our force covers a hugely diverse geographic area, from coastal towns, including Blackpool and Morecambe, to the buzz of our large towns, city centres, and rural communities too.
Lancashire has a £30.8bn economy, 1.5m residents, 732,000 jobs and 53,000 businesses. There is a large visitor economy worth £4.4bn, attracting almost 69m visitors annually.
By joining Lancashire Police you will become part of a force which is as wonderfully diverse as the geography.
Daily Demands…
Take a look at some of the demands of Lancashire Constabulary
Received 887 999 calls and 1678 non-emergency calls
20 burglaries
The Opportunity – Assistant Chief Constable Promotion
Applications close Thursday 23rd January 2025, 10am.
Are you an inspirational police leader looking to join a progressive and good performing force? Do you share our passion to be 100% victim focused? Do you put the community at the heart of everything you do? Lancashire Constabulary has an unwavering commitment to reducing, preventing, and detecting crime and are looking for a talented, dynamic, and innovative individual to join as Assistant Chief Constable.
All submitted applications will be shortlisted on Friday 24th January 2025. Those successful following the paper sift will be invited to undertake a Stakeholder Panel on Monday 10th February 2025, and an interview exercise at Hutton Headquarters on either Tuesday 11th or Wednesday 12th February 2025.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants must have:
- Individuals who previously qualified as eligible for a chief police officer appointment by virtue of successfully completing the senior police national assessment centre (senior PNAC) and the strategic command course (SCC) will be eligible for substantive appointment to a chief police officer role.
- Police officers who have successfully completed the PLP – stage 5 (executive leaders) as part of cohorts 1 and 2 will be eligible for substantive appointment to a chief police officer role – note that cohort 2 would need to be appointed temporarily until successful completion of the programme.
- Police officers who have demonstrated the baseline standard on the PLP – stage 5 (executive leaders) development centre and successfully completed cohort 3 of the PLP – stage 5 (executive leaders) will also be eligible for substantive appointment to a chief police officer role. – note that would need to be appointed temporarily and cohort 3 not yet started programme.
- Police officers who have demonstrated the baseline standard on the PLP – stage 5 (executive leaders) development centre can be appointed into chief police officer roles on a temporary basis. A police officer who is appointed temporarily into a chief police officer role must commence the PLP – stage 5 (executive leaders) within 12 months of temporary appointment or at the next available opportunity if not already on the programme. On successful completion of the programme, they can be substantively appointed with no further appointment process, assuming they were originally selected in accordance with this guidance, via an open and competitive recruitment process that was underpinned by the principles of merit, fairness and openness.
Our ideal candidate will
- Demonstrate confident and decisive decision making skills.
- Inspire and engage people to meet challenging organisational goals, creating and maintaining the momentum for change.
- Be proactive in nature with the desire to drive and implement change.
- Be able to establish a clear future and direction, focused on delivering the force vision and strategy.
- Act with integrity, in line with the values and ethical standards of the Police Service.
- Delivers on promises, demonstrating personal commitment, energy and drive to get things done.
- Demonstrate ownership of delivery – you must be able to deliver outcomes through effective leadership of others.
- Promote a real belief in public service, focusing on what matters to the public and will best serve their interests.
- Have a dedicated and genuine passion about health, well-being, diversity, equality and inclusion.
- Build effective working relationships with people through clear communication and a collaborative approach.
- Be compatible with the current Chief Officer Team, working closely in collaboration with them to achieve the best outcomes.
Assistant Chief Constable Application Process
Applications close on Thursday 23rd January 2025 at 10AM.
This role is required to operate at Level 3 in the Competency Values Framework (CVF). More information about the CVF can be found here.
We would encourage candidates considering applying for the Assistant Chief Constable role with Lancashire to attend the familiarisation day on Monday 13th January 2025, this is a great opportunity to meet the Chief Officer team and see how the force operates. To book your place at this session please email – [email protected]
Candidates successful at the application stage will be contacted via email to invite them to the next stages of the recruitment process.
Shortlisting will take place Friday 24th January 2025.
You will be notified of your application outcome shortly there the applications closing date.
Candidates who are successful at the application stage will be invited to both an internal stakeholder panel, which will consist of senior members of Police Staff and representatives from our Staff Associations and an external stakeholder panel which will consist of local community representatives. The internal and external stakeholder panels will both take place Monday 10th February 2025.
The interviews are scheduled to take place on Tuesday 11th or Wednesday 12th February 2025.
The panel will consist of Chief Constable Sacha Hatchett, Deputy Chief Constable Sam Mackenzie, COO Gillian Routledge & Head of HR.
We will notify you of the outcome of the final interview shortly after all the interviews have taken place.