Senior Appointments – Chief Superintendent 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 6000 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 5,500 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 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
Chief Superintendent
Starting Salary £99,612 – £111,117
Applications close Monday 14th October 2024 10am
We are looking to recruit into a projected Chief Superintendent vacancy. Applications are invited from substantive Superintendents looking for promotion to the rank of Chief Superintendent and Chief Superintendents looking for a side-ways move. If you have a genuine commitment and a true passion for health, wellbeing, diversity, equality and inclusion then this could be the perfect career opportunity for you.
All appointments will be subject to enhanced vetting, Note applicants must meet the 5 years UK residency prior to submitting an application.
Before you submit your application, you are invited to join our Chief Officer Team and Heads of Departments for a briefing / familiarisation session about the role. You can find the full agenda of this session here. This will take place om Monday 30th September 2024. To confirm your place email Sgt Chris Hammond (Staff Officer) [email protected].
Our ideal candidate will
- Demonstrate confident and decisive decision making skills.
- Inspire people to meet challenging organisational goals, creating and maintaining the momentum for change.
- Be proactive in nature.
- Be able to establishes a clear future and direction for the operational unit, 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.
- 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, wellbeing, diversity, equality and inclusion.
- Build effective working relationships with people through clear communication and a collaborative approach.
Eligibility Criteria
In order to be considered you MUST meet all of the eligibility requirements:
- You must hold the PIP 3 qualification.
- Be able to demonstrate the competencies required of a Chief Superintendent.
Chief Superintendent Application Process
Applications close at 10am on Monday 14th October 2024.
Before you submit your application, you are invited to join our Chief Officer Team and Heads of Department for a briefing about the role. This will take place on Monday 30th September 2024. To confirm your place at this booking please email Sgt Chris Hammond (Staff Officer) [email protected]. You can view the agenda of this session here.
This role is required to operate at Level 3 in the Competency Values Framework (CVF). More information about the CVF can be found here.
The process of shortlisting will take place on Tuesday 15th October 2024. You will be notified of your application outcome shortly thereafter via the online recruitment portal where you submitted your application.
Candidates successful at the paper sift stage, will be invited to attend an internal stakeholder panel on Monday 21st October 2024. The stakeholder panel will be made up of several staff within the detective portfolio including officers and police staff and a representative from our staff networks.
Candidates will be provided with a topic for discussion prior to the 21st October, there will be no requirement for candidates to develop a presentation, instead this is an opportunity for candidates to talk around the chosen topic regarding their own thoughts. Further details will be provided to the candidates at the time.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to undertake a face to face interview and briefing exercise on either Tuesday 22nd October or Wednesday 23rd October 2024. Candidates will be given an hour to prepare the briefing exercise on the day, along with a further hour to prepare their answers to the interview questions.
The interview panel will consist is Chief Constable Sacha Hatchett, Deputy Chief Constable Sam Mackenzie, Assistant Chief Constable Mark Winstanley and Head of Human Resources Faye Sagar.
We will notify you of the outcome of the final interview shortly after all the interviews have taken place.