Senior Appointments – 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 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 – Superintendent Promotion
Salary – £84,177 – £99,015
Applications close – 23rd November 2026 at 10am.
Lancashire Constabulary are looking to recruit numerous Superintendents across both Detective and Uniformed portfolios. Applications are invited from substantive Chief Inspectors for promotion to the rank of Superintendent and substantive Superintendents looking for a lateral move to Lancashire Constabulary.
Here at Lancashire Constabulary, we are truly victim focused and have high performance expectations. We have a genuine commitment to health, well-being, diversity, equality and inclusion. We are looking for candidates who share our passion for these areas and would encourage those to apply.
We are looking for candidates who have substantial experience of leading teams to deliver an outstanding policing service to the public, along with high levels of operational credibility with the drive to lead the Constabulary’s responses to policing challenges.
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:
- Be able to demonstrate the competencies required of a Superintendent.
- Be PIP2 qualified (minimum).
- Have successfully completed the Management of Serious Crime Investigations Development Programme (MSCIDP).
- Successful candidates who are not currently PIP3 will be expected to work towards the qualification whilst in this post.
- Those applicants applying for uniform Superintendent roles will be expected to already be an accredited Public Order Public Safety Silver Commander, or undertake the necessary training and qualifications to become accredited as a Public Order Public Safety Silver Commander, within 12 months of promotion.
Superintendents Application Process
Application live date Monday 2nd November 2026 at 10.00am – closing date Monday 23rd November 2026 at 10.00am. Please note late application forms will not be excepted .
day Monday 9th November 2026 from 09.00am to approx 16.00pm- at Hutton Headquarters, Saunders Lane or via Microsoft Teams.
A representative from the Human Resources team will provide an input regarding the recruitment process.
Internal and external candidates are invited to attend a Familiarisation Day at Hutton Headquarters. For those unable to attend in person, there will be the option to attend via Microsoft Teams.
This is a great opportunity to meet the Chief Officer Team and Lancashire Constabulary Staff, learn about the force and our Superintendent portfolios. To book onto this session, please email [email protected].
Shortlisting will take place on Wednesday 25th November 2026.
Candidates will be notified of the out come of the shortlisting via the online application portal.
Those successful following the paper sift will be invited to undertake a face to face interview and briefing exercise at Hutton Headquarters on Monday 7th December 2026 at Hutton Headquarters.
On the day candidates will be given 1 hour preparation time in which they will have both the briefing exercise and interview questions in which to prepare a verbal briefing and interview responses.
Any candidates that require any reasonable adjustments in order to participate in the recruitment process are to email [email protected] in the first instance. Reasonable adjustment requests will be considered accordingly.
If you identify as being from a protected characteristic background and would like any additional support in the recruitment process, please contact our HR Workforce Representation Team on [email protected].
We will notify you of the outcome of the interview and briefing exercise once all the interviews have taken place.
All appointments will be subject to enhanced MV vetting and attendance checks.