CED Training Licence Assessor

Job summary

This role is available as a designated homeworking role. Please note, regular travel within the UK will be required, and a full UK driving licence is essential.

This post is open to applicants who can meet the College’s nationality, UK residency and vetting requirements.

About us:

Our mission is: Leadership, Standards, Performance. This guides our work with individuals, forces, and policing partners towards our vision. We exist to support police officers, police staff and volunteers to deliver the best service to the public. Only through high quality leadership, consistent standards and continual performance improvement can everyone in policing reach their full potential. Our mission guides our work with individual, forces and partners towards our vision.

Although we are a relatively 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.

Additional Information:

We recruit by merit, on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.

Due to our status as Public Servants, we are not eligible to participate in the Civil Service transfer process. Therefore, while successful candidates can transfer in on their existing terms and conditions, any subsequent transfer out of the College to the Civil Service cannot be guaranteed on existing terms and conditions, and new starter/modernised terms may apply.

The College embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we comply with the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) and apply the minimum selection criteria at sift stage of the recruitment process.

Our vetting

If you are successful at interview, you will be required to undertake pre-employment security checks. You will be sent a security questionnaire which must be accessed within 24 hours.

Please note, these checks can take up to 10 weeks. You will only be offered a start date after the checks have been completed. If the outcome of these checks is not satisfactory, your recommendation for employment will be withdrawn.

Job description

As a member of a small team, you will be providing support to forces in respect of achieving quality assurance and licensing standards. You will implement and maintain an auditable quality assurance process for CED - Taser training to Specially Trained Officers (STOs) within UK police forces and agencies. We welcome applications from competent Taser Lead Instructors (within the last 2 years), who have an eye for detail and an ability to provide evidenced feedback and guidance based on current national policy and training.

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Person specification

Some of your responsibilities will include:

• Implementing and maintaining quality assurance processes that underpin the CED STO training licence and mirror existing armed policing and associated College systems.
• Building and maintaining relationships with chief instructors, their deputies and compliance managers.
• Using subject matter expertise to provide advice and support.

To be successful in this role you’ll need:

• Qualified Trainer to meet the Police Sector Standard for Trainers through either a Level 4 Diploma in Learning and Development, a Level 4 Certificate in Education and Training or equivalent or through the College of Policing Training Essentials Programme or be willing to achieve the Level 4 diploma within 18 months (Or Level 3 award and working towards level 4).
• Qualified as Taser Lead Instructor (as per national role profile).
• IOSH award (or commitment to work towards)
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to influence, recommend and build effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders and staff to achieve timely results
• Attention to detail to provide analysis, evidence and information to support recommendations for improvements
• Ability to work in a pressurised environment dealing with a range of tasks simultaneously
• Open to receive and give feedback; value diversity and difference; and to work as part of a team to achieve objectives
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills

Please see the attached job description which contains full details of the role.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions
• Working Together

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Understanding of the requirements of the Code of Practice on Armed Policing and the Police use of Less Lethal Weapons 2020 (the Code)
• Relevant experience in design, development and/or quality assurance of training packages to national NPFTC/CED curriculum standards
• Comprehensive knowledge of CED curriculum and role profiles.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £36,520, College of Policing contributes £10,579 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

College staff have Public Servant status. As a Public Servant, you are eligible to join the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension Scheme.

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 28.97%
• 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)
• Benenden Healthcare
• National Dental Plan
• Discounts for on-line shopping
• Free employee support line
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Rewards and recognition scheme
• Learning and development tailored to your role.
• An environment with flexible working options.
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.

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

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