NCVPP- Strategic Delivery Manager

Job summary

This role is available as either a designated homeworking role or a hybrid working role. However, some travel may be required. For hybrid working purposes, this post can be based at our sites in either Ryton-on-Dunsmore (CV8 3EN), Durham (DL15 8DS), Harrogate (HG1 1EP) or London (E14 4PU).

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

About us:

The College of Policing

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.

Where we have extra suitable appointable candidates a reserve list will be held.

Job description

National Centre for Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) & Public Protection (PP)

Would you like to join a skilled and dedicated team of professionals who are committed to reducing the prevalence of VAWG and Public Protection (PP) offences across England and Wales, as part of a wider-system approach?

This is an exciting and rewarding opportunity to join the National Centre for Violence Against Women and Girls & Public Protection (NCVPP) within the College of Policing. The NCVPP provides support to forces in tackling the threat of VAWG and PP and improving our services to victims. You will also work with academics, victim groups and across Government to support our ambition and to ensure our work reflects the lived experiences of diverse communities.

We are working to continually train and upskill our officers and staff with the specialist knowledge and expertise required to carry out their roles effectively. We also continue to develop programmes, expanding on existing best practice with a focus on perpetrators and preventing life-long harm to victims.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a nationally significant programme with real-world impact.

• Work in a dynamic, supportive, and mission-driven environment.
• Contribute to shaping policy and practice at the highest level informed by the best possible evidence.

At the NCVPP, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture where diversity is valued, equity is embedded, and every voice matters. We champion fair recruitment, foster belonging, and integrate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) principles across our research, practice, and partnerships to ensure our work reflects and serves the diverse communities we protect.

We welcome applications from candidates of all ethnicities, faiths, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities and socio-economic backgrounds.

The NCVPP is hosted by the College of Policing in partnership with the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC).

For more information about the NCVPP, visit: National centre for violence against women and girls and public protection , College of Policing

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.

This role will be a primary and vital link between the National Centre for VAWG and Public Protection (NCVPP), the College of Policing, and sponsor organisations, particularly the Home Office. Sitting within the Strategic Delivery Office, the Delivery Manager will operate at a national and portfolio level, supporting the coordination, alignment and visibility of delivery across NCVPP programmes.

It is a fast-paced and evolving role, focused on ensuring delivery is coherent, transparent and aligned to NCVPP strategic priorities. The role will work closely with programme and project teams to manage dependencies, identify risks and issues, and escalate challenges through the appropriate governance routes so that delivery remains on track.

A central aspect of the role is sponsor liaison - supporting effective engagement with the Home Office through coordinating reporting cycles, preparing briefings and updates, and ensuring clear, accurate and timely communication of progress, risks and impact. The role will also support senior leaders to prepare for and engage in key sponsor and governance forums.

The role will also be responsible for building strong working relationships across the College of Policing, NPCC and wider stakeholders, ensuring clarity of roles and effective collaboration across the system.

The role entails travel to College of Policing sites and partner organisations across England and Wales.

We look forward to reading your application for the role of Delivery Manager.

Person specification

Some of your responsibilities will include:

• Act as a key liaison point with sponsor organisations, particularly the Home Office, managing reporting cycles and supporting clear, timely communication on delivery progress and priorities

• Coordinate and align delivery activity across NCVPP programmes, ensuring visibility of progress, risks, issues and dependencies.

• Support senior leaders through the preparation of high-quality briefings, reports and updates, and enable effective engagement in governance and sponsor forums.

To be successful in this role you’ll need:

• Experience of working with sponso