Job Description

Location of Role: Medway

Advert Closing Date: 24/05/2023

Salary Range: £28,851.00 to £33,843.00 (pro-rata for part-time vacancies)

Part/Full Time: Full Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Pattern: Mon-Fri

Weekend/Evening Working: No

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual to undertake the role of Professional Development Assessor, based on North Division.

As a Professional Development Assessor, you will be personally responsible for the internal verification of student portfolios for Probationary Police Officers, identifying underperformance and those requiring additional support or further training. You will hold regular development meetings with new constables and their Divisional tutors to ensure students are making the required progress for both the Initial Police Learning and Development Programme (IPLDP) and PEQF entries (DHEP/PCDA) and any other subsequent entry routes.

Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate substantial and credible experience within the operational policing environment.

In order to successfully fulfil this role, the post holder will require excellent verbal and written communication skills to guide and support the creation of development plans; produce written reports for tendering in respect of regulation 13 performance hearings; conduct 1-2-1 progress meetings with student officers and to provide feedback to Tutor Constables on the quality of provided evidence.

You will partake in assessment standardisation processes with colleagues and work as a tactical advisor to Tutor Constables and Divisional Supervisors on all matters of assessment and performance. It is therefore essential that candidates either hold or are prepared to work toward a relevant assessment / verification qualification.

Working under the Professional Development unit (PDU) Sergeant as part of that team you will play a key role in managing new officers through their probationary period of service, supporting the allocation of tutors, and assisting and supporting the staff responsible for these officers by training, coaching, and mentoring new tutors to developed them. It is therefore desirable for candidates to have experience in coaching or mentoring.

With a sound knowledge of what the organisation requires of a new Constable, you will assist in managing the transition for officers arriving on Division from Kent Police College, and in delivering further developmental

inputs to Student Officers as required, it is therefore desirable to hold or be willing to work towards a formal training qualification.

In order to be able to support the completion of student performance reports a current understanding and working knowledge of Force Crime and Data Management systems is essential.

This opportunity would suit a highly motivated and dynamic individual who can bring their previous experience into the assessment and training environment.

Should you consider that this may be the job for you, and you would like to discuss it further please liaise directly with PS Debra Stratford on debra.stratford@kent.police.uk and she will be able to explain in more detail what the job entails.

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Your application is shortlisted on the content provided within the 'reason for application' section, which is limited to 9000 characters. Within your answer please refer to the criteria stated in this job advert and include any experience, skills and abilities you feel you have that will make you suitable for the role. Please ensure you provide as much detail as possible as insufficient information may mean that you do not meet the shortlisting criteria.

All of our posts require a level of vetting and security clearance. During the recruitment process you will be sent vetting information forms to complete.

Kent Police welcome applications regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, sex, or employment status.

Please let us know if you require extra support at any stage of the application process, or for further information regarding this position, please email us at recruitment.business.services@ecis.police.uk stating ‘Application Support and Adjustments’ in the title of your email. Alternatively, you can call us on 01245 452833. Where appropriate we will make adjustments to the selection process, working arrangements and/or the working environment provided it is reasonable in all the circumstances to do so.

This post is open to British Citizens, members of the EC or other states in the European Economic Area. If you are a Commonwealth citizen or a foreign national, you must be a resident in the UK free of restrictions and with indefinite leave to remain in the UK. All applicants must have lived in the UK continuously for the past three years.

Kent Police are an equal opportunities employer. Communications may be recorded for monitoring purposes.

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