Training and Development Officer – ICT Learning Programmes

Job ID:

56517a6

Location:

Remote

Published:

1 day ago

Salary 31673 - 42217 GBP ANNUAL

Company

College of Policing

Website

www.college.police.uk

Headquarters

London, United Kingdom

CEO

Revenue

$5 to $25 million (USD)

Type

Company - Private

Sector

Education

Founded

2011

Job Description

Details

Reference number

288257

Salary

£31,673 - £42,217

National: £31,673 - £36,423; London: £36,711 - £42,217. All salary uplifts are subject to the annual central pay remit. Time-served pay progression does not apply.

Job grade

Senior Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent
Secondment

Length of employment

Permanent or 2 year secondment

Business area

COP - Knowledge and Innovation

Type of role

Education and Training
Policing

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time

Number of jobs available

Contents

Location

About the job

Benefits

Things you need to know

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Location

Remote working (anywhere in the UK)

About the job

Job summary

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

About us:

We’re the professional body for the police service in England and Wales. We work with everyone in policing to set standards, to share knowledge and good practice and to support the development of police officers and staff. Our mission is to drive a consistent approach across policing where the public and the service expect it, to boost professionalism and to improve leadership at every level.

Although we're a 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 (ENEI) membership and status as a disability confident employer means everyone can bring their whole self to work.

Job description

We look forward to reading your application for the role of Training and Development Officer – ICT Learning Programmes.

ICT Learning Programmes is a growing team that is supporting the fast-paced development of learning programmes and standards associated with the following national policing systems: the Police National Computer (PNC), Police National Database (PND), ViSOR (Dangerous Persons Database), LEDS (Law Enforcement Data Service) Code of Practice, and Airwave Tactical Advisor Learning Programmes.

We provide learning programmes for trainers and for specialist and covert roles in a variety of different formats. We are committed to supporting and developing all users of national systems to improve use which enables the service to better protect the public and prevent and detect crime via the delivery of meaningful development opportunities. We have developed a series of remotely delivered learning programmes that are in increasing demand, and we have trained over 2,000 learners via MS Teams within the last 2 years. We are looking to enhance and increase this remote learning offer and provide additional CPD opportunities for all those involved in the use and maintenance of these national systems.

The selected candidate will support the design, delivery and evaluation of our learning products with the main focus being on the design and delivery of e-learning, online and remote learning options to support policing in improving confidence and quality of use in national ICT systems.

Person specification

Some of your responsibilities will include:

Delivering and designing training programmes to agreed content and assessment specifications, developing and adapting, where appropriate, teaching techniques, lesson plans, scenarios and training materials to meet individual students’ abilities, levels of understanding and learning styles, to ensure that all students receive a consistent, high quality training intervention which addresses their learning and development needs.
Work with internal and external stakeholders to share knowledge to help identify innovative solutions and draft and develop evidence-based policing standards, guidance and associated curriculum specifications and learning interventions to support the promotion and embedding of consistent approaches to professional practice across policing.
Day to day management of students whilst courses are in progress

To be successful in this role you’ll need:

Demonstrable experience in the design and development of e-learning packages using Articulate software.
Demonstrable experience in the design and delivery of remote learning via MS Teams using MS 365 applications to enhance learning delivery.
Be a qualified trainer to meet the Police Sector Standard for the Training of Trainers: Training Essentials Programme (Modules 1+2+3+4), Level 4 Certificate in Education and Training, Certificate in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector (CTLLS Level 4) or NVQ Level 4 Diploma in Learning and Development or equivalent. Or be committed to work towards this within 6 months.
Be a competent assessor to meet the Police Sector Standard for Assessment i.e. Assessing Competence in the Workplace or equivalent.
Demonstrable experience of working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, establishing and maintaining positive working relationships and removing unnecessary barriers to services delivery.

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
Developing Self and Others

Technical skills

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

Knowledge and experience of using Articulate to develop e-learning products
Demonstrable experience of working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, establishing and maintaining positive working relationships and removing unnecessary barriers to services delivery.
Experience of developing online and remote learning in a policing context.
Experience of facilitating and delivering online learning, using MS 365.

Benefits

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 27%
Up to 30 days holiday (this is in addition to 8 public holidays and 2.5 privilege days)
Continued professional development and structured career paths
Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
Flexi-time (for certain grades)
A range of flexible working arrangements
Benenden Healthcare
National Dental Plan
Discounts for on-line shopping
Free employee support line
Interest free season ticket loans
Rewards and recognition scheme

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

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

Vacancy reference: K&I6318

Interviews will be held via MS Teams.

This role is home-based and will require regular travel to all College of Policing sites and to policing-related and other organisations in the UK.

This is a permanent role within the team or consideration would be given to offering as a secondment opportunity to:

colleagues employed directly by the College or the Civil Service. Please note you will be required to obtain the written support of your line manager prior to submitting your application.
serving police staff at the equivalent rank of Sergeant who have their chief officer's approval. Chief Officer’s approval must be of NPCC rank, i.e., CC, ACC or DCC. Approval for a secondment must accompany an application. Central service conditions may apply.

Please ensure you return the attached secondment approval form either as an attachment when submitting your application or via email to recruitment@college.police.uk.

For further information on applying for a secondment please visit the “Secondments into the College” page.

How to apply and contact information:

For further information visit our ‘Work for us’ page.

We believe that a diverse workforce brings many benefits to the organisation including diversity of thought and improvements to the way we work internally and with partners and communities. We strive to be fully inclusive but we know there is more to do. We genuinely encourage people from all backgrounds and underrepresented groups to apply for this role.

We want to continually improve our recruitment processes and to remove any barriers to equal opportunities that could disadvantage those from particular backgrounds. In order for us to have the information to do this, we ask you to please complete the diversity section of the online application process. We use a “blind” shortlisting process and we hope that by using this method we will be able to promote greater diversity in our workforce and remove any subconscious decisions based on biases.

Please note that in order to work for the College of Policing you must have the Right to Work in the UK with indefinite leave to remain. In addition, you will also be required to provide an address history in the UK for the preceding 5 years.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

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

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name :

College HR Recruitment Team

Email :

recruitment@college.police.uk

Telephone :

07795590014

Recruitment team