The Chief of Staff is a key advisor to the Chief Constable and Force Executive members, principally but not exclusively, on key relationships with our oversight bodies, with political stakeholders, national policing and beyond. The postholder has responsibility for positioning WMP’s priorities, commitments and requests with stakeholders, supported by effective briefing materials.

The postholder is the senior leader of the Force Executive Support Team and has responsibility across this command to ensure effective and efficient working practices are adopted. Working alongside the Staff Officer to the Chief Constable, and Chief of Staff to the Deputy Chief Constable, they will contribute to effective decision making around the Chief Constables strategic priorities and commitments, ensuring decisions are informed, timely and reflect operational and organisational priorities.

They will support in identifying and flagging emerging strategic risks, issues or pressures that may impact the Chief Constables ability to deliver on their responsibilities.

Click here to view the recruitment pack and full details of the role including the Essential, Desirable and any educational requirements for the role.

Key Dates

• Monday 13th July - Advert goes live
• Monday 10th August - Closing date for applications ( Please note that we may close applications earlier than advertised if we receive a high volume of applications.)
• Monday 17th, 18th or 21st August – Interviews

Important Information

Prospective Staff must be held to a higher standard of behaviour and accountability than members of the public, and that therefore their right to privacy can be fettered in certain circumstances. This is to ensure that members of the police are fully aware and accountable for the unique powers entrusted to them and the standards of professional behaviour they swear to uphold.

• Vetting: Successful applicants will be required to pass Management Vetting and Security Clearance scrutiny prior to commencing their role, this will include a full background & financial disclosure as part of the vetting process.
• Medical: Appointment to this role will be dependent upon you successfully passing medical checks, which may include a drug and hearing test.

Contact & Questions:

If you have any queries on any aspect of the appointment process, please contact Supt Nathan Murray: Nathan.Murray@westmidlands.police.uk

West Midlands Police is a Disability Confident Leader - the highest level an organisation can achieve under the scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions. As part of our commitment we operate a ‘Disability Confident Interview Scheme’ - all candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview.

It is important to note that there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people who meet the essential criteria for the job. For example: in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. In these circumstances, the employer could select the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job, as they would do for non-disabled applicants.

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