Chief Inspector to Superintendent Promotion

Applications are invited from internal and external substantive Chief Inspectors on promotion, as well as transfer opportunities for external substantive Superintendents. Applicants must be suitably experienced, competent and credible for immediate promotion to rank of Superintendent in the West Midlands Police. In all but exceptional circumstances, candidates must have a minimum of 2 years’ substantive promotion to the rank of Chief Inspector and have demonstrated effective leadership across two different command responsibilities at this rank. West Midlands Police is the second largest police force in the country, covering an area of 348 square miles and serving a population of almost 3 million people. The region sits at the very heart of the country and covers the three major centres of Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton. It also includes the busy and thriving districts of Sandwell, Walsall, Solihull and Dudley. Leisure, retail and conference amenities, together with Premiership and Championship football teams, attract millions of visitors annually. The West Midlands is an area rich in diversity, attracting an average of 170,000 motorists travel through the region daily, making its motorways some of the busiest in Europe. The Force deals with around 2,000 emergency calls, 500 Immediate incidents, 250 Priority incidents and around 950 reported crimes each day, which makes working as a Superintendent both challenging and hugely rewarding.

The opportunities

West Midlands Police are looking Superintendents in all areas of Crime, Operation and Local Policing. These roles all require 24/7 hour working.

To be successful in these roles you must have real strengths in:

• Leading responses to major events and serious/complex investigations, setting strategic/tactical objectives and priorities.
• Leading organisational change and embracing innovative ways of working to achieve our vision of being recognised as a police service that is big enough to cope with everything that is asked of us, whilst showing we are small enough to care about the things that really matter to our communities.
• Delivering performance improvements across the organisation, driving professionalism and managing strategic risk on behalf of the organisation.

If you have what it takes to work as a Superintendent in West Midlands Police and excel in this environment, then we want to hear from you.

Process:

In applying for promotion, you are accepting that you can be posted anywhere across the Force area to any Superintendent role.

External Applicants:

External applicants must complete the below questions on the application form:

• Please confirm which Police Force you are currently serving with
• Please confirm your current substantive rank
• Please confirm details of your current role
• Applicants must not have any current PSD sanctions
• Please include your last 5 years’ posting history on your application and your date of substantive promotion. This can be added in the ‘Previous Employment’ section on your application.
• Please include details of your qualifications that relate to firearms command, public order command, PIP Investigation and any other command responsibilities including regional and national command responsibilities.

Application Assessment Question

As a Superintendent, how are you going to improve the service and performance of West Midlands Police. (750 words). Please attach this in the section titled, ‘Supporting Documents’.

The Selection Process:

The section process will consist of the following stages:

• Application form questionnaire and written evidence submission. This will be used for shortlisting
• Short listed candidates will be invited to a People Panel which is made up from our community partners.
• The main interview will be in front of the Deputy Chief Constable and Chief Constable which will last approximately 1 hour.
• Candidates will be asked to deliver a 10-minute presentation followed by probing questions, and an interview.

Timeline:

• Advert closing date 9^th January 2025 at 15:00
• Candidates notified of being taken through to interview, week commencing 20^th January.
• Interviews and presentations will take place between 3^rd and 28^th February 2025.  Interview dress will be your usual police uniform or business attire.

If you would like to discuss this opportunity more, please contact the Promotions Team by emailing: BP_Promotions@westmidlands.police.uk