Head of NPCC Vetting Strategic Hub

POST

TITLE:

Head of NPCC Vetting Strategic Hub

GRADE: Chief Superintendent

DIRECTORATE
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National Police Chiefs’ Council/Warwickshire Police Professional Services

RESPONSIBLE TO
: NPCC Lead for Vetting / DCC SRO for PNVS

RESPONSIBLE FOR: Head of Vetting – PNVS
National Vetting Reform Programme Team
NPCC Vetting Portfolio Coordination

LOCATION
:
Warwickshire / National Travel Required

JOB PURPOSE

To lead the strategic direction, governance, and reform of police vetting across UK policing. This includes direct oversight of the Police National Vetting Service (PNVS), authorship of the annual Strategic Threat and Risk Assessment (STRA) for vetting, and programme leadership of the national vetting reform agenda. The post holder acts as the NPCC staff officer for the vetting portfolio, ensuring coherence, accountability, and delivery across all strands of vetting activity.

MAIN

RESPONSIBILITIES Strategic Leadership

Lead the national vetting strategy, ensuring alignment with NPCC priorities, public protection, and workforce integrity.

Provide strategic oversight of PNVS, ensuring delivery against national standards and responsiveness to emerging threats.

Author the annual Vetting STRA, synthesising national risk, performance, and intelligence to inform policy and operational priorities.

Establish the Vetting Strategic Hub and recruit staff into it.

Programme Direction

Act as Programme Director for the National Vetting Reform Programme, overseeing delivery of agreed milestones, stakeholder engagement, and benefits realisation.

Ensure reform initiatives are evidence-based, inclusive, and aligned with operational realities across forces.

Portfolio Management

Serve as NPCC staff officer for the vetting portfolio, coordinating national activity, reporting to Chief Officers, and ensuring delivery against strategic objectives.

Maintain oversight of all national vetting-related work streams, including policy, data, and operational assurance.

Chair NPCC National Vetting Tasking Group.

Stakeholder Engagement

Build and maintain strategic relationships with Chief Officers, College of Policing, Home Office, and other key national stakeholders, and key stakeholders in relation to the PNVS.

Represent NPCC at national forums, working groups, and cross-sector engagements to promote integrity and public confidence.

Performance and Risk Oversight

Lead development of national vetting performance frameworks, risk indicators, and benchmarking tools.

Provide performance oversight of PNVS.

Ensure data governance and reporting mechanisms support transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Governance and Accountability

Report to the NPCC Lead for vetting, through the NPCC Vetting Working Group.

Report to the DCC of Warwickshire Police as SRO for the PNVS, through Vetting Management Board (VMB).

Provide assurance to NPCC and national stakeholders on vetting delivery, reform progress, and risk mitigation.

PERSON SPECIFICATION Knowledge & Experience

Extensive experience in Police Vetting, strategic leadership, national programme management, and operational policing.

Deep understanding of vetting policy, risk management, and workforce integrity.

Understanding and experience of delivery in complex political environments.

Proven ability to lead multi-agency programmes and influence national policy.

Skills

Excellent strategic thinking, communication, and stakeholder management.

Ability to analyse complex data and translate into actionable insight.

Skilled in governance, performance management, stakeholder engagement and complex organisational change.

Behaviours

Operating at Level 3 of the Competency and Values Framework (CVF).

Demonstrates inclusive, visionary leadership and intelligent, informed policing.

This post is open to substantive Chief Superintendents and substantive Superintendents who are capable and ready to operate at Chief Superintendent level. All applicants are asked to provide documented support from their Chief Officer team.

Timelines

Application to be submitted by Sunday 1st February 2026 through the Oleeo system. Any queries to staffo

Panel review of expression of interest Friday 6th February 2026 and successful applicants updated on Friday 6th February 2026

Interview panel including presentation to Chief Officers to take place on Monday 16th February 2026.

Application requirements

Evidence of essential criteria:

Question 1 – referring to the person specification on the job profile attached, please provide evidence of the knowledge section that is required for this position.

Question 2 – please refer to the experience section of the job profile attached and provide evidence of the required aptitudes that is required for this position.

Question 3 – please evidence the Key skills needed as requested on the job profile.

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