Inspection and Improvements Support Officer
Gloucester
Role Type Police Staff
Local Policing/ Business Area Transactional Services
Department Transactional Services
Location HQ Waterwells
Grade SC5
Salary £30,333 - £32,613
Hours per Week 37
Type of Contract Fixed Term
Description
Applications are sought from police staff who would like to be considered for the role of Inspections and Improvements Support Officer on a 12 month fixed term contract/secondment.
This is an exciting opportunity to be directly involved in supporting the Constabulary to achieve it’s ambition of delivering outstanding policing to the public of Gloucestershire.
This is an influential role with exposure to the OPCC and Executive Board.
The Inspections Team is the conduit between HMICFRS and the Constabulary. They are responsible for maintaining and managing strategic development processes relating to HMICFRS, ensuring all obligations and requirements are met. Applicants must be able to demonstrate the following:
Excellent written and verbal communicator who is able to build strong relationships, both internally with strategic leads and externally with the HMICFRS Force Liaison Lead and other HMICFRS staff.
Organised and capable of collecting, recording and interpreting evidence to support the oversight of HMICFRS inspections and recommendations.
Have excellent ICT skills and ablility to produce high quality reports and presentations.
Have a critical eye and be able to challenge information provided to ensure accuracy and relevance.
Notice for internal candidates: this role is advertised as a fixed-term contract. In the event that you successfully interview for this role, you will accept the role on either a secondment or fixed-term contract basis.
You will only be offered a secondment subject to your current Line Manager’s approval - please note that there is no guarantee that management will agree to the secondment and there is no obligation for them to do so. It is advisable to liaise with management to see if a secondment would be supported before submitting an application.
In the event that you are offered the role as a fixed-term contract, you should be aware that you have no right to return to your previous role and will leave the force when your contract ends. In the event that you have accrued two years’ continuous service when your contract ends, you may be eligible to be added to the redeployment register, however it is not guaranteed that we will be able to offer you a suitable alternative. When accepting the role on a fixed-term basis, you take the personal risk that your employment with the force may end at the end of the contract. More information regarding the redeployment register can be found here.
Please refer to the Role Profile document when completing the Statement in support of your application section of the form. In this section, you are required to provide evidence with specific examples for each of the Essential criteria included under the Experience and Qualifications section of the Role Profile. For each of the criteria, please write a paragraph detailing how your experience, qualifications, skills and abilities meet the minimum criteria for the role. Applicants who do not provide this required evidence will unfortunately not be invited to interview.
Candidates applying for Gloucestershire Constabulary should be aware that the use of online 'Artificial Intelligence' (AI) systems such as ChatGPT to generate application answers is NOT permitted, any candidate found to have submitted an application form using online 'AI' software to generate answers will be removed from the recruitment process with immediate effect. This may result in future applications with the Constabulary also being rejected, based on integrity.
Need help with your application?
If you need any support while completing your application, whether it’s understanding the questions, gathering the right information, or just having someone to talk it through with, then our Better Together Team is here to help. We’d be happy to support you at any stage of the process.
At Gloucestershire Constabulary we recognise the benefits of increasing diversity across our force and the value of building a representative workforce. That is why it is important that people from ethnically diverse backgrounds and under-represented groups, including those with a disability, apply and help us deliver excellence in policing throughout Gloucestershire. We are a proud Disability Confident Employer and are committed to providing equal opportunities.
Closing Date 29/10/2026, 23:55
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