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HMICFRS independently assesses the effectiveness and efficiency of police forces and fire and rescue services in the public interest. We promote improvements in policing and fire and rescue services to make everyone safer.
We are independent of the Government, police and fire and rescue services. We ask the questions that we believe the public wish to have answered and produce major reports that shine a light on issues at the very heart of policing and fire and rescue services.
Our reports are widely covered by the media and help inform the public of the performance of their local police forces and fire and rescue services. You can find out more about HMICFRS on our website and see some of our recent reports.
Working at HMICFRS gives you an opportunity to make a real difference to the quality of local police and fire and rescue services and the lives of the public.
HMICFRS is a unique organisation with staff seconded or loaned from across the Civil Service, police forces and fire and rescue services. As short-term, contracted staff, our Associates work alongside these staff and play an important part in contributing to the success of our inspection programme.
We set ourselves high standards, taking great pride in the quality of work we achieve and the opportunities we create for our staff.
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If you would like to talk to someone about this role and what its like working for HMICFRS we would be pleased to hear from you. Please contact recruitment@hmicfrs.gov.uk and we can arrange for someone to contact you.
Job description
Inspection officers are essential to the conduct of HMICFRS inspection programmes. They are responsible for supporting inspections by ensuring that thorough preparation and detailed fieldwork and analysis is undertaken to the highest standards.
Inspection officers will be required to travel to various locations as part of their activity. Travel and accommodation expenses will be provided.
Person specification
Responsibilities
Supporting inspections – including planning and fieldwork.
Collaborating with force liaison leads and inspection support teams to prepare inspections.
Working with colleagues across the organisation to promote HMICFRS objectives and purpose.
Provide feedback during inspections to support continuous improvement.
Act as an ambassador for HMICFRS ensuring the highest standards of professional conduct are demonstrated at all times.
Ensuring that inspections are developed consistently and in line with both other inspections (both historic and ongoing) and existing knowledge on the topic being inspected (i.e. stored information and specialist knowledge).
Specialist child protection and joint thematic inspections:
Be responsible for gathering a sound knowledge of the inspection subject, including attending training, an understanding of the subject matter and knowledge of the inspection methodology and question sets.
Working within a team of inspectors and ensuring that the right type of evidence is gathered including preparing pre-fieldwork briefings, analysing data, drawing conclusions that supports the report drafting process.
Where required, arrange the desk-based evidence collection, including file review for the inspections.
Essential criteria
Significant recent police operational experience of managing vulnerability and in particular police child protection teams.
Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret complex evidence and present clear conclusions.
Experience of working with partners such as childrens social care services, probation service, and crown prosecution service.
Effective oral and written communication skills, with experience of preparing, formal structured papers or submissions of a high standard for presentation to senior managers and other stakeholders.
Desirable Criteria
Experience of contributing to programmes and projects
Experience of relationship management and working with partners
Experience of liaising with senior policing stakeholders.
Behaviours
We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Benefits
- Learning and Development tailored to your role
We are committed to investing in our staff and providing all staff with opportunities to maximize their skills and achieve their potential. We offer a range of work-based training and development opportunities including access to coaching and mentoring, and five days volunteering per year.
- HMICFRS has an Inspection Development Programme and linked accreditation process that all inspection staff undertake in our organisation. The scheme is approved by Skills for Justice and is based on you demonstrating competencies against a framework of role-specific tasks. The expectation is that all new inspection staff will complete a portfolio of evidence within agreed timescales (normally 12 months) and once this is complete it will be assessed by a trained assessor.
- An environment with flexible working options
We promote flexible working that balances professional and personal commitments. We support virtual and smart working, making best use of our technology and building collaborative working models to help all staff to work from home and/or in the office in a hybrid way.
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
The diversity of our people is a real asset to HMICFRS. We are committed to creating a welcoming, inclusive workplace where all our people are able to bring their whole selves to work and perform at their best. We particularly welcome applications from candidates from ethnic minority groups and people with disabilities, as they are currently under-represented within this grade level.
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Selection process details
As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a personal statement (Max Limit: 500 words).
Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
Please note your personal statement should be aligned to the Essential criteria as set out in the job advertisement.
The sift will be carried out on your personal statement. If you do not meet the Essential criteria, your application will not progress further.
If successful at sift stage, you will be invited to an interview where you will be tested against the Success Profiles behaviours and experience based on the Essential criteria stated in the advertisement.
Sift and interview dates
Sift w/c 27th November 2023
Interviews by Video link w/c 11th December 2023
We often have similar roles available at different grades. Should candidates be placed on a reserve list we may be able to offer a similar role or a lower grade role without the need for them to go through a further selection process.
Further information
For meaningful checks to be carried out, individuals need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time to enable appropriate checks to be carried out and produce a result which provides the required level of assurance. You should normally have been resident in the United Kingdom for the last 3 years if the role requires CTC clearance, 5 years for SC clearance and 10 years for DV. A lack of UK residency in itself is not necessarily a bar to a security clearance and applicants should contact the Vacancy Holder/Recruiting Manager listed in the advert for further advice.
Please be aware the levels of national security clearance are changing which may impact on the level needed for this role by the time of appointment. All efforts will be made to keep candidates informed of any changes and what that will mean in terms of vetting criteria. For more information please See our vetting charter
A reserve list may be held for a period up to 12 months from which further appointment may be made.
Important information please read before applying on secondment:
These are Remote Access worker posts. These posts will be attached to one of the office locations. Remote Access workers, as part of the secondment will not be entitled to London Weighting Allowance. You will be required to attend HMICFRS offices or other locations on a regular basis and your travel, accommodation and subsistence costs will be reimbursed according to HMICFRS policy.
These roles are only open only to serving police officers or staff equivalent. Secondees can be appointed to HMICFRS for a maximum of 4 years this includes new and previous postings.
Candidates who have served for the maximum tenure length, cannot be reappointed for 12 months from the date their previous secondment ended.
Candidates will need their Force to complete the Approval Form (see attachment), This should be uploaded with you online application form. Without this form supporting your application and confirming release for secondment we cannot proceed with your application.
Existing Civil Servants and applicants from accredited NDPBs are eligible to apply, but will only be considered on loan basis (Civil Servants) or secondment (accredited NDPBs).
Prior agreement to be released on a loan basis must be obtained before commencing the application process. In the case of Civil Servants, the terms of the loan will be agreed between the home and host department and the Civil Servant. This includes grade on return.
Allowances:
Your full-time employer will continue to pay your salary as well as any allowances including compensatory grants and pension contributions to which you are entitled. Your force will then invoice HMICFRS for the amount. While on secondment, you will be entitled to a central service allowance of £1,260 per annum (non-pensionable).
Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not overseas.
Every day, Home Office civil servants do brilliant work to develop and deliver policies and services that affect the lives of people across the country and beyond. To do this effectively and fairly, the Home Office is committed to representing modern Britain in all its diversity, and creating a welcoming, inclusive workplace where all our people are able to bring their whole selves to work and perform at their best.
We are flexible, skilled, professional and diverse. We work to recruit and retain disabled staff and area Disability Confident Leader. We are proud to be one of the most ethnically diverse departments in the civil service. We are a Social Mobility Foundation top 75 employer.
New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.
Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment.
For further information please see the attached notes for candidates which must be read before making an application.
Existing Civil Servants should note that some of the Home Office terms and conditions of employment have changed. It is the candidates responsibility to ensure they are aware of the Terms and Conditions they will adopt should they be successful in application and should refer to the notes for candidates for further details.
Transfer Terms: Voluntary.
If you are invited to an interview you will be required to bring a range of documentation for the purposes of establishing identity and to aid any pre-employment checks.
Please see the attached list of Home Office acceptable ID documents.
Any move to the Home Office from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
Reasonable Adjustments
If a person with disabilities is at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:
- Contact Government Recruitment Service via HOrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs
- Complete the Assistance Required section in the Additional Requirements page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you’re deaf, a language service professional
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the Contact point for applicants section.
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Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Louise cherrington
- Email : Recruitment@hmicfrs.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : HMICFRSRecruitment@homeoffice.gov.uk
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