Chief Superintendent

**CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT**

**SUFFOLK CONSTABULARY**

**Salary per annum**:£88,872 - £93,651

**Basis**:Permanent

**Closing Date**:26th February 2023

Suffolk Constabulary have a unique opportunity to work with a Chief Constable and Chief Officer team striving to be the best in everything they do. Working to provide the best possible service for their workforce and the communities they serve.

This role isn’t about ticking boxes or sitting behind a desk but working to change the perception of policing in Suffolk, delivering a service our communities are proud of. As a Chief Superintendent your drive and determination to improve the Constabulary’s service will need to match that of our Chief Officer team, with strong commitments to both personal development and the development of the workforce.

**About Us**

Suffolk Constabulary is currently delivering on Policing 2025, a vision and strategy that will ensure policing continues to meet the evolving threats and demands anticipated over the next decade.

The strategy will ensure the constabulary continues to focus on being an ever more efficient and resilient organisation, one that is equipped to deal with future challenges, deliver innovative solutions tailored to the circumstances of the county’s diverse communities and is transformational in its approach to promoting public confidence and trust in the services it provides.

To find out more about our vision, mission, and values, as well as a message from our Chief Constable Rachel Kearton, please visit our website on the link below where you will find our recruitment brochure.

**The Role**

In this role you will lead large areas of command within our force and across collaborations, strategic alliances, and partnerships, carrying responsibility for all activities in your area. Importantly, our chief superintendents lead the development of culture, climate and working processes across their areas of responsibility to ensure adherence to standards, and the promotion of accountability and continuous improvement.

The responsibilities of the role include:

- Lead the development and implementation of policy and strategy in your areas of responsibility, in line with force and national directives, and contribute to the development of force policy to ensure compliance with legal and operational requirements and ensure continuous service improvement and consistency of practice.
- Influence the force planning process by developing resource and budget plans for their areas of responsibility, in line with force priorities, to enable delivery of the force’s policing plan.
- Lead, motivate, engage, manage, and develop a team of senior policing professionals and provide leadership across multiple areas of responsibility, protecting and promoting workforce wellbeing and professional standards to enable a high performing team.
- Lead responses to major events and serious/complex investigations, setting strategic/tactical objectives and priorities, assessing, and managing threats/risks and directing the deployment of resources to ensure an appropriate and effective response in line with legal and force requirements.
- Fulfil the authorising responsibilities of superintending ranks and maintain operational oversight, holding accountability for compliant policing responses to achieve operational objectives and protect the public.
- Lead, manage and co-ordinate the allocation of appropriate resources across multiple areas of responsibility, in line with force priorities to meet demand and maximise the efficient use of resources.
- Negotiate and control internal and external budgets within areas of responsibility and partnership arrangements, influencing budget allocation, to meet the force’s priorities and make financial savings where required to maximise value for money.
- Lead and manage performance across multiple areas of responsibility, setting appropriate standards and address areas of organisational underperformance to deliver on force objectives.
- Lead collaboration/strategic alliance across multiple areas of significant command, managing resources and capability within a complex collaboration arrangement with multiple stakeholders and organisational constraints, to drive resource efficiencies and consistency of service delivery.
- Develop, manage, and maintain strategic relationships with local and regional partners, effectively influencing and collaborating to enable the achievement of objectives for the force and areas of responsibility to improve public safety and build trust and confidence in policing.
- Develop and own the strategy for the force’s response in respect of an incident or investigation to the media, wider public and external stakeholders and represent the force to provide information, improve visibility and build confidence in policing.
- Lead the assessment of future demands and emerging threats across multiple areas of responsibility, developing and adapting operational and workforce