Chief of Staff to The Assistant Chief Office

**Location**: Northallerton, the nature of the role will require some presence in the office with the opportunity for hybrid working.

**Salary**: LS1 SCP 56-61 £63,288 - £70,442 per annum

**Contract**:Permanent

**Hours**: Full time, 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, open to part-time and job share as well.

**Key documents**:

- Job description
- A new opportunity has arisen to appoint a Chief of Staff (COS) to assist the Assistant Chief Officer (ACO) for Support Services for North Yorkshire Police (NYP) and North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Services (NYFRS). The role is ideal for an individual or individuals (job share) to undertake a prominent leadership role, acting at the strategic level within the organisations undertaking and directing actions in support of the ACO.
- Working closely with the ACO, you will act as an immediate confidential support and undertake a variety of activities dependant on the shifting needs of our support services enabling the delivery of front-line policing and fire capabilities. You will support the ACO in the leadership and delivery of effective and efficient support services with your duties ranging from identifying and leading on strategic initiatives, to preparing information, reports and briefings and, at times, representing the ACO.

You will be a key member of the ACO’s leadership team, contributing and supporting the ACO with activities which influence and support the strategic direction of support services which work to facilitate and deliver an outstanding service to the public of North Yorkshire.

Key to the successful delivery of support services is the alignment of these activities with front-line operational policing and the fire & rescue services. The ACO is working to create a fusion approach to operational delivery, with staff and uniformed colleagues working in lockstep to achieve successful outputs and outcomes.

**Support Services**
- Our Support Services (Enable North Yorkshire) are headed up by four functional leaders covering: Financial Services and Procurement; People Services, including Wellbeing; Estates, Transport & Logistics; and, Information, Communication & Technology. As well as supporting NYP and NYFRS, they also deliver some Support Services to the newly elected Mayor for the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority. A review is currently being undertaken to ensure that the future model of Support Services delivery is as efficient and effective as possible so that we can best serve our communities. As such, there are opportunities for the remit of this role to evolve and the COS will play a pivotal part in the delivery of this activity.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Undertake a prominent and visible leadership role, act as a strategic leader within Support Services delivery undertake and direct actions in support of the ACO.
- Uphold, model, and promote organisational values and behaviours and provide outstanding leadership to colleagues across enableNY**.**:

- Provide confidential support and assistance to the ACO in respect of the wide-ranging scope of their current and future internal and external responsibilities.
- Act as a key member of the ACO’s personal leadership team, contribute to and support the ACO with activities which influence and support the strategic direction.
- Act on behalf of the ACO and represent the ACO at key meetings, where required.
- Support the ACO in an ambitious drive for change.
- Support the ACO in the leadership and delivery of effective and efficient Support Services. Lead on managing the performance reporting across the support services and associated reporting into senior Boards and Committees.
- Oversee and track Support Services risks, working with Risk Management experts to ensure appropriate and timely mitigation, management action and contingency planning.
- Coordination of our support services improvement plans for His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS).
- Ensure policies and governance are followed, as well as suggesting improvements to these processes, to minimise overlaps and remove gaps.
- Report and make recommendations to the ACO, Police Chief Officer Team, Fire Senior Leadership Team and Mayoral Executive Board.
- Identify, drive, and lead strategic initiatives, working across the full-spectrum of the police and fire enterprise using project and programme management techniques, where possible.
- Prepare speeches and presentations (with thematical experts) and arrange responses to correspondence on behalf of the ACO.
- Provide oversight of other colleagues to ensure that the ACO receives the effective support and management and by working with their Personal Assistant.
- Participate in strategic meetings ensuring that the actions generated are allocated to the appropriate areas of business.
- Establish effective and positive engagement of members of the support services Senior Management Team to support individual influence.
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