Role:

Salary: Band 5, £16,518 – £17,191 Per Annum (£27,531 – £28,653 Pro Rata) 

Location: Agile, Middle Engine Lane and homeworking 

Hours/Contract: Part Time 0.6 FTE (22.2hours) Permanent 

Working for #TeamNP

Our purpose at Team NP is simple: to keep people safe and to fight crime. But it takes more than officers alone to do the job – and that’s where our 2,000-strong team of police staff and 200 volunteers come in.     As one of the largest police forces in England we have a huge variety of departments and specialisms offering you endless opportunities. From mentoring and coaching schemes and online soft skills courses to leadership development programmes; we’ll give you the support, training and time to carve out the career you always wanted.     As one of the top 50 UK inclusive employers and a disability confident employer, we promote a culture of respect in the workplace so everyone can feel seen, heard and valued.     Whether you’re a member of staff or a volunteer, you can also expect first-rate support to manage your health and wellbeing. With year-round events, a 24/7 welfare support hotline and a leading approach to neurodiversity, our initiatives enable you to be at your best.     Above all else, here at Team NP, we can offer you a career that is so much more than just a job, it’s a chance to be part of something that really matters.      Learn about our full benefits package 

The role

Here at Northumbria Police, we think our region is amazing! It takes a great deal of people from different backgrounds, with diverse skills and experience to serve our force area effectively, think you have what it takes to help us make a difference? This could be the perfect time for you to join us in our Executive Department as a Misconduct Coordinator.  We are seeking a dedicated and proactive Misconduct Coordinator to join our Executive Team.

This role is crucial in supporting the management of misconduct hearings, ensuring the process is effective, efficient, and compliant with legislative requirements. 

What you’ll do

•  Act as lead in coordinating ACC/ACO availability to chair misconduct hearings and pre-hearings and contribute to the administration of the overall misconduct process. 


• Provide confidential and comprehensive support to misconduct hearings and pre-hearings Chaired by the Executive Team ensuring that team members are adequately briefed in advance of the hearings.


• Liaising with the Executive Support Team to ensure executive diaries are finalised for attendance at hearings and pre-hearings ensuring that these take place in line with legislative requirements. Liaise with legal counsel/ appropriate authority on dates and availability for hearings and pre-hearings.


• Responsible for dealing with all correspondence relating to misconduct hearings from the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, Professional Standards, legal, the officers representatives and identifying actions required and advising the allocated panel chair of requirements ensuring that appropriate responses align with prescribed timescales and that all correspondence is dealt with promptly and efficiently.


• Communicating on behalf of the Executive Team with key stakeholders.


• Maintain flexible working practices to meet demands of the Executive Team. 

Sound interesting? For further information, and to support your application, please view the job description

Whilst the role is agile the successful candidate will be flexible and able to work from the office depending on training and organisational needs.

What you’ll bring 

• Strong written communication skills, attention to detail with the ability to articulate complex matters.


• Ability to deal with matters of a highly sensitive nature.


• Skilled in the use of standard IT packages, systems, and databases to fulfil role requirements.


• Ability to prioritise, organise, and manage workload in a time-critical environment.


• Ability to work unsupervised using own initiative.


• Good analytical skills with the ability to understand potentially complex misconduct matters and notify Executive Team Panel Chairs of actions required in the misconduct process.


• An ability to develop close working relationships with Staff Office in order to manage wider workload effectively.


• Able to work as part of a team and promote force values and behaviour.


• Excellent verbal and written skills with the ability to liaise with internal and external stakeholders appropriately and build good relationships.


• Ability to present written information clearly and accurately.

We know it’s important for you to feel that you’re not only part of a great team, but part of a community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

Harnessing these differences creates a productive environment in which everyone feels valued, and their talents are fully utilised. Appointments are based on merit alone.

Interested to learn more? For further information about the role please contact Oliver Hamilton by email at Oliver.Hamilton@northumbria.police.uk. 

What

we offer

• 26 days’ leave
  
  (increasing to 30 days for 5 years+ service) plus 8 bank holidays


• NHS Fleet Solutions Car Lease Scheme


• Enhanced
  
  maternity, shared parental and adoption leave


• Flexi time –
  
  allowing you to fit your working hours around your individual needs


• Flexible
  
  working (we are happy to discuss options such as compressed hours)


• Agile working –
  
  option to work from home, your team zone, and spaces across the force


• 
  Fantastic
  
  market-leading public sector pension scheme with up to 16% employer
  
  contribution


• Corporate
  
  travel schemes – local rail, bus services and metro discounts


• Access to
  
  private healthcare and eye test vouchers


• Discounts on
  
  shopping and eating out thanks to the Blue Light Card and Blue Light Ticket


• We’ve invested
  
  in extensive paid sick leave, trained mental health first aiders on-site, an
  
  employee advice service for the times you need that additional support. 
  


• Access to gyms
  
  in some stations


• Sports &
  
  Social Club – join our thriving sports scene at Team NP and enjoy further
  
  exclusive discounts on days out and travel


• Cycle to work
  
  scheme 


•  Opportunity to
  
  volunteer in local community  
  
   

Just so you know

Our application form will help us understand how your work, education and life experience has prepared you for the role of a Misconduct Coordinator with #TeamNP. To help support your application research what makes us tick here at Northumbria, the role you’re applying for and the values and behaviours that contribute.

The recruitment process will consist of the initial application form followed by a face to face interview. Just so you know, you can save your application and come back to it any time prior to the closing date on the advert.

We are proud members of the Business Disability Forum, with whom we collaborate with to improve the lives of disabled employees. We are also a Disability Confident Employer, therefore if you demonstrate that you meet the minimum criteria for this role as stated in the advert, we will progress your application and offer you an interview.

If you tell us that you have a disability, we can make adjustments to support you through the recruitment process (for example we can arrange extra time for tests or provide a sign language interpreter) You can get in touch with us via careers@northumbria.police.uk for any support regarding the application process. Please provide us with plenty of notice so we can ensure your visit goes smoothly.

If your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a Recruitment Vetting (RV) form, therefore you must be a resident of the UK for a minimum period of 3 years to ensure vetting checks can be successfully performed.  A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance, medical information, and references.

Terms of appointment

This is a permanent role subject to a six-month probationary period.

If you are successful in your application, you will have a six-month probation period with us where you will be unable to apply for any other post advertised internally or externally.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.