Superintendent to Chief Superintendent: Promotion Process

Applications are invited from internal and external substantive Superintendents on promotion, as well as transfer opportunities for external substantive Chief Superintendents.

Applicants must be suitably experienced, competent, and credible for immediate promotion to the rank of Chief Superintendent within West Midlands Police.

Requirements

To be successful in these roles you must have real strengths in:

• Operational Command. Delivering complex frontline operational policing, including the identification and management of critical incidents, the planning and commanding of complex events and operations and relentless focus on the sustained delivery of outcomes for the public.
• Leading organisational change and embracing innovative ways of working, to achieve our vision of being recognised as a police service that is big enough to cope with everything that is asked of us, whilst showing we are small enough to care about the things that really matter to our communities.
• Motivating, developing and unlocking the potential of large and diverse teams, to create an inclusive environment where everyone is committed to the delivery of a service, we are proud of.

The Selection Process:

The section process will consist of the following stages:

• Application form questionnaire and written evidence submission. This will be used for shortlisting.
• Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a Stakeholder Panel which is made up from our community partners, staff network representatives, Superintendent's Association
• The main interview will be in front of the Chief Constable, Deputy Chief Constable & Director of Commercial & People Services.

Timeline:

Application Phase: Wednesday 11 November 2026 to Wednesday 9 December at 23:59

Stakeholder Panel: Thursday 7 January 2027 or Friday 8 January 2027

Interview: Wednesday 13 January 2027 or Thursday 14 January 2027