# Assistant Portfolio Director - Safeguarding (Secondment)

**Company**: His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services
**Location**: Birmingham, West Midlands
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Social Care
**Industry**: Government & Public Sector

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## Description

HMICFRS is recruiting an Assistant Portfolio Director (APD) to join their dynamic PEEL team.

The PEEL portfolio team leads the inspection of police forces to assess police effectiveness, efficiency, and legitimacy (PEEL).

The successful candidate will play a leading role in the design, planning, analysis, and reporting of PEEL force inspections.

This post is the question lead for question 7 – safeguarding.

The ideal candidate will have recent experience of providing strategic leadership for safeguarding arrangements within a policing context.

Responsibilities:

- Design, plan, and implement the PEEL Assessment framework for your subject matter area.

- Develop and maintain effective working relationships across government and with local and national policing agencies.

- Lead and manage small teams of associate inspectors and inspection officers, as required.

- Undertake inspection activity, including leading interviews, focus groups, and reality testing.

- Identify and analyse national themes, using evidence to draw conclusions and make meaningful recommendations.

- Undertake high-quality research, prepare briefings, and respond to correspondence for and on behalf of HMICFRS.

The post is designated as full-time, homeworking, and cannot be considered for part-time working due to business requirements.

Benefits:

- Learning and development tailored to your role.

- An environment with flexible working options.

- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.

Essential criteria:

- Applicants must be currently employed by a police force within England and Wales.

- Recent experience of providing strategic leadership for safeguarding arrangements within a policing context.

- Sound working knowledge of relevant safeguarding legislation, statutory guidance, and its application within policing.

- Proven ability to build and maintain constructive relationships with stakeholders.

- Inquisitive and analytical mindset with strong data literacy skills and the ability to interpret complex evidence and present clear conclusions.

- Passionate about public service and experience of delivering improvements in Policing.

Desirable criteria:

- Experience of inspection, audit, assurance, or scrutiny activity within a policing or public sector environment.

- Experience of policy development and operational experience in police performance management.

- Experience of presenting to and managing relationships with chief officers, senior managers, and board members.

## Skills

### Required
- strategic leadership
- safeguarding
- data literacy
- analytical mindset
- relationship building

### Nice to have
- inspection
- audit
- assurance
- policy development
- performance management

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