PC to Sergeant Promotion Process

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Sergeant Promotion  

Applications are invited from internal and external substantive Police Constables on promotion, as well as transfer opportunities for external substantive Sergeants. Applicants must be suitably experienced, competent and credible for immediate promotion to rank of Sergeant in the West Midlands Police.  

The opportunities 

West Midlands Police are looking for Sergeants to fill roles across the force area and functions.   

On applying for promotion, you accept that your new role and rank, may be performing any function, anywhere across the West Midlands Force area. Please read the Force Promotions Posting Principles, of which will be strictly adhered to, on the below link: 

Posting Principles 

Please note: flexible working and/or Reasonable Adjustments will not preclude an application. This will be discussed with you in line with force policy if successful. 

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

• Performance:  Driving performance and high standards, leading team key performance indicators and ensuring professional standards and ethical behaviours which effectively deliver sustained outcomes. 
• People:  Operational leadership, to lead, motivate and engage diverse teams and promote workforce wellbeing  
• Partners: Collaboration, to develop and maintain relationships with colleagues, communities and partners to drive collaboration across policing and wider public services provision. 

Requirements:

• Candidates are no longer required to have been substantive at rank for 2 years
• Candidates are no longer required to have had at least 2 roles before applying
• Candidates must have signed support from a member of their SLT and Direct Line Manager (SLT Approval Form below) 
• Candidates must have completed and passed the NPPF Step 2 Sergeants exam or OSPRE equivalent.
• Applicants must not have a live sanction from misconduct proceedings. Applicants under investigation can still apply but if they are successful, cannot be posted until the investigation has been concluded and would also be dependent upon the outcome of the investigation. 

SLT Approval Form

All candidates must provide a signed copy of the below document. All Approval Forms must be signed by an Officer at the rank of Superintendent or a staff member at equivalent rank as well as the applicants Direct Line Manager. Failure to provide signed support will result in your application being rejected.

Download Form Here: SLT Feedback Form

***If you have any queries or concerns about the process, please contact the Promotions Team***

The Selection Process 

The Selection process will consist of the following stages: 

• Candidates will be required to receive signed support from their SLT.
• Candidates will be assigned a date and time to attend an Operational Briefing.
• All eligible candidates will complete a 10 minute operational briefing followed by 5 minutes of questions from assessors relating to the candidates briefing.
• Successful candidates at the Operational Briefing stage will be assigned a date and time for interview.
• Interview will be made up of five questions

We ask that all candidates provide any dates they can not attend an Operational briefing between the 14th September and 23rd September - Please do not send through availability relating to interview. A member of the Promotions team will check your interview availability on the day of your Operational Briefing

When sharing your availability, please only list dates you definitively cannot attend. Accommodating schedules for a large volume of candidates is highly challenging. As a result, we can only prioritise those with unavoidable conflicts.

Briefing Session:

There will be a Briefing Session taking place via Microsoft Teams on Monday 24th August at 10:30am. If you would like to attend the session you can join the call via this link

Timeline: 

Please note the below dates are guidelines.  

• Advert closing Date: 30th August at 23:59
• Operational Briefing Task: 1st September (via email sent from the system)
• Operational Briefing: 14th September to 23rd September
• Interviews date: 7th October to 21st October
• Results: 23/10 (Estimate)

If you would like to discuss this opportunity more, please contact the Promotions Team by emailing: [email protected]  

Reasonable Adjustments 

If you want to apply for reasonable adjustments for the application and interview process under the Equality Act 2010, please complete the Reasonable Adjustment Form and send your Reasonable Adjustment Passport to: [email protected] . 

Once the request has been declared a member of the Promotions Team will be in touch to discuss the adjustments available. Please note, all Reasonable Adjustment decisions will be assessed on a case by case basis by the Reasonable Adjustment Panel. For more information regarding the standard offer, please visit the Reasonable Adjustment SharePoint page

Work Based Assessment:

For those that are successful you will be required to complete a 12 month work-based assessment (WBA) which is a requirement under the NPPF for you to become substantively promoted. 

Online induction sessions for WBA will take place in November/early December and you will be required to attend one of these sessions.

Links to self book onto the sessions will be sent out by the Professional Development Team closer to the time

Location:  Various, West Midlands

Vetting: Successful applicants will be required to pass Recruitment Vetting and Counter Terrorism Clearance scrutiny prior to commencing their role, this will include a full background & financial disclosure as part of the vetting process.

Medical: Appointment to this role will be dependent upon successfully medical checks, which may include a drugs test and if required a fitness test.