CPD opportunities – senior and executive leaders

Our development opportunities for senior leaders include the chance to:

Each opportunity has specific eligibility requirements. To register interest or for more information about any of the following opportunities, email executiveleaders@college.police.uk.

See also CPD events for senior leaders

Executive leaders programme opportunities

Syndicate director

As a syndicate director, you'll work with a syndicate of delegates for one module of the executive leaders programme. In this role you can gain an invaluable personal development and learning experience. You'll also be able to apply your learning to support the development of your staff and teams in your home force/organisation.

Eligibility

Deputy or assistant chief constables, assistant chief officers, or their equivalents from partner organisations who have either completed the strategic command course (SCC) or executive leaders programme (ELP) or be able to provide evidence of strategic leadership development and experience.

Role and responsibilities

Syndicate directors take responsibility for balancing a mix of challenge and support for delegates through individual, syndicate exercises, reflections and discussion. The role of syndicate director has evolved in recent years and full commitment to this role is essential to the successful delivery of the programme.

Modules are delivered in two or three-week blocks. The role requires attendance for the full delivery of the module at the College’s Ryton-on-Dunsmore site. Training for the role is provided.

Cohort director

Working in collaboration with the College programme team and the service director, Chief Constable Sir Stephen Watson, the cohort director will lead the cohort on behalf of the service, and is responsible for ensuring that the content of the programme meets its needs.

This role provides a unique opportunity to work closely with a team of syndicate directors and delegates from across the service.

Eligibility

The cohort director role is suitable for chief constables.

Role and responsibilities

Working with the College, you'll take responsibility for the preparation and delivery of one cohort of the executive leaders programme which includes:

Module one – personal and inclusive leadership
Module two – organisational leadership
Module three – operational leadership

Modules are delivered in two or three-week blocks. The role requires attendance for the full delivery of the cohort at the College’s Ryton-on-Dunsmore site.

To register interest or for more information email executiveleaders@college.police.uk.

Deliver leadership events

As a service associate, you'll work with the College to jointly develop and deliver leadership learning events. Delivering leadership learning events will give you:

first-hand experience of the latest training and learning
networking opportunities with other senior and executive leaders in policing from across the country
the opportunity to challenge your thinking and gain new perspectives on what works for leadership development in policing
a chance to develop your training delivery skills through on-the-job coaching and from a trainer skills development programme if needed – including the opportunity to achieve the award in education and training (AET)
a change to influence the College's leadership offer and approach to implementation

Eligibility

This role is available to senior and executive leaders in policing with a proven track record in demonstrating exemplary leadership skills and achieving successful outcomes.

About becoming an associate

Senior selection assessor

Entry onto some programmes is dependent on performance at a national assessment centre. In this role, you'll objectively assess candidates' performance at the national assessment centre or the development centre that forms part of the police leadership programme – stage 5 (executive leaders).

Eligibility

To become a senior selection assessor you must be a police officer or member of staff with a minimum of one year's experience of effectively performing in the target rank or role.

You must also complete the initial assessor briefing (IAB), which is a two-day course. To book a place on the IAB, email seniorselection@college.police.uk.

After you have successfully completed the IAB you will be emailed to confirm your availability to assess at a scheduled assessment centre. Each assessment centre requires your commitment for four consecutive days. Assessment centres are held at our Harperley Hall site.

Fast Track for serving constables assessor

For this role you must either:

be a substantive superintendent, chief superintendent, chief officer, or a member of police staff working at a similar level
have completed the high potential development scheme, Fast Track programme for serving constables programme, or direct entry programme, and be a substantive inspector or chief inspector

Fast Track for inspector to superintendent assessor

For this role you must be a substantive superintendent, chief superintendent, chief officer or police staff equivalent.

Police leadership programme – stage 5 (executive leaders) assessor

For this role you must be a substantive chief police officer or police staff member.

Subject matter expert for assessment centre exercise design

In this role, you'll help to design exercises for selection and assessment processes.

Our selection and assessment team is responsible for the design, delivery and quality assurance of several senior-level selection and assessment processes. These include the:

police leadership programme – stage 5 (executive leaders) module one development centre
Fast Track programme for serving constables assessment centre

Throughout the design process, the team seeks involvement from police officers and police staff at the appropriate levels, as well as key stakeholders. This helps to ensure the relevance, accuracy and currency of the exercises.

Role and responsibilities

As a design subject matter expert, you could be asked to:

attend events to advise on the content
draft exercises
attend a pilot to act as a mock candidate to help test the effectiveness of draft exercises

Your involvement as a subject matter expert from within the police service underpins the entire design process. It helps us to ensure that the assessment processes focus appropriately on the critical issues for the next generation of police leaders.

You'll have the opportunity to discuss issues within the design with peers across the service, and to develop an understanding of how the national assessment processes are designed.

Mentoring

See our mentoring information for details on:

peer mentoring for chief officers
reverse mentoring resources for forces
mentoring for senior leaders from underrepresented groups