This is no ordinary HR role. And you’re no ordinary HR Officer. Based at the heart of Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) you’ll tackle a role where your skills will matter.

This is an exciting opportunity to join us at CT headquarters (CTPHQ). Here, you’ll focus on recruitment and workforce planning for our national CT network. Leading a growing team, you’ll work with either CT units across the country or with the London unit. Your goal? To find and keep the very best people for CTP.

Day to day, you’ll address barriers to recruitment, thinking innovatively to come up with smart solutions. Working with staff and officers across CTP, you’ll build relationships to achieve the best possible results. Clear communication is therefore a must, especially when addressing strategic workforce planning requirements with senior stakeholders. Depending on your remit you could also assist with projects or oversee data quality for CTPHQ or SO15.

At this level, experience is essential – you should have managed recruitment, data and teams before. We’re also looking for excellent time management and the willingness to learn. Above all, you’ll need to express yourself well, both in person and on paper. Ticked all the boxes? In that case, we’d definitely like to hear from you.

Besides the rewarding nature of the job itself, a competitive salary and a Civil Service pension, you'll also benefit from excellent career and professional development. 

The functions listed below detail some of the core responsibilities of the HR Officer position:

• National Functions

Supporting the National CT network in relation to recruitment and workforce planning. As well as providing project support across a wide range of national HR initiatives. The post holder will have to manage the competing demands placed upon them by colleagues across the team, prioritising and managing expectations, all whilst providing a dedicated support function to the Head of Strategic CT HR.

• Workforce Planning

Responsible for the management and oversight of all data quality and administration for CT business areas. They have oversight of all incoming and outgoing resource activity, whilst identifying, raising and providing suggested mitigation for any associated risks alongside corporate policing priorities.

• Talent and Attraction

Support the work to improve recruitment and representation across CT. The post holder will work with alongside HR Managers across the CT network to deliver recruitment pathways to attract high quality candidates. The post holder will need to collaborate across the HQ and 9 regions forming sound working relationships to ensure recruitment needs across the regions are being serviced.

• Service Delivery

Work collaboratively with colleagues across the London CT business areas and the wider MPS HR teams. As well as being the trusted first point of contact for the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), to resolve data accuracy issues, maintenance of resourcing activity, in particular ensuring consistency and timeliness. The post holder will also be required to support with all resourcing activity.

How to apply

Please click on the below link to view an online candidate information pack that will you give you an insight into the Met, the competency framework we use which shapes our daily work behaviours, the application process, and a host of other information, that will help inform and support your application:

https://sscl-innovation.com/MPScandidatepack/

Click the apply now button below and start your career at the Met. Applications will be via a detailed CV, Personal Statement, and online application form. Your personal statement should outline why you are interested in the role and how your skills and experience demonstrate your suitability for the role. (NB. Please do not attach 2 copies of your CV).

Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 12 January 2024.

The Met is committed to being an inclusive employer with a diverse and representative workforce at all levels. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences. We particularly welcome applications from ethnic minority groups and females.

As a Disability Confident employer, the Met has committed to making disability equality part of our everyday practice. We ensure that people with disabilities and those with long term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations. If you consider yourself to have access, workplace or reasonable adjustment requirements that need to be accommodated, we ask that you include this information within your application form. All matters will be treated in strict confidence and will not affect any recruitment decisions.