Salary: £171,519 +/-10%

Humberside Police is consistently recognised as one of the most highly performing forces in the country with 2022 PEEL grades that were the best in the country and responsible for pioneering the ‘Right Care, Right Person’ initiative providing much needed support to ensuring vulnerable people were treated by the appropriate service and reducing pressure on policing. Our force is bold, ambitious, and following the decision from Paul Anderson to retire, now in search of its next Chief Constable.

We are seeking a leader able to continue to drive excellence in performance and ensure the force realises its maximum potential. Whilst performance is consistently good there is the ongoing challenge of ensuring the communities we serve truly feel the benefit of a high performing force. Our next leader should come ready to build further the trust of the community in the police, putting the community at the heart of policing to ensure legitimacy.

If you don’t know the Humber area, please take a minute to watch the short video that the office has produced to let you know a little about our part of the world. Humberside Police - The right fit for you? Chief Constable Recruitment 2024 - YouTube, We hope this gives you a taste of what the area has to offer.

As Chief Constable you will lead the Force, creating a vision and setting direction and culture that builds public and organisational confidence and trust, enabling the delivery of a professional, effective and efficient policing service.

You will hold direct accountability for the operational delivery of policing services and the effective command and leadership of the policing response to crime and major and critical incidents.  You will also be responsible for influencing the development of regional and national policing and may be accountable for national operations or standard setting.

You will be joining an outstanding force with high levels of staff engagement, morale and an absolute commitment to the continued improvement of wellbeing amongst its staff.

You will lead a talented executive who rely on their team to deliver an outstanding service to our communities. Humberside Police is committed to listening to others and developing a culture of trust, innovation and high performance, where its staff and communities continue to have a voice in everything it does.

Closing date: Friday 9th August at 23:59