A UNIQUE CITY. A UNIQUE SET OF POLICING CHALLENGES. A UNIQUE CAREER.

POLICING LONDON IS A CHALLENGE LIKE NO OTHER, AND WILL BRING NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVEN THE MOSE EXPERIENCED OFFICER.

Open to: Substantive Inspectors who have completed WBA or hold OSPRE part II and Substantive Sergeants on promotion who hold a valid NPPF, OSPRE part I/part II qualification.

Our mission is to keep London safe

As London’s Met, we have plenty to be proud of. We’re proud of the quality of our people, and the job we do to police London. Over 40,000 colleagues are dedicated to serving 9 million+ residents and visitors of one of the world’s most dynamic and diverse global cities.

London doesn’t stand still, and neither do we

In London’s Met you will have plenty of opportunities to continue your professional development. The Met is involved in a wide range of operations and policing events, each presenting their own distinct opportunities to broaden skill sets, on a scale that wouldn’t be found in any other police service.

Life as an Inspector

Our ambition is to be the most trusted police service in the world. As an Inspector, you will need to provide strong leadership and management in a time of unprecedented change within the UK’s largest Police Service. The trust and confidence of our customers and communities will be a direct reflection of how you fulfil the challenges of the role. You will achieve this by leading by example, upholding our professional standards, and showing personal flexibility in the face of change.

We’ll look to you to deliver results in line with the Met’s mission and vision, values and priorities, working collaboratively with partners to understand and manage the diverse needs of our customers and communities in all that we do.

As a leader, you’ll face a number of challenges including achieving continued crime reduction, partnerships, increasing community confidence and leading our people so they can be the very best they can be.

Who are we looking for?

This exciting career opportunity is open to exceptional Sergeants / Detective Sergeants looking for promotion, and substantive Inspectors / Detective Inspectors with a proven track record of effective delivery. The process for Sergeants looking to be promoted, differs to the process for substantive Inspectors and further detail can be found on the Met Careers Website or via the links below.

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• If you are interested in applying for promotion, visit https://www.met.police.uk/car/careers/ and click on ‘Sergeant to Inspector Promotion Process’
•  If you are interested in applying to join the Met laterally, visit https://www.met.police.uk/car/careers/ and click on ‘Lateral External Inspectors process’.

To apply, please visit our website to download a candidate information pack and to complete the online expression of interest and application form. All expressions of interest must be submitted by 23.55 hours on 4^th February 2021. There is no competency based application form this year.

Queries in respect of this opportunity should be sent to the Met Promotions Team at metpromotions@police.sscl.com or by telephone on 01633 632500 (option 4).

We will be holding candidate briefings throughout January and more information on how to book onto these sessions can be located on the vacancies listed above.

We view diversity as fundamental to our success. To tackle today’s complex policing challenges, we need a workforce made up from all communities. Applications from across the community are therefore essential.

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, the Met have committed to ensuring that disabled people and those with long term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations.

www.metpolicecareers.co.uk