SYP - Chief Firearms Instructor

Role: Chief Firearms Instructor

Department: Yorkshire & the Humber Firearms Training

Rank: Inspector / Temporary Inspector

Location: Yorkshire & the Humber FTDU

Hours: 40 Hours per Week

Contract Type: Permanent

Role Purpose:

To develop, lead, manage and deliver accredited training to all roles under the firearms training licence within Yorkshire and the Humber Police Forces, ensuring adherence with the AP APP, NPFTC, YatH, NPCC & CoP doctrine, guidance and policies.

Interviews for the role will take place on the 10th & 12th of June 2019

Summary of Main Duties:

• To advise the portfolio holder and Chief Officer Strategic Groups in respect of all firearms training and operational matters – including firearms command and less lethal weapons training for non AFOs
• Ensure the compilation and submission of the Police Service Quality Management System (PSQMS) annual self-assessment as required by the College firearms training licence prior to the 30th April each year.
• Design and ensure the delivery of, the annual firearms training plan in line with the requirements of the firearms strategic threat and risk assessment and the training design SOP. Assessing and negotiating with component forces around bespoke needs, policies and budgets against National Licencing requirements. Including management and delivery of the National Specialist Firearms Officer Pathway Courses.
• Maintain an effective and accurate audit of the delivery of all firearms training in order to evidence compliance against the officers’ role profile to support operational deployment.
• Approve the delivery of and manage the risk in the safe delivery of all firearms and less lethal training (i.e. AEP and CED). This includes the use of AEP in public order and CED use by specially trained officers.
• Ensure portfolios are maintained for every firearms instructor which clearly identifies the modules and units of the NPFTC which they are occupational competent to deliver as a lead trainer and the roles they can be operationally deployed in.
• Identify opportunities for and co-ordinate the exploration of new ways of working and innovation in policing, applying critical thinking to identify solutions to problems in line with evidence based practice within own area of responsibility.

Skills and experience:

Applications from Inspector or Sgts qualified to Inspector who fulfil requirements of role will be accepted. 

For further information relating to the role and tasks of this position, please refer to the attached Role Profile.

Contact

For further information about the role, please contact: Insp. Martin Farr on 0114 220 983 . Please do not contact this number for an application form.

How to Apply

Application Form

This role is application form only and is based on Competencies Values Framework (CVF), which is detailed in the Role Profile.

Candidates should write no more than 500 words detailing how they meet the Skills & Experience outlined in the attached Role Profile. 

Support

To apply for this post, you must also have the support of your current Line Manager & Head of Department / District. Your support will need to be set emailed to, Recruiting@southyorks.pnn.police.uk  before the closing date. Please ensure that in the subject of your email the Job title and closing date are stated.

Without support, your application will not be progressed.

Please do not use the form ADM130; we are unable to accept this application form.

Further Information

Closing dates are not normally extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and agreement is made with the HR Manager, Recruitment and the Line Manager for the role.

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Closing Date:

Tuesday, 21st May 2019

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