SYP - Operational Skills Trainer - March 2023

Role:                   Operational Skills Trainer

Department:     People, Organisational and Development

Location:            Robert Dyson House, Rotherham

Salary:                £27,690 - £31,434

Hours:                 37hrs

Contract Type: Permanent

Role Purpose:

An opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, innovative individual to work in a demanding, complex and rapidly changing Operational Police Training section of Organisation Development & Learning. Based at Robert Dyson House Training Centre, working Monday to Friday.

Key Responsibilities:

• Delivery of the Police Education and Qualification Framework programmes for a new recruit Student Officers.  This will involve support for Student Officers whilst in Initial Training Phase.
• You will be working closely with the SYP CAPE team and Sheffield Hallam University to deliver the curriculum for both Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship and Degree Holders Entry Programme (DHEP).
• This is an exciting time to be part of the ODL team. You will be able to make a positive difference to the changes needed for the development of our new Officers. You will be pivotal in setting and upholding Our high standards to the Student Officers, helping them to be operationally ready for their working life at District.
• You will also be involved in the writing and delivery of course materials for PCSO Apprenticeship Programmes, Neighbourhood Police Training, Transferee Courses, Coaching Professional Apprentices & Specials training.

Skills and experience:

The successful applicant will have strong communication skills with the ability to set out logical rationale, adapting your language to meet the needs of different people/audiences.  You will be expected to coach and mentor colleagues, staff and students to enable appropriate career and professional development.

You will be expected to hold /work towards obtaining a Certificate in Education level 4 qualification.

Benefits:

We offer generous entitlements and supportive policies to enable a better work-life balance, some of which are listed below:

• Generous annual leave allowance
• Flexible and hybrid working
• Generous ‘family’ leave
• Voluntary CPD Events for all staff to allow continuous development
• Mentoring & Coaching Scheme
• Paid Professional Subscriptions when relevant to role
• Access to a range of occupational health facilities
• Generous pension scheme
• Employee assistance service (accessible 24/7)
• Additional benefits for Westfield Health members
• Cycle to work scheme
• Sports and Social Club

Eligibility:

Applicants must meet the minimum requirement checkable history criteria, which must be taken into account for individuals applying to work with South Yorkshire Police in any capacity.  A minimum checkable history of 5 years is required for this role and successfully undergoing recruitment vetting procedure is a pre-requisite of employment with South Yorkshire Police.

Appearance & Standards:

SYP is committed to striking a proportionate balance between self-expression and the need to maintain role sensitive professional standards in dress and appearance. Officers, staff and volunteers of South Yorkshire Police are permitted to have tattoos visible whilst on duty provided the tattoo is not considered to be unacceptable or otherwise inappropriate. Tattoos will be reviewed as part of the recruitment and selection process.  

South Yorkshire Police’s Key Values:

Please find attached information sheet on South Yorkshire Police’s Key Values. The force has a particular focus on three areas, Fairness, Integrity and Trust. Under each of these three headings there are key behaviours we expect all employees to adhere to.

Smarter ways of Working:

South Yorkshire Police is committed to developing working practices which assist staff to balance their personal and professional lives, whilst meeting the needs of the organisation. This in turn enables SYP to provide an outstanding service to the community.

There are 3 different categories as part of this which are: Fixed, Field and Hybrid.

This role has been evaluated as a Fixed role.

Fixed: This is a traditional arrangement, applicable when the work is mostly required to be undertaken at a fixed single place of work (on police premises) for most of the time. The work can only or is more effectively delivered from a police premises or other agreed organisational/partner premises.

Closing Date:

Wednesday 29 March 2023 at 23:55

Closing dates are not normally extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and agreement is made between the Talent Acquisition Manager and the Line Manager for the role.

Contact point for applicants:

For further information about the role, please contact Inspector Amanda Dickens Scott on 01709 443704/ 07775031619. 

Diversity & Inclusion:

Expressions of interest are particularly welcome from female and ethnic minority officers.

It’s really important to us that the department represents the community we serve, in order for us to provide the best service, utilising a range of backgrounds, experience and skills.  We support and value all officers and staff and the unique experiences they bring to the role.  We strongly encourage and welcome expressions of interest from these valuable underrepresented groups.

If you are from an underrepresented group and want to find out more about the support we can offer, please contact our dedicated team on positiveaction@southyorks.pnn.police.uk

In addition, we will look to support anyone who requires Part Time/Job share working hours.

Note to candidates:

Please note that, should you be successful at the interview stage, the relevant internal or external pre-employment checks are required.  These include vetting clearance or review, prior to being appointed to the new role and start date being agreed.

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