Chief Superintendent - Transferee
Staffordshire Police
Closing Date – Friday 1st May 2026 – 12 Midday.
Be part of building a safe and confident Staffordshire.
Staffordshire Police is seeking to appoint two forward-thinking Chief Superintendents to help lead our organisation at a pivotal time. Our ambition is clear: to deliver a safe and confident Staffordshire, secured by an outstanding local police service that is passionate about serving its communities, caring for its people, and working in strong partnership with others.
As a Chief Superintendent, you will play a critical role in delivering our Force priorities. These include strengthening our focus on vulnerability, delivering high-quality investigations, improving public confidence, and driving down crime and antisocial behaviour across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.
About The Role
* Provide strategic leadership for operational policing, ensuring we prevent and detect crime, protect the vulnerable, and secure justice for victims.
* Lead complex areas of business, operations, or local policing commands with professionalism, integrity, and sound judgement.
* Drive high performance and accountability, creating a culture that supports, challenges, and empowers our people.
* Strengthen public confidence through openness, engagement, and visible leadership in local communities.
* Lead collaboration with partners—local authorities, Fire & Rescue, health, justice, education, and voluntary sectors—to solve problems and reduce harm.
* Contribute to Force-wide transformation, organisational learning, and the continuous improvement of policing services.
Skills, Experience & Behaviours (COP Role Profile – Chief Superintendent)
Strategic Leadership & Decision-Making
* Ability to set clear direction, lead through complexity, and make ethical, evidence-based decisions.
* Experience managing significant operational or organisational risk.
* Strong judgement under pressure, with the ability to balance competing priorities.
Partnerships & Collaboration
* Proven ability to lead across boundaries, influence partners, and build strong collaborative relationships.
* Experience working with statutory partners to address vulnerability, crime, public safety, and community concerns.
Delivering Performance & Improvement
* Demonstrated success in driving performance, improving service quality, and achieving organisational outcomes.
* Understanding of modern policing challenges, including vulnerability, digital crime, neighbourhood policing, and public confidence.
Professional Standards, Culture & Ethics
* Commitment to the highest standards of professional behaviour, fairness, and integrity.
* Ability to role‑model and embed inclusive, positive, and ethical leadership.
People, Talent & Wellbeing
* Experience leading and developing teams, fostering a culture where people feel valued, engaged, and able to perform at their best.
* Commitment to wellbeing, diversity, equality, and inclusion in policing.
Command Qualification
Applicants should hold a current command skill at PPF/Command Level appropriate for Chief Superintendent roles. However, we welcome applicants who do not yet hold this accreditation but are willing to work towards achieving it.
To Apply
Please upload a current CV and answer the application questions (maximum 500 words each). Questions will be provided in the application form.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
Staffordshire Police is fully supportive of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and strives to employ a workforce that represents the community we serve.
Our vacancies are open to everyone and all appointments are based on merit. We encourage and welcome applications from underrepresented groups including Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, female, people with a disability, those who are neurodivergent and persons of the LGBTQ+ community.
We use positive action to encourage potential candidates from underrepresented groups through targeted support and advice sessions.
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