Leadership Excellence Team Lead

Working in the Met's Leadership Excellence team, the role holder will be responsible for managing the delivery of the on promotion and CPD courses for our leaders. This includes overseeing the effective delivery of our pool of internal facilitators and providing a point of escalation for any concerns from participants on the programmes. The role holder will also be expected to support some delivery for our first line leaders programme as well as on our mid-level leaders/Inspectors programme.

Key Role Responsibilities:

• Line manager for Band D facilitators including managing their scheduling, performance management, welfare, and on and off boarding from the programme team


• Manage the delivery rota, including scheduling of facilitators, senior leaders, community members, SMEs (where required) and third party providers (where required)


• Be visible in our first line leaders programme to be a point of escalation for both participants and facilitators if needed


• Facilitate our mid-level leaders programme (if applicable) and/or our Inspectors on promotion course


• Oversee the running of courses, ensuring rooms are scheduled and uploaded onto the LMS, participants are signing up and communicated with, and appropriate reporting is given to senior teams around enrolment


• Stay up to date with market trends and good practice in leadership development, in order to incorporate any suitable learnings into the organisation


• Support the continuous improvement of course design by linking in with the team and SMEs and Heads of Profession across the Met to ensure our programmes continue to improve, learning from feedback and adapting to organisational change


• Work with national leadership development providers (e.g. College of Policing and coaching and mentoring networks) to assure and maximise the benefit of any offers suitable for leaders at the Met


• Escalate risks and issues where appropriate, Our courses are delivered face to face in a classroom environment Monday to Friday. The locations for delivery are at the Peel Centre, Hendon, Marlowe House, Sidcup and NSY, but there needs to be flexibility to meet the criteria of the role as and when required. Additional occasional duties for delivery will be at the Hilton Angel, Chigwell sports club, Imber Court sports club, Bushey sports club and The Warren sports club.


Whilst this is a full time role, applications are also considered through Project Balance share. L&D supports flexible working and this is reviewed on a case by case basis.

Application Process:

For the written application you will be asked to provide evidence of the following Competency and Met Values, based on the Met Values at Level 2.

Competency and Values Framework;

• We support, deliver and inspire


• We take ownership


• We analyse critically


Met Values:

• Integrity


Applicant's successful at the paper sift stage will be invited for an interview and facilitation exercise.

As part of the Leadership Academy we are seeking an experienced Band C who can demonstrate the following experience and knowledge

• Band C, having worked across a range of environments and teams in the MPS


• Designing / delivering training


• Influencing senior stakeholders


• Managing budgets


Identifying and managing risks, including escalation where necessary,
• Exceptional time management and organisation skills and the ability to manage conflicting demands, resulting in timely, cost effective delivery of desired outcomes.


• Facilitation and training delivery


• Proven oral and written communication skills that can adapt to different audiences, including the senior internal and external stakeholders.


• Influencing senior stakeholders


• Collaborating with internal and external suppliers, to agree highest impact solutions


• Significant line management and team leadership experience


Desirable Skills:

• Managing the delivery of projects


• Coaching


• Project management, including planning, budgets, risk and issue management