CTPHQ Chief of Staff - Band B - SLT - Counter Terrorism Policing HQ in London

CTPHQ Counter Terrorism Policing Headquarters

Location: West Brompton

Band: Band B

Part/Full Time: Full Time

Hours per week: 36 hours

Type of Contract: Fixed Term

Contract Duration: 24 Month

Salary: The starting salary is £62,310, which includes allowances totalling £3,009. The salary is broken down as £59,301 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £72,254. Plus, a location allowance of £2,009 and a non‑pensionable allowance of £1,000.

Job Summary

The Chief of Staff is a pivotal role within the Counter Terrorism Policing Headquarters (CTPHQ), working to the Director General of CTPHQ, but also being a key support to the Assistant Commissioner Specialist Operations (ACSO), the four Directors within the Headquarters, and the five OCU Commanders across the Specialist Operations business group. The core role is to help ensure the efficient and effective running of the HQ as a whole, monitoring and identifying issues, problem solving and resolving challenges, and delivering key, often bespoke, pieces of work across a wide range of potential areas, as required.

As a function created to support senior leaders, this role offers a truly unique and challenging developmental opportunity within a high profile area of the police service’s work to enhance national counter terrorism capacity and capability. It is particularly suited to high calibre individuals with excellent analytical and communication skills and a good understanding of both the CT and Specialist Operations environments.

Please note, line management of this role may be subject to change as part of the CTPHQ review.

Key Tasks

• Ensuring cohesiveness of work across the overall headquarters; overseeing and guiding cross‑pillar activity, identifying areas that may need review or assistance, and coordinating activity across senior leadership teams with key problem solving.
• Providing the pivotal link between pillar and portfolio leads in the CTPHQ operating environment.
• Influencing decision‑making across CTPHQ, delivering advice, guidance and products to enable the CT Policing Executive to transact business in an effective and efficient manner.
• Managing and driving forward the business of the Specialist Operations Chief Officer Group (COG) meetings; quality assuring meeting papers, agendas, actions, decisions and preparing high quality briefings for members where required.
• Representing the Director General at external and internal meetings, including strategic engagement with key stakeholders such as at NPCC level and senior civil service.
• Ensuring an excellent ongoing relationship with HMICFRS in relation to CT based national inspections, linking in and coordinating activity across the HQ and with all national Chief Constables, ACCs and DCCs where required.
• Chairing/attending key HQ staff meetings, including the CTPHQ Staff Engagement Forum, the SO IDE sub board, and the attendance management meeting, among others.
• Ensuring overall CTPHQ interests maintained at various board meetings as required, including the SO Risk Board, SO Workforce Planning board, SO Health, Safety & Wellbeing board, CTPHQ Rewards and Recognition board, and the Organisational Development Unit (ODU) Board.
• Developing and delivering a wide range of CTPHQ and SO staff events, including CTPHQ Staff Engagement days, National Inclusion week celebrations, Supervisor development events, Commendations ceremonies and lunch&learn development events.
• Engagement with senior stakeholders across the national CT environment, including oversight of the CT Strategic Board arrangements involving Chief Constables, Police and Crime Commissioners and Deputy Mayors across the CT network.
• Delivery and maintenance of other specific activities and projects as directed, including the maintenance of the national CT Section 22a Collaboration Agreement.

Person Specification

This opportunity is open to substantive Band B or equivalent. Please note, line management may be subject to change as part of the CTPHQ review.

Essential For The Role

• Applicants must hold or be prepared to undergo Counter Terrorism Check (CTC) level, National Security Vetting (NSV) Developed Vetting (DV) level and Enhanced Security Check (eSC)/Developed Vetting (DV) clearance. This post requires British nationality (some dual nationals may be ineligible) and has limitations on travelling to certain countries.

Confidentiality Agreement

Applicants should be aware of the need to sign a confidentiality agreement on taking up the post.

Our Colleague Commitments

Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) prioritises an inclusive and supportive working environment and culture, where all people feel a strong sense of belonging and are empowered to reach their full potential. CTP keeps the nation and everyone in it safe from all manner of threats. Inclusion, Diversity and Equality (IDE) is key to supporting our greatest asset, our people.

Our people protect our national security across the UK. We collectively seek to ensure all colleagues feel respected, supported and valued to fully participate in the delivery of our mission – “working to keep people safe from terrorism”. IDE is at the heart of our approach to make the composition of Counter Terrorism Policing more representative of the communities we serve. Applications from across all backgrounds, cultures and experiences are essential and encouraged. CTP Network is committed to ensuring candidates identifying as disabled are able to realise their fullest career aspirations and will endeavour to accommodate any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process. CTP also welcomes applications seeking flexible working arrangements, such as part‑time, job‑share and hybrid arrangements where the role permits. All flexible working arrangements should be discussed and agreed with the hiring manager.

How to apply

To begin your career at the Met, please click the apply button. The application process requires a comprehensive CV and an online application form. Please note that you should not submit two copies of your CV, and ensure that your documents are saved in either PDF or Word format, clearly labelled as CV. Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 19/06/2026.

Essential Experience

• Ability to think, plan and act strategically in a fast‑moving and uncertain environment, with a creative approach to problem solving and delivery in demanding circumstances and to formulate and implement long‑term corporate strategic solutions.
• Ability to take the initiative, make judgements, make decisions, negotiate and influence strategic decision making.
• Proven ability as a self‑motivator who can build strong working relationships with senior colleagues and peers across the CT Policing Executive, MPS and partners.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, including experience in writing strategic reports, proposals and in delivering briefings to senior management and partners.

Desirables

• Good recent understanding and knowledge of the CT Policing structure and wider operational environment, including its London (MPS) and national (UK Force wide) environment.
• Good recent understanding of CT Policing relationships to Government, security and intelligence agencies including their governance arrangements.
• Good recent understanding of Specialist Operations business group structure and wider MPS governance arrangements.

Competencies tested during sift

• We analyse critically at level 3
• We take ownership at level 3
• We collaborate at level 3

Values tested during sift

• Integrity

Disability Confident Statement

The Met is committed to being an equitable and inclusive employer for disabled people, striving to have a diverse and representative workforce at all levels. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences. We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and long‑term conditions, ethnic minority groups and women.

As a Disability Confident Leader, the Met has committed to making disability equality part of our everyday practice. We ensure that people with disabilities and those with long‑term conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations.

The Met is committed to making reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process to ensure disabled applicants can perform at their best. If you need any reasonable adjustments or changes to the application and recruitment process, we ask that you include this information within your application form. All matters will be treated in strict confidence.