We are seeking a Promotions Manager to play a key role within the Promotions Team, helping to deliver a high-quality, fair and innovative police officer promotion service across the Met.
This is an enabling business support role, providing access to an end-to-end Promotion & Talent specialist service. Working closely with occupational psychologists, HR colleagues and outsourced partners, you will bring subject-matter expertise to the design, delivery and continuous improvement of promotion processes and assessments.
You will be deployed and assigned by the Occupational Psychologist and will act as a trusted advisor, project manager and advocate for best practice in promotions.
Payrate: £440 per day Umbrella
Location: Kilburn Police Station, NW6
Work mode: Hybrid 3 days office based - no negotiable
Contract: Initially 6 months
Contract: Full time - Monday to Friday
Vetting: You will be required to go through security clearance (CTC)
Requirements: Experience using Ms Projects and ideally to hold Prince 2
Key responsibilities- Contribute to the design and delivery of high-quality promotion tools and assessments across officer promotion lines.
- Work collaboratively with outsourced providers, offering specialist input into assessment design, delivery and outcomes.
- Project manage the Met’s corporate promotions calendar, ensuring delivery to plan, at pace and to a high standard.
- Play an active role in continuous improvement, identifying opportunities to enhance candidate experience, fairness and efficiency.
- Provide research, insight and recommendations to support innovation and evidence-based decision-making.
- Support the development of assessment and assessor toolkits, enabling the business to become more self-sufficient in delivering promotion activity.
- Ensure promotion assessments are objective, fair and consistent, maintaining equality impact assessments and advising on positive action interventions where appropriate.
- Review and evaluate assessment processes to ensure alignment with best practice and organisational policy.
- Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, scanning for emerging research, innovations and sector best practice.
- Support benchmarking activity to ensure promotion and selection processes are applied consistently and fairly.
- Act as an advocate for change and innovation, challenging current practice and developing new ideas, solutions and business cases.
Knowledge, skills and experienceWe’re looking for someone who can demonstrate:
- Experience working within recruitment, selection or promotions, partnering with HR teams, business groups, outsourced providers and senior stakeholders.
- Strong research, analytical and problem-solving skills, with confidence in identifying trends and translating insight into action.
- Proven project management experience, with the ability to deliver multiple workstreams at pace and to deadline, often within a matrix model.
- The ability to balance risk and innovation, trialling new approaches while ensuring robust governance.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including drafting and presenting management briefings.
- Confidence to challenge existing practices constructively and develop new, value-adding solutions aligned to wider organisational strategy.
- Strong relationship-building skills, able to engage effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
- A track record of delivering tangible outcomes, including targeted promotion interventions to address business challenges such as organisational diversity ambitions.
- Experience contributing to or supporting fairness, equality and consistency in selection and promotion processes.
Working relationshipsYou will work closely with:
- Organisational Psychologists and the Senior Promotions Lead to deliver an efficient, professional and innovative promotion service.
- Outsourced promotion providers and partners, working collaboratively and holding them to account within delegated projects.
- Private offices and executive colleagues to support high-profile promotion activity.
- Met outsourced partners and MBS teams to drive delivery of promotion launches, improvements and change initiatives.
- External stakeholders such as the College of Policing, supporting benchmarking and keeping abreast of changes in regulations and best practice.
- Senior stakeholders across the organisation through formal and ad hoc meetings.
