Commander

The Met is seeking excellent commanders to join its senior leadership team. 

Policing London is a privilege and serving the diverse communities who call London home, is at the heart of this privilege. This is an opportunity to come and protect a city that can rival any in the world for its history, vibrancy, diversity and culture.

We have a clear mission for policing London and that’s to build more trust with the communities we serve; to reduce crime and to maintain high standards.   

The Met is undergoing significant reform, to improve our service and culture. This is against the backdrop of a substantial budget gap, which means there are some tough choices to be made.   

Our ambition will only be achieved through strong, committed and talented leadership. This is an opportunity to play a key part in delivering a New Met for London and to lead our brilliant people through some challenging times.

The role

As a Met commander, you will have an important role in delivering community crime-fighting, driving culture reform and setting your teams up to succeed. As one of our senior leaders your decision making will be guided by our principles – starting with putting the needs of Londoners above all else – and you’ll champion our values.  

You will be able to evidence a strong track record of operational delivery; a focus on effective performance and a proven ability to lead others to deliver operational excellence. In this role you’ll have the chance to lead senior policing professionals and deliver major improvement projects. You’ll focus on our day to day performance and know how to exploit data and insight and maximise the opportunities presented by technology. 

You will be a high performing leader who will live by our Met values, bringing them to life for your teams; the wider Met and importantly those we serve. You will champion our high standards and challenge those who fall short. 

Relationship building will be a key strength. That’s externally with our partners and stakeholders, at a local, London and national level. That’s internally to collaborate efficiently and to create an environment where our frontline has what it needs to deliver the policing service London deserves. 

As a Met commander, your influence will extend beyond London to both regional and national policing. The Met is a unique place to work. One that balances national responsibilities to protect the Royal Family; seat of government and the country from terrorism through to working with local communities to tackle what matters most to them. 

London is a fantastic place to serve. You will need to demonstrate a strong understanding of the capital’s context and the communities we serve. 

We have up to seven vacancies, these are across the Met and include Frontline Policing, Operations and Performance, Specialist Operations and Professionalism. We will post based on skills, experience and corporate priorities. 

This is your chance to use your skills, experience and passion to help create change for a better London. 

About you

You are an assistant chief constable, chief superintendent or superintendent or, an equivalent rank in another partner organisation or government agency. 

Plus, you must have completed the Senior Police National Assessment Centre (SPNAC); Strategic Command Course (SCC) or the Police Leadership Programme, Stage 5 executive leaders (ELP).

You are eligible if you are currently completing the ELP or have a confirmed place to start the ELP.

Successful candidates offered a role with the Met, who have yet to complete the ELP, will be offered a temporary appointment. This will become a substantive appointment subject to performance and following successful completion of the ELP.

Meet the Met

We are offering candidates the opportunity to attend online ‘Meet the Met’ sessions, hosted by the Commissioner and assistant commissioners. Further information will be included in the candidate application pack.