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National Policing Improvement Agency

Who we are

The NPIA is a non-departmental public body (NDPB) sponsored and funded by the Home Office, with its executive leadership drawn from the police service.

The NPIA willprovide leadership and expertise to the service in areas as diverse as information and communications technology, support to information and intelligence sharing, core police processes, managing change and recruiting, developing and deploying people.

What we do

The NPIA’s purpose is to make a unique contribution to improving public safety.

We will achieve this by:

• Driving improvement andleading-edge practice where it matters, fostering self-improvement and helping to shape the future of policing.

• Delivering and developing critical essential services and infrastructure to support policing day-in and day-out.

• Providing accessible, responsive and joined-up solutions, enabling the police service to put more time into front-line police work.

We are police service ownedand led. The police service embraces the NPIA as part of the service. We are led by a police officer, ensuring a strong connection between front line policing and the wide range of specialist expertise that NPIA people offer.

Our business is located at various site locations throughout the UK with facilities that reflect the diverse nature of our portfolio. You can find more information onwww.npia.police.uk

DIVERSITY STATEMENT

The National Policing Improvement Agency is committed to the principles of equality, diversity and human rights. Our vision of driving continuous improvement across policing can only be achieved by making full use of the talents and resources of all our staff.  By recognising and valuing individuals' unique differences, we will be better placed to developunderstanding and confidence amongst all groups of people within the NPIA, the police service and the communities we serve.

We aim to develop the NPIA as an organisation which represents and reflects the diversity of backgrounds and cultures in which the organisation operates.  We aim to ensure that in our organisational structures, decision-making processes, our ways of working, communicatingand managing, diversity is welcomed and embraced.

We will treat all individuals both within and outside the NPIA with whom we associate openly, fairly, with dignity and respect.  We will provide a working environment free from any harassment, bullying, victimisation and unlawful discrimination, ensuring equality of opportunity throughout all our processes and practices.

All members of staff,contractors and suppliers will be expected to actively demonstrate their commitment to these principles and be encouraged to challenge unacceptable behaviour in relation to issues of gender, race, ethnic or national origin, marital status, disability, mental health, religion, age, sexual orientation, or for any other reason of difference.

We will ensure that all our policies and proceduresreflect these principles.

INVESTORS IN PEOPLE

NPIA holds the National Standard for Investors in People. The Investors in People Standard is a business improvement tool designed to advance an Agency’s performance through its people. The standard helps Agency’s to improve performance and realise objectives through the management and development of their people.

We all agree that people areour greatest asset, and we all know that for NPIA to success everyone has to perform well. To achieve this, people need the right knowledge, skills and motivation to work efficiently. The IiP standard provides a framework to ensure that we do this.

THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS

Shortlisting
This is the first stage in matching applicants against the requirements of the job as specified in the...