Communications Officer

Are you a police communications professional looking to develop your skills and gain experience at a national level in UK policing? This is an ideal development opportunity for those ready to broaden their horizons and make a real impact. We are offering a funded secondment for an experienced communications lead to join our team, supporting high-profile projects across UK policing.

Join Police Digital Service as a Communications Officer. Part Time – 2 Days a week (14.5hrs). Secondment Opportunity – around your current role.  Initially for 8 weeks.

About Police Digital Service

Our vision is to support UK policing to keep people safe, get more from technology investments and make better use of public money, and we’re always on the lookout for great talent to help us achieve this.

Are you a police communications professional looking to develop your skills and gain experience at a national level in UK policing?

This is an ideal development opportunity for those ready to broaden their horizons and make a real impact. We are offering a funded secondment for an experienced communications lead to join our team, supporting high-profile projects across UK policing.

Our Values are:

• We value People
• We do the right thing
• We are innovative
• We are one Team
• We are proud and passionate

Key Responsibilities:

• Shared Vision
• Explain that the strategy aims to make policing resilient to cyber-attacks while maintaining public and stakeholder trust and confidence.
• Communicate why this matters for operational effectiveness and public safety.
• Strategic Objectives
• Engage with stakeholders on  the six core objectives of the strategy:
  • Manage cyber security risk.
  • Protect against cyber-attacks.
  • Detect and respond to incidents.
  • Minimise impact of breaches.
  • Build skills and culture.
• Align cyber security with policing outcomes.
• Use plain language and real-world examples to show relevance to frontline policing.
• Changing the viewpoint that cyber is a block but rather an enabler of services.

What’s on offer:

• Work largely remotely, with occasional travel for key meetings and events.
• Flexibility to work from your home or force office.
• Working in a small and diverse team with access to the latest technology.
• Access to graphic design support and small budget to develop  creative assets.
• Opportunity to contribute to national priorities, including cyber resilience and strategic engagement.
• Working on the wider strategy but taking the lead on specific focused  projects within the strategy.
• As it’s a part time secondment you will maintain your role in force and this is a fantastic opportunity to develop skills and experience.

What you need to succeed in the role

• Current communications officers within UK police forces who have valid vetting for working in policing.
• Experience in media relations, internal communications, and stakeholder engagement.
• Ability to work independently and deliver under pressure.
• You don’t need to be expert in technology – your role will be to help our non-technical stakeholders understand and support the National Digital Strategy.

Diversity, equity and inclusion

We are committed to equal opportunities for all and will not discriminate on any grounds. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible span of experience. All applicants will be considered without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, parental status, nationality, neurodiversity or disability status.

Working Arrangements

Secondment for two full days per week (14.5 hours) for an initial 8 week period based from your current office with occasional travel.

All applicants must be eligible to undergo NPPV3 (Non Police Personnel Vetting Level 3) and SC vetting clearances. Successful applicants will require NPPV3 clearance to have been cleared before starting with PDS.  If you currently hold NPPV3 and or SC, it can be transferred across for this role.

Please note, we may choose to close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications for this role so please endeavour to to complete your application as soon as possible