The Met is seeking outstanding leaders to join its senior leadership team. Policing London is a privilege and serving the diverse communities is at the heart of this privilege. Protect a city that can rival any in the world for its history, vibrancy, diversity and culture.
More Trust; Less Crime; High Standards – it takes you
The Met is seeking outstanding leaders to join its senior leadership team. Policing London is a privilege and serving the diverse communities is at the heart of this privilege. Protect a city that can rival any in the world for its history, vibrancy, diversity and culture.
Life as a Met Chief Superintendent
Our ambition is to be the most trusted police service in the world. As a chief superintendent, you will need to provide strong leadership in a time of unprecedented change within the UK’s largest police service.
This is a role where you have a once in a generation opportunity to be at the forefront of delivering the reform we have promised London – delivering a New Met for London. That will take commitment, passion, and determination.
We are seeking officers with a strong track record in operational delivery. You will be expected to work with Londoners to tackle crime and make neighbourhoods safer – together, helping to build the strongest neighbourhood policing London has seen. You will deliver the kind of policing that truly puts the public first.
Relationship building will be one of your strengths – externally with a range of local, London wide and national partners and stakeholders. Internal relationships are as important too. You will work hard to set your people up to succeed and create an environment where our frontline has what it needs to do this difficult job for London – and do it well.
As a leader you will evidence your commitment to high standards and determination to drive out those who fall short. We expect you to live our values, bringing them to life for your team so they are more than just words. We are changing our culture, and you will have an active part to play in that.
Your decision making will be guided by our principles starting with putting the needs of the Londoners above all else.
We’ve got bold plans and things are changing in the Met. Being a chief superintendent matters more now than ever in delivering more trust; less crime and high standards.
Who are we looking for?
This exciting career opportunity is open to superintendents / detective superintendents looking for promotion, and external chief superintendents / detective chief superintendents with a proven track record of effective delivery are also encouraged to apply.
To be eligible to apply for this process, internal candidates must:
· Be a current substantive superintendent / detective superintendent as of Monday, 30 June 2025.
· Have a potential and overall performance rating in your most recent EoYR rating of:
Performance: At the standard expected, above the standard expected pr exceptional performer.
· Potential: Ready for promotion now or suitable for accelerated progression/development. Meet the Met’s attendance management criteria.
· Not currently subject to a live final written warning, a live written warning or had a reduction in rank imposed within the last 2 years.
· Complete a professional standards declaration within Oleeo.
To be eligible to apply for this process, external candidates must:
· Be a current substantive superintendent / detective superintendent or substantive chief superintendent /detective chief superintendent as of Monday, 30 June 2025.
· Complete the performance and potential template using the below criteria:
o Performance: Provide examples of your performance over the last 12 months, considering any objectives you may have been set and the Competency and Values Framework.
o Potential: Provide evidence that is reflective of your potential to operate at the rank of chief superintendent and should aim to provide evidence for at least 3 examples from the Met’s Leadership Criteria for the rank of chief superintendent. This evidence should be drawn from the last 12 months (performance year) to ensure it accurately reflects your recent skills, knowledge, attitudes, behaviours and performance. You should aim to write around 500 words in total. You can use evidence from your current substantive rank; you do not need to have experience of an acting or temporary role to demonstrate potential for promotion.
o Written confirmation from your current line manager that you are ready for promotion – this can be taken from your most recent PDR/end of year review.
· Meet the Met’s attendance management criteria.
· Not currently subject to a live final written warning, a live written warning or had a reduction in rank imposed within the last 2 years.
· Complete a professional standards declaration within Oleeo.
· Be working in a Home Office force or if you are currently serving in a Non-Home Office Force then you must have worked in a Home Office Force within the last 5 years and passed your probation within a Home Office Force.
All expressions of interest must be submitted by 23:55 on Monday, 28 July 2025. Please note there is no application form containing competency based questions for this process.
Candidate briefings
We will be holding candidate briefings to provide you with further information on the process. The briefings will be hosted on Microsoft Teams and will be opened by the Assessment Director, Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor. For anyone who is
unable to attend the briefings, a recording of the sessions will be made available.
If you are interested in applying for this promotion opportunity and would like to attend, you can book onto a session by clicking on the links below:
Internal candidate briefing: Friday, 11 July 11.30-12.15 Book External candidate briefing: Friday, 11 July 13.30 – 14.15 Book
*Please note that candidates will need to book onto the event no later than 24 hours before the event takes place to allow for MS Team calendar invites to be shared with candidates. If candidates have not been able to book onto the event before this time, they will need to email metpromotions@police.soprasteria.co.uk
Queries in respect of this opportunity should be sent to the Met Promotions Team at metpromotions@police.soprasteria.co.uk or by telephone on 01633 632500 (option 4) between 9am and 6pm.
Click ‘Apply’ to begin your expression of interest.
The Met is committed to being an inclusive employer with 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 ethnic minority groups and females. As a Disability Confident employer, the Met has committed to making disability equality part of our everyday practice. We ensure that people with disabilities and those with long term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations.
Additional support and adjustments are available, where appropriate, to enable people with disabilities to feel more inclusive and have greater accessibility and equality of opportunity at work. If you consider yourself to have access, workplace or reasonable adjustment requirements that need to be accommodated, we ask that you include this information within your application form. All matters will be treated in strict confidence and will not affect any recruitment decisions. www.metpolicecareers.co.uk