Work for us
The OPCC is a great place to work. We focus on employing people who align with the ethos and culture of our team and who will embrace our values of Openness, Partnership, Compassion and Courage.
Join the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC)’s team and help shape policing.
New Role: Chief Executive
Location: Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner, Portishead
Salary: £115,000 per annum
Hours: Full-time (flexibility required, including occasional evenings/weekends)
Contract Type: Permanent
Lead with Purpose. Drive Strategic Change. Serve the Public.
The Avon & Somerset Police & Crime Commissioner (PCC) is looking to appoint a Chief Executive who has a strategic mindset and a track record of consistent achievement at a senior management level.
This is an opportunity for an inspirational leader to work directly with the Police & Crime Commissioner, Clare Moody, to deliver on the ambitions in her Police and Crime Plan.
Key Responsibilities:
• Lead the OPCC with vision and integrity, ensuring alignment with the PCC’s Police and Crime Plan.
• Provide expert advice to the PCC and Deputy PCC on policy, governance, and statutory matters
• Oversee strategic partnerships with local authorities, criminal justice agencies, health services, and government
• Ensure effective commissioning of services
• Promote transparency, equality, and diversity across all OPCC operations
• Represent the OPCC at regional and national forums, including the Home Office and the APCC
What We’re Looking For:
• Proven senior leadership experience in a complex, multi-disciplinary organisation
• Expertise in strategic planning, performance management, and corporate reputation
• Strong understanding of governance in a politically led environment
• Demonstrable success in stakeholder engagement and partnership working
• Commitment to public service values, including integrity, accountability, and openness
This is a politically restricted post under the Local Government & Housing Act 1989.
Applicants must be willing to work flexibly, including some evenings and
weekends.
Ready to Make a Difference?
If you are a visionary leader with a passion for public service and a track record of delivering strategic impact, we want to hear from you.
Apply now to lead the OPCC into its next chapter of excellence and innovation.
Further information, including how to apply, can be found on our recruitment partner’s website, at www.gatenbysanderson.com/job/GSe127032
If, having read the candidate information pack, you would like a confidential discussion, please contact: Duncan Collins: 07827 098173 or duncan.collins@gatenbysanderson.com
To apply please go to the recruiter page here: Gatenby Sanderson
Applications must be received by 23:59hrs Monday 17 November 2025
What is it like at the OPCC?
We try to be clear about what we require from our employees in our role profiles, but recognise that recruitment is a two-way process, and it is just as important that we are as good a fit for you as you are for us.
We have outlined below some of the key things you can expect when working with the OPCC so that you can decide if the OPCC is somewhere you want to work and help make a difference.
Remuneration
We offer a pay policy that provides consistent reward for work of similar value with annual increments subject to satisfactory performance. We also make a commitment to pay equality, as well as membership to the Local Government Pension Scheme.
Training
There are regular Performance and Development and 1:1 conversations as part of your development. We have an in-house Leadership Training Academy and offer a variety of vocational, networking, coaching and mentoring schemes and opportunities.
Wellbeing
The OPCC has a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, and offers both flexible working and flexi-time options. We also have a health and wellbeing passport, several groups and associations and the Oscar Kilo national Police wellbeing service.
In addition, we also provide menopause resources, a cycle to work scheme, financial wellbeing services and the ‘My healthy Advantage’ app.
Benefits
The OPCC offers a range of quality benefits, including a generous annual leave entitlement, flexitime, hybrid working, and a range of leisure and retail discounts available.
At our HQ we have free on-site parking, a gym, a pool car scheme, a range of social activities, monthly team meetings and a full induction programme.
Environment
We are very proud of our work environment which has been recently refurbished with bright and airy open plan offices. Our HQ is based just outside Portishead with its Lido, Beach, and Marina.
In addition, there is an on site restaurant and coffeeshop, museum, staff kitchen and beautiful grounds with a deer walk, pavilion, pond, wildflower meadow, and extensive gardens.
Completing Our Application Form
Here at the Avon and Somerset Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, we use a competency-based application form for our paid positions to help us find the right person for the role.
Please see the document ‘Tips on Completing Our Application Form’, uploaded to each vacancy, for in-depth advice on how to present yourself at your best.
Vacancies close at 11.59pm on the day of the vacancy close date. Please allow plenty of time to complete your application, part completed applications will not be accepted.
Please Note: If you wish to start your application form and then return later to it, you will need to refill Part 1 with your personal details up to and including your postcode. You will then be provided with a link to your partially completed application form.
The OPCC is proud to be part of the Disability Confident employer scheme.
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