Independent Advisory Group Volunteer

Independent Advisory Group Volunteer

Grade: N/A

Location: Initial training to take place at Staffordshire Police Headquarters, Weston Road, Stafford. IAG members will be asked to attend quarterly meetings at Staffordshire Police Headquarters and would be required to work on an ad hoc basis from both HQ and various Police Stations throughout the County.

Days/Times of required availability: Quarterly meetings will take place at Staffordshire Police Headquarters, lasting between 2 and 3 hours.  Dates and times to be agreed between IAG members and the Senior Police Officer responsible for the IAG.  As work projects are assigned to the IAG then the group will be required to arrange times and dates to suit their availability, bearing in mind any deadlines set for specific projects.

Purpose: IAG members act as a ‘critical appraiser’ who provide independent, supportive challenge to the Police, and who provide informed information back to their community on key Police matters.  IAG members are volunteers who aspire to represent themselves and their community, and who are not linked to the judiciary, or employed or substantially connected to the ‘police family’.

IAG members will, ideally, have broad expertise and experience and links with diverse communities, so that they can articulate a wide range of viewpoints both individually and as a group. Where appropriate and necessary the Police may seek an IAG advisor to provide constructive assessment and advice on police actions and policies from the perspective of a receiver of Police services and a member of the community and act as a confidential sounding board and advisor in respect of the Police response to any critical incident through active participation in one or more groups as required.

For full details of main duties and responsibilities please see the attached Role Profile.

Next step

Please complete the attached expression of interest form and upload to the CV section covering the requirements of the role that are available on the role profile.

Closing date – 31st April 2024, 12 Midday.

“Staffordshire have a strong commitment to equality and diversity in our people, within the organisation and in the services, we provide to our communities.

We want to reflect the communities we serve and one way we can try to achieve this is through a 'positive action' approach.

Positive action is an activity which helps employers identify and remove barriers and issues to the recruitment, retention and progression of people who identify with underrepresented groups of the Equalities Act 2010 (i.e. LGBT+, ethnicity, disability), whilst still employing people on merit.

The Positive Action team will be holding an event on a date to be confirmed to register your interest and become involved in positive action opportunities and support please email Positive.action@staffordshire.pnn.police.uk “