Leadership Academy Strategic Evaluation & Insights Lead

The leadership academy for the Metropolitan Police Service is growing and have partnered with Reed Talent Solutions to recruit a Leadership Academy Strategic Evaluation & Insights Lead on a permanent basis.

Founded by Sir Robert Peel in 1829, the Metropolitan Police Service is one of the oldest police services in the world. From the beginning, the purpose of the Met has been to serve and protect the people of London by providing a professional police service.

Today, the MPS is made up of more than 46,000 officers and staff, plus thousands of volunteers. The territory served covers 620 square miles and is home to over 9 million people.

Based in their academy in Hendon, Northwest London, this role will be mostly on site with the opportunity to work 1 day from home per week. You also be required to attend other Met sites across London on occasion.

The Met’s new Leadership Academy is building a forward-thinking team to construct and deliver contemporary, impactful learning programmes for their leaders. They are looking for an ambitious individual to provide the necessary strategic evaluation and insight plan for their aims to be realised.

Key Responsibilities

• Co-create a strategic evaluation and insight plan across all Leadership Academy programmes and products
• Ensure alignment with organisational priorities, including the “New Met for London” vision
• Define and implement effective tools to measure, analyse, and report on programme performance and impact
• Actively contribute to achieving Academy goals through data-driven insights and continuous improvement
• Champion leadership development across the Met by building strong internal and external relationships
• Collaborate with stakeholders such as the College of Policing, Local Government, and industry experts
• Support the evolution of strategic thinking and development of short, medium, and long-term leadership initiatives
• Ensure leadership programmes are integrated and aligned with broader organisational goals

Knowledge

• Research methods, data quality, and evidence-based decision-making
• Evaluation strategy, impact measurement, and programme effectiveness
• Performance management, including KPI development, forecasting, and analysis
• Risk management and mitigation planning
• Strategic planning and resource alignment to business goals
• Designing and evaluating programmes for individuals, teams, and organisations
• Leadership strategy and its alignment with wider organisational priorities
• Learning & Development (L&D) tools, technologies, and business partnering
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint)

Experience:

• 6+ years’ in management consulting, business administration, and/or strategic planning and evaluation
• Senior leadership positions with significant responsibility and accountability
• Research programmes evidencing complex and long-term change
• Translating large and complex data into measurable and identifiable performance and behavioural trends
• Extracting insight from large data sets and building evaluation methods into programme design

Qualifications of interest

• MBA, MSc, or equivalent in Business Strategy or related field (highly desirable)
• Strategic Leadership and Management (Level 5–7) or equivalent (desirable)
• Change Management (Level 5–7) or equivalent (desirable)
• Project/Programme Management qualifications (e.g. Prince2, Agile or similar) (desirable)
• ISO 9001:2015 (Quality Management Systems) or similar (desirable but not essential)
• Membership of a professional body (e.g. CMI, IoL, IMC, CIPD, APM) (desirable)

The Package

• Salary: The starting salary is £59,839, which includes allowances totalling £2,928.
• Pension: Civil Service ALPHA (CARE) pension included (28.97% employer’s contribution)
• Annual leave: 28 days + bank holidays (rising to 33 days after 5 years service)

If you have the right skills and experience for this role, apply now and we’ll be in touch.