Metropolitan Police
Communications Supervisor
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Salary: The starting salary is £49,896, which includes allowances totalling £12,386. The salary is broken down as £37,510 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £40,141. Plus, a shift allowance of 15%, a flexibility allowance of 10% and a location allowance of £2,009 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.
Job Reference: 21888
Location: Bow, Hendon, Lambeth
Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 10 August 2026.
About the Role
London depends on fast, calm and effective decision-making when people need help most. Met Command and Control (MetCC) is recruiting 50 Communications Supervisors to strengthen leadership across our control room operations.
This is your opportunity to lead at the heart of London’s policing response. As a MetCC Communications Supervisor, you will play a vital frontline leadership role in one of the UK’s most demanding and high-profile control room environments, supporting the teams who answer emergency and non-emergency calls, manage digital contact, despatch police resources and help keep London safe every day.
With vacancies available across Bow, Hendon and Lambeth, we are looking for experienced supervisors and emerging leaders with the judgement, resilience and people skills to make confident decisions under pressure, support colleagues through challenging incidents and drive high standards of service for the public.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and develop a team of Police Officers and Police Staff, including welfare, performance, attendance and professional standards
- Support operational colleagues with call grading, incident handling and resource allocation, ensuring effective shift handovers
- Identify Risk, Harm, Opportunity and Threat and ensure incidents are managed and compliant
- Make sound, proportionate operational decisions in a fast-paced environment
- Liaise with BCU Managers to manage resourcing and staffing requirements*
- Support the MetCC Duty Officer in managing operational demand across functions
- Ensure compliance with NICL, NCHS, NSIR, NCRS and HOCR standards and accurate closure of incidents**
- Monitor compliance, complaint handling, evidence provision and misconduct matters
- Assist in business continuity planning and response to critical incidents or system failures
- Promote a culture of inclusion, professionalism, learning and continuous improvement
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BCU: Borough Command Unit
NICL: National Incident Category List
NCHS: National Call Handling Standards
NSIR: National Standard for Incident Recording
NCRS: National Crime Recording Standards
HOCR: Home Office Counting Rules
Training
- External candidates will complete a 14-week training programme
- Existing Met staff will complete a bespoke training course
- Annual leave is not permitted during training
How to apply
To begin your career at the Met, please click the “apply button “. The application process requires a comprehensive CV, a Personal Statement, and an online application form.
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CV – maximum 2 pages.
Your CV should clearly show how your skills, experience and achievements match the requirements of the role. It should be focused, relevant and easy to follow.
Personal Statement — maximum 2 pages.
Your Personal Statement should explain why you are interested in the role and provide clear evidence of how you meet the role requirements. A strong Personal Statement should show your relevant skills and experience against the essential criteria and desirable criteria, detailing your strongest evidence and show why they are relevant to this specific role.
We want to understand not only what you have done, but how you work, how you lead others, and how your experience or potential would help you succeed as a MetCC Communications Supervisor. Your application will be assessed against the essential criteria and the desirable criteria listed in this advert. Please take time to tailor your CV and Personal Statement to this role. Generic applications are less likely to show the evidence needed for shortlisting.
Applications that are clear, specific and evidence-based are more likely to demonstrate the skills, behaviours and potential needed for this vital leadership role.
Please note that you should not submit two copies of your CV, and ensure that your documents are saved in either PDF or Word format, clearly labelled as CV and/or Personal Statement.
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