Advertorial: National Centre of VAWG and Public Protection expands team

The National Centre of Violence Against Women and Girls and Public Protection is expanding its team of specialists to strengthen policing’s response to tackling VAWG, and build a consistent victim-centred approach across England and Wales. 

As policing and partners intensify efforts to reduce Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and improve public protection, the National Centre for VAWG and Public Protection (NCVPP) is recruiting for key national roles that will help deliver and strengthen consistency across forces, as part of a wider system approach. 

With the Government’s ambition to halve VAWG within a decade and growing public expectation for improved detection and justice outcomes, policing is accelerating work to deliver a coherent and evidence-driven response across to reducing the prevalence of VAWG across England and Wales. The newly established NCVPP – hosted by the College of Policing and NPCC – is recruiting for a range of roles that will support its mission to drive national standards, improve victim and survivor experiences, and strengthen perpetrator-focused interventions. 

These opportunities come at a time when policing is being asked to deliver improved consistent outcomes at pace, supported by high-quality research, professional practice, strong evidence base and a skilled workforce capable of responding and adapting to complex and evolving risks. 

VAWG and wider public protection offences remain a significant societal threat, requiring a co-ordinated, whole-system response involving policing, criminal justice, wider government and specialist partners.

The NCVPP sits at the centre of this work, providing a single national voice for policing on VAWG and public protection and helping forces strengthen the quality of investigations, safeguarding, supervision and victim care.

This includes: 

• Building, sharing and scaling up what works through research and analytics 

• Driving practice improvements that are victim-centred and trauma-informed 

• Supporting forces to respond to emerging challenges including online harm, coercive control and high-harm perpetrators 

• Improving national consistency by simplifying the landscape and strengthening multiagency coordination 

The NCVPP has been established to provide national leadership, clarity and coherence across policing’s approach to tackling VAWG and public protection offences.

Through its partnership between the College of Policing and NPCC, the NCVPP brings together expertise, data, professional standards and operational insight to help policing prevent harm, support victims and bring more perpetrators to justice. 

Its work is informed by research, lived experience and frontline evidence, ensuring practice improvements are credible, consistent and deliverable across all forces. 

The Roles 

The NCVPP is recruiting across strategic leadership, programme delivery, co-ordination and communications, creating opportunities for experienced professionals and those seeking a stretch role at a national level. 

Current opportunities include: 

Deputy Head of Vulnerability Knowledge Practice Programme (VKPP) – providing strategic leadership and operational oversight for national VKPP workstreams, strengthening the evidence base, professional standards and consistency of delivery across policing, and ensuring high-quality, evidence-led products that support frontline investigations, safeguarding and national vulnerability priorities.

Head of NCVPP Communications and Engagement – establishing and leading the Centre’s communications and engagement function by providing strategic vision, shaping and reinforcing a unified national identity and narrative for policing’s response to VAWG and Public Protection, delivering digital-first, evidence-led and behaviour change informed communications, and providing expert support to forces on sensitive and crisis communications, including how to communicate appropriately with victims, survivors and affected communities. 

Strategic Advisors – providing senior leadership to deliver NCVPP priorities, developing national strategy and evidence-based products, strengthening relationships across policing, government, academia and specialist partners, and driving systemwide improvement across areas such as online harm, high-harm perpetrators, intelligence and safeguarding. 

Business Co-ordinator (Operation Beaconport) – coordinating business activities across the programme by providing day-to-day operational support, managing information, data and reporting processes, liaising with corporate functions to enable integrated and efficient delivery, and drawing on experience in safeguarding-related environments to build effective relationships with internal and external partners. 

Staff Officer – supporting the delivery of strategic priorities by providing comprehensive coordination and briefing support to senior leaders, undertaking research and analysis, managing complex stakeholder engagement across policing and government partners, and tracking progress on key actions to ensure the NCVPP’s leadership is informed, connected and able to drive systemwide improvement. 

Together, these roles play a critical part in delivering policing’s ambition to raise standards, strengthen accountability and improve outcomes for victims and survivors across England and Wales. 

The NCVPP is seeking individuals who are committed to improving policing’s response to VAWG and public protection, with the values, insight and professionalism needed to help deliver a nationally consistent, victim-centred approach. 

Applicants will bring strong collaboration skills, evidence-informed thinking and an ability to operate confidently within a complex multiagency system. 

These roles provide the opportunity to work on nationally significant priorities that directly influence policing practice, public confidence and victim safety. The successful candidates will help shape guidance, build partnerships, and deliver research and operational improvements that have tangible impact across England and Wales. 

Helen Millichap, Director of NCVPP, said: “We are looking for people who share our commitment to making people safer, improving outcomes for victims and survivors. Those who join us will play a critical role in shaping the future of policing’s response to VAWG and public protection.”

Applications are open now for a range of NCVPP roles.

Candidates interested in supporting national improvements to VAWG and public protection can find full role details and application information here. Typing ‘NCVPP’ in the ‘What’ search box brings all the roles up.