Meet the Commissioner’s team

The Police and Crime Commissioner’s team is made up of a small selection of experienced people. The team is led by the Chief Executive. The people who work with the Commissioner include experts in areas such as policy, scrutiny, commissioning, estates management and communications and engagement.

About the Commissioner’s team

The people working in the Commissioner’s office are not political. They work to support the Commissioner and provide expertise in various areas.

The team’s mission is to provide high calibre support to the Commissioner to assist in effectively delivering the PCC’s functions. You can see who the senior leaders are within the OPCC further down this page.

The team works to the following principles:

the team is the Commissioner’s team: it succeeds if the PCC does
the team provides high quality support
the team gives informed advice when asked and needed
the team does not have a political view

It also conducts its business and communications in accordance with the systems and protocols agreed with the Commissioner.

Vacancies

For all our job opportunities, please visit our vacancies page.

Chief Executive for the Police and Crime Commissioner's Office

Every Police and Crime Commissioner must have a Chief Executive, who will also act as the Monitoring Officer. The Chief Executive will work with the Commissioner to enable delivery of their vision, strategy and identified priorities.

They will also:

Ensure effective operational and strategic leadership of the Commissioner's office through ongoing management and engagement
Facilitate the accurate and appropriate scrutiny of the Police Force's activities
Support and advise the Commissioner in delivering their manifesto, as expressed through the Police and Crime Plan, statutory duties and responsibilities
Fulfil the statutory functions of the Head of Paid Service and Monitoring Officer, which is to draw the Commissioner’s attention to any actual or possible contravention of law, maladministration or injustice

Salary: £92,000

OPCC Senior Management Team

Kate Gunson
Head of Criminal Justice, Commissioning and Partnerships

Mike Ottaway
Head of Estates and Facilities Management

Meg Barnard
Head of Business

Andy Lowe
Chief Finance Officer

Vicky Venables
Deputy Chief Finance Officer

You can also read the role profiles of the Senior Management Team.

Information about the office

As at 31 March 2022, there are 44.7 FTE members of staff in the office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (this figure excludes the PCC and any DPCC appointed). This figure includes those working on the OPCC Estate strategy. The programme gives rise to no additional cost to the public as funding (including the funding of salary costs) is achieved by reinvesting capital from sale of buildings that are no longer required and through more efficient usage of the remaining estate. In addition, it achieves a reduction in the total running cost of the police estate - money that will be put back into front-line policing.

The gender breakdown of the PCC's team is 74% female and 26% male
To the knowledge of the PCC's team, 20% of staff members have an ethnic background that is not White British
To the knowledge of the PCC's team, 11% of staff members have declared that they consider themselves to have a disability

Information about arrangements the PCC has to make use of the staff of the chief constable or a local authority can be found on the Commissioner's salary and expenses page.

Information about the structure of the office can be found here. Detailed information, as required by government, can be found on the Specified Information Order page.

Salary range (£)	FTE
SPOT salary (Chief Executive)	1
70,873 - 79,771 (Grade J)	1
56,345 - 63,419 (Grade I)	5
47,856 - 53,859 (Grade H)	7.6
41,054 - 46,204 (Grade G)	4.9
33,241 - 37,414 (Grade F)	14.2
25,965 - 29,221 (Grade E)	2
20,960 - 23,590 (Grade D)	9