New Staffordshire Police chief will earn more than £140,000 a year
The new Chief Constable of Staffordshire Police will be paid a salary of more than £141,000 a year.
Applications for the top role have now closed and Police and Crime Commissioner Matthew Ellis is in the process of drawing up a shortlist.
The appointment will be offered for a term of up to five years at an annual salary of £141,915.
Former Chief Constable Mike Cunningham left in August and Deputy Chief Constable Jane Sawyers has been acting as Temporary Chief Constable.
The process has been delayed while Mr Ellis presided over a report into the botched Kevin Nunes murder case.
Mrs Sawyers is believed to be interested in the job.
Mr Ellis said: "Policing faces a challenge in terms of finances and changes in the types of crime that threaten our communities and our country.
"There are also new opportunities and I'm looking for someone who has the drive, ambition and passion to take those opportunities and make them work."
Mike Cunningham was appointed Chief Constable of Staffordshire Police in September 2009, drawing a salary of £139,931 although his pay, including pension contributions, amounted to £183,741.
