Transfer to Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Constabulary We are looking for experienced Officers who believe in; Providing exceptional local policing, Relentlessly pursuing criminals and Putting victims first. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary are offering the opportunity for substantive Police Constables who hold the National Investigators Exam and have an interest to train to become an accredited Detective to transfer to the Constabulary on a bespoke pathway with the overall aim to train to become a Detective.
If successful in your application, you would transfer to the Constabulary as a Police Constable, and following an initial settling in period, an assessment will then be taken as to establish whether you are ready to start the Detective Development Programme (DDP). An overview of what you can expect the pathway to look like is as follows:
*Please be advised that to be accepted onto the Detective Development Programme, you will be required to have Line Management endorsement, and it is ultimately the decision of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary as to whether it is approved for you to join the programme. As such, by submitting an application for this pathway, there is no guarantee that you will be accepted onto this programme.
A variety of opportunities within Investigations!
Once accredited working as a Detective Constable with Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary there are a variety of opportunities available, with vacancies across local CID offices in each district. As well as specialist teams such as Child Abuse Investigations Team, RASSO, financial crime and Major Crime to name a few.
If you have any questions about what it is like working as a Detective Constable or about the PC to DC pathway with Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary, we would be happy to help. Please contact John Duggan at jonathan.duggan1@hampshire.police.uk or +44 23 8045 1900 x4419291 or you can book an appointment via this link.
Please upload your last 2 PDR’s, your NIE Feedback report and NIE Pass certificate to the My Documents section of the form before submitting your application.
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Please note: Our recruitment system uses a character count for your answer on each competency-based question. If you answer a question and the system states too many characters have been used, please use this online calculator to help reduce the characters and to ensure your answer will fit. In addition to letters, our system considers spaces, bullet points and other symbols (.”@) as characters. The character calculator can be found via this link: Character count (successfactors.com)
Please do not use MS Word as a character count guide as it does not use HTML like our online system does.
** Please note you do not need to add a CV or covering letter, ignore that part of the application **
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For an informal discussion please contact John Duggan at jonathan.duggan1@hampshire.police.uk or +44 23 8045 1900 x4419291 . Or you can book an appointment via this link..
Please contact the Police Recruitment Team on 023 8045 1611 or by e-mail: police.recruitment@hampshire.police.uk who will be happy to help.
Please note that the email address you supply when submitting an application will be used for contact throughout the full lifecycle of that vacancy. You will not be able to amend your contact details. You should therefore ensure that you choose an appropriately accessible email address, being mindful that the process may take several months for some roles.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary is an inclusive employer and strives to have a workforce representative of the communities we police and serve. We recognise that we are not fully representative and are working to address this imbalance through a variety of initiatives.
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary is an equal opportunities employer that positively promotes flexible working, enabling officers and staff to achieve a healthy work-life balance whilst meeting operational requirements of the constabulary. We actively encourage applications to be made on a full time, part time or flexible working basis.
The Equality Act 2010 allows us to promote equality within Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary by adopting Positive Action to support people from under-represented groups. Our aim is to recruit talented people with a diverse range of skills and experience and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our Positive Action team are available to provide support through the application and assessment process by contacting: positive.action@hampshire.pnn.police.uk
The Disability Confident campaign aims to remove barriers, increase understanding and ensure that people have opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations. We will accommodate requests for reasonable adjustments where possible throughout our recruitment and promotions processes and encourage anyone requiring reasonable adjustments to disclose this at the earliest opportunity.