Detective Constable – PC to DC Entry Route (DP24)

Are you a pro-active investigator?

Have you successfully completed your initial probationary period with your home force?

Come and join the team at Derbyshire Constabulary as a Trainee Detective Constable for the Crime & Intelligence Directorate!

We are looking to recruit officers who have ideally worked in investigations, but you don’t need to have worked in a crime post. We will offer full training, so no requirement to have sat/passed the National Investigations Exam (NIE). You must have a can do, a positive, inquisitive mindset and adopt a continuous improvement approach. You will also be forward thinking, professional and committed!

Successful applicants must gain PIP2 accreditation, which includes passing the NIE, attendance of a two-week Tier2 Advanced Interviewing Skills Course and 4-week PIP2 Standalone Course, followed by completion of OCP PIP Level 2.

What you'll be doing

This role will involve providing a PIP level 2 investigative response to serious and complex investigations, ensuring successful prosecutions and positive outcomes for victims.

The Must Haves

• Possess a full driving license.
• Must have successfully completed the initial probationary period.
• Must not be subject of any ongoing development / action plan and/or UPP/UAP procedures.
• Demonstrates competence in crime investigation; specifically in applying an investigative mindset to investigations.
• Demonstrates competence in crime investigation: specifically in terms of having a ‘victim focused’ approach to investigations.
• Demonstrates competence in crime investigation: specifically in terms of having successfully worked as part of a team. 
• Have an understanding of safeguarding procedures. 
• Please be aware that we are not able to accept applications from officers serving in non-Home Office Forces.

What’s in it for you?

At Derbyshire Constabulary, we aim to create an environment that puts people first. We want you to feel supported in everything you do, so you can give your very best. What’s more, we have a range of reward and benefits that if you join us you could enjoy.

For part time hours the salary will be calculated on a pro-rata basis, this is based on the number of hours for the vacancy.

What's Next

If this sounds like the role for you, please click apply to complete your application stating how you meet the essential & desirable criteria. To support you with your application we have provided some application guidance.  

• Stage 1: Your application – you will need to provide evidence that demonstrates your competency to be a Detective Constable. 
• Stage 2: Interview.
• Stage 3: Pre–employment checks – If you are successful at the interview you will be invited in for a medical and fitness test. If you pass both the medical and fitness test we will also carry out vetting checks and contact your current force HR department and line manager for employment references.
• Stage 4: Final Offer – If all of the above checks are met satisfactorily, we will write to you offering you a position with Derbyshire Constabulary.

Please do not serve your notice to your current force until you have received your final offer letter in writing.

Vacancy close date is Sunday, 31 March 2024 by 23:55pm

Who we are

Derbyshire Constabulary has a strong and unequivocal commitment to delivering a high-quality policing service for everyone in the county - whether for our one million residents or our ten million visitors to the Peak District. By joining us you'll play a unique role in helping us to keep Derbyshire as one of the safest places to live and work in England.

To understand how you can make Derbyshire safer together visit our careers website.

We value diversity and inclusion and encourage applications from underrepresented and neurodiverse backgrounds, so that we can truly reflect the communities that we serve in.