Sergeant External Boards - Transferee DP 24

Make your experience count, join Derbyshire Constabulary!

At Derbyshire Constabulary we pride ourselves on recognising people with real potential. That’s why we offer our leaders so much support, motivation, and training because, as they improve, so will our force.

If you are a substantive PC and are interested in becoming a Sergeant within the areas of Response, Crime Directorate or Custody, we would love to hear from you. We’re looking for our next people focused leaders who will be visible change agents within our organisation; who are comfortable setting and maintaining standards; who will support, coach and mentor their teams and who aren’t afraid to constructively challenge when they see opportunities to improve our performance. All you have to do is bring us your talent, dedication and enthusiasm and we’ll welcome you to the team.

Why Derbyshire? As a force, we have 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 10 million visitors each year. Whilst our urban areas present some policing challenges, Derbyshire is a predominantly rural area, much of it within the Peak District National Park, offering opportunities for an outdoor lifestyle and an enhanced quality of life.

Our central location, with excellent transport links, makes us accessible from most areas of the country. We’re not the largest of forces but we make the headlines because we aren’t afraid to try new approaches.

You’ll be working alongside a variety of highly motivated, ambitious, and capable people in a forward-looking organisation continually looking to be at the forefront of technological innovation.

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. In return we will:

• Provide clear direction on your role and responsibility as a leader.
• Stand behind you if you do the right thing for the right reasons.
• Provide mechanisms for ongoing feedback and recognition alongside tools to help you manage your development.
• Create an environment that recognises mistakes as a learning opportunity and supports efforts to innovate and continuously improve.
• Support you to adapt or remove policy, process or tools that prevent you or your team from performing to the best of your ability.
• Provide the opportunity to shape and drive our culture change agenda. We will support and reward those who are role models and challenge those who fail to step up to their responsibilities.

The must haves

• Substantive in the rank of Constable
• Be a member of a Home Office force or Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) or Police Scotland (please note we cannot accept an application to transfer from an officer serving with a non-Home Office police force).
• Have no outstanding discipline or integrity issues.

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.

What’s next.

If we feel like a place where you can belong, we'd love to learn more about you. You will be asked to complete an online application explaining your skills and experience.

• Vacancy closes on Sunday 21st April 2024.
• Boards will be held from the beginning of May 2024.

If you have any questions regarding any stage of the process, please contact HRR@derbyshire.police.uk.

Please note we reserve the right to close this process at any time, should our required numbers be met.

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.