Wiltshire Police
Joining the Police Force is one of the most personally rewarding, challenging and diverse careers available to you. A vital role, it offers a great sense of pride from helping and protecting those within our community.
Wiltshire Police is made up of 50:50 police officers and civilian police staff. This includes uniformed PCSOs and Contact Centre Operators, as well as non-uniformed Local Crime Investigators and a wide range of professional enabling support roles.
Policing covers everything from 101 and 999 call handlers to Corporate Communications, People Services and ICT specialists.
Wiltshire is a large, mainly rural county and Wiltshire Police is the oldest county force in the country. We pride ourselves on being an equal opportunities employer, committed to diversity and inclusion and particularly encourage applications from people from under-represented groups.
Why join us?
- Flexible working
- Generous pension scheme
- Health and wellbeing culture - in house Occupational Health Unit
- Training and professional development opportunities
- 'Health Assured' - employee assistance programme Active staff networks
- We were the first Disability Confident Leaders
- 'Blue Light Card' - discounts with high street retailers
We currently offer a Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship, a 3 year programme resulting in a BSc (Hons) in Professional Policing Practice, a Police Community Support Officer Apprenticeship, a 15 month programme resulting in a Level 4 Higher Education Certificate in Community Policing Practice and numerous different opportunities across our enabling services departments.
Police Officer recruitment, for the Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship opens in the spring, around April/May time for intakes starting in the following year.
Police Community Support Officer Apprenticeship usually takes place twice a year.
If you are interested in either role then register on our Talent Bank and get notified when recruitment opens.
Applications for Police Officer recruitment are normally capped due to the high volume of interest we receive. All recruitment is advertised via our website, social media channels and via notification on Talent Bank (if you’ve signed up), we would recommend completing an application at the earliest opportunity as we reached 400 applicants in less than 48 hours during our last recruitment drive. We aim to take on around 120 Police Officers per year.
We also take on Graduates.
Category:
Higher (L4/5) Apprenticeships
Degree/Professional (L6/7) Apprenticeships
Career Paths:
Protective services (Police, Fire etc)
Website: www.wiltshire.police.uk/police-forces/wiltshire-police/areas/careers/careers/
Recruitment website: www.wiltshire.police.uk/police-forces/wiltshire-police/areas/careers/careers/police-officers/police-officer-entry-routes/
Contact email: Lucy.jeske@wiltshire.police.uk
Location:
Police Headquarters
Devizes
SN102DN and Bourne Hill, SP1 3UZ
More information
Apprenticeship provision at Wiltshire Police is under constant review and development. All vacancies are reviewed for their suitability and we hope to advertise more apprenticeships going forward in the future. We currently have over 140 apprenticeships live in force, ranging from Level 3 to Level 7.
Wiltshire Police are a supporting training provider. We have partnered with The University of South Wales to deliver the Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship and Police Community Support Officer Apprenticeship, however all training will take place within Wiltshire.
The majority of knowledge-based training is delivered online with elements of face to face at Devizes Headquarters. A full driving license is essential for this role. Although majority of training is based in Devizes, employees are expected to travel across Wiltshire as required. Once initial training is complete (approx. 24 weeks) Police Officers can be posted to any location within Wiltshire.
We run Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship (PCDA) cohorts 4 times a year with an annual recruitment drive, normally a year prior.