Police Constable Transferee - Response

I am immensely proud and privileged to lead Sussex Police. Every day I see our teams achieving phenomenal results - preventing crime, leading successful operations and complex investigations, making arrests, and often putting themselves in danger in order to go the extra mile to keep our local communities safe. Together, we work on the following three priorities that underpin everything we do:

• Protect our communities
• Catch criminals
• Deliver an outstanding service to victims, witnesses and the public

To protect our diverse communities, we listen and engage. Whether people are in our cities, our towns or in our villages, in person or online, residents or visitors, we work to understand community issues and concerns and demonstrate we are acting on them in both our words and actions.

We catch criminals, with prevention and deterrence as the starting point. With additional officers, skills and capacity, and working with our partners, our teams are empowered to put the public first.

We strive to deliver an outstanding service, getting it right first time, to grow trust and confidence in Sussex Police. It is only with the help of our local communities that we can succeed in our duty to keep people safe, starting with our very first interaction, right through to the quality of the evidence we present to secure a conviction or positive outcome.

This is underpinned by a professional, healthy, diverse and inclusive workforce that take pride, and are valued, for the work they do.

We are going through considerable modernisation to transform what we do, how we operate to the highest standards, and how we improve our service to local communities. We see a Police Officer's role as a role which is more than working to reduce crime. It is now just as much about reducing the fear of crime, working in partnership with communities to make a real difference and improve the quality of life for everyone.

If you're an experienced Police Constable from a Home Office force and would like to work in Response, particularly in Brighton or Crawley, then we'd like to hear from you.

The Role & Key Responsibilities

We're looking to recruit experienced Police Constables, who have completed their probationary period and would like to work in our Response Teams, particularly in Brighton or Crawley. We are looking for response officers who see themselves as risk managers, and can make difficult decisions that stand up to scrutiny. For this, officers will need to be comfortable in using the tools available; the NDM and THRIVE, which will help you to understand the problem, assess the risk and tackle the issues.

Skills & Experience

To apply to transfer to Sussex Police, you must:

• Be a substantive officer (at appropriate rank) and not subject to a probationary period
• Be a serving police officer in a Home Office Force
• Pass the necessary vetting, occupational health and fitness checks; such checks will not be carried out until after a successful interview
• Have no outstanding discipline, integrity or performance issues
• Be able to show commitment to achieving high levels of attendance
• Demonstrate a passion and commitment to Sussex Police
• Not have made an application to join any other force at the same time
• Have resided in the UK for three years immediately prior to submitting your application, or be able to provide a certificate of good conduct from the relevant country
• Have a full UK manual driving licence with less than 6 penalty points
• Not be a current or previous member of a proscribed terrorist organisation or group
• Declare any business interest
• Declare any membership or involvement with the reserve Forces
• Not have tattoos which could cause offence
• Not have any existing County Court Judgements (CCJs) outstanding against you or have registered bankrupt and not have been discharged for at least three years

Why Work With Us?

What Sussex Police can offer you:

• National Salary plus £2,000 per annum South East allowance
• 22 days per year annual leave, rising to 30 days (based on a working day of 8 hours) a year depending on your length of service
• Opportunity to progress through the ranks and/or specialise in an area of policing that interests you most
• Highly competitive pension scheme
• An Employee Assistance Programme for advice and counselling covering a range of health, well-being and lifestyle topics
• Access to discounts, savings and cash back rewards including travel subsidiaries, an eye care scheme and more
• Progressive approach to flexible working, enhanced maternity and paternity leave and potential for a career break (after two years’ service)
• Opportunities to join various support networks, staff associations and sports clubs
• Access to subsidised gym (depending on location)

We are only as good as our people. It's important that our officers and staff can be themselves in the workplace and we know that as an organisation we'll grow from the variety of thinking, approach, and the skills that diversity brings; all of which help us to deliver a better policing service. We strive to ensure how we deliver our services, provide information and how we recruit is open and accessible to all.

We have multiple staff support groups who help to improve our understanding of minority issues and ensure they are reflected in our work. We are proud members of the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index and Disability Confident, a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and aligned with the Armed Forces Covenant and the HeForShe movement.

We are committed to being an anti-racist police service. We promise to challenge injustice, ensure fairness and to uphold anti-racist principles in both our organisation and our communities.