Kent Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship (PCDA)

Are you good with people and passionate about helping others? Could you be #MoreThanTheBadge? The role of a Police Constable can be demanding but it’s that variety which makes it one of the most rewarding jobs around. Every day presents a new challenge and you’ll deal with different situations, ensuring public order is maintained at all times. You’ll be responsible for protection of life and property as well as prevention and detection of crime. Working as part of a close team, you’ll help to serve and protect the diverse communities and businesses of Kent.

Join #TeamKent as a police officer and you’ll receive a starting salary of £32,907 (which includes £3,000 South East allowance). To join the Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship (PCDA), you will need to meet the eligibility criteria for becoming a police officer and pass the online assessment. See the College of Policing website for more information.

You must also:

• have a GCSE in Maths and English Grade C or level 4 or above
• have achieved, or be working towards obtaining, two level 3 qualifications minimum grade C or above (two A-levels or equivalent to UCAS points of 64+).

Use the register of regulated qualifications website to check your qualification is recognised as being 'level 3'. Candidates applying pending completion of these qualifications must be due to complete the full qualification by the end of the current Academic Year. If you do not hold these required qualifications, you can still apply if you possess one of the following qualifications and/or have the required experience. In this instance, you will be required to undergo additional assessments as part of our recruitment procedure.

Entry requirements:

• PCDA: 32-63 UCAS points from 2 A-Levels or equivalent
• GCSE Grade C or level 4 in Maths and English and under 32 UCAS points or no evidence of a level 3 qualification

Relevant Experience:

• you are a Kent member of police staff, a PCSO or special constable who have passed their probationary period
• you have served the minimum term of service with the UK armed forces and have achieved an exemplary reference on discharge
• no evidence of Maths and English at GCSE and under 32 UCAS points or no evidence of a level 3 qualification and you have met the minimum term of service with the UK armed forces

We have agreed intake sizes for each of our entry routes. If oversubscribed, it may be necessary for us to make changes to your entry route to secure your optimum joining date. If this is the case, we will contact you. All of our posts require a level of vetting and security clearance. During the recruitment process you will be sent vetting information forms to complete.

Kent Police and Essex Police welcomes applications regardless of age, disability, marital status (including civil partnerships), pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, transgender, sex (or gender), employment status. Please let us know if you require extra support at any stage of the application process, or for further information regarding this position, please email us at recruitment.business.services@ecis.police.uk stating 'Application Support and Adjustments' in the title of your email. Alternatively, you can call us on 01245 452833 and press option 2. Where appropriate we will make adjustments to the selection process, working arrangements and/or the working environment provided it is reasonable in all the circumstances to do so.

If you’re not from the UK, you must be a resident in the UK and have lived here continuously for the last three years. You must also be free from restrictions with indefinite leave to remain. If you’re from the UK you must have lived here continuously for the last three years. This doesn’t apply to those serving abroad in the British Armed Forces.

Kent Police is an equal opportunities employer. Communications may be recorded for monitoring purposes.