Police Constable/Detective Constable

Are you an experienced Police Constable or Detective Constable, have recently left UK policing or a serving officer seeking an exciting change to your career? Or perhaps a fresh start only a short way from home? Investigo Government Solutions have partnered with Guernsey Police on several opportunities to join the force as part of their wider expansion plan. We are seeking experienced Police Constables and Detective Constables or recently retired UK officers to join Guernsey Police on a permanent basis. A number of positions are available with fantastic benefits and a 4 year additional relocation allowance provided.

Summary of the positions:

Police Constables and Detective Constables play a critical role in the prevention and detection of crime, safeguarding the public and the criminal justice system. Constables work in partnership with colleagues, local communities, and stakeholders in order to promote law and order, reduce the fear of crime, provide reassurance, and build confidence to improve the quality of life within the Bailiwick.

The role carries legal powers to enable the maintenance of law and order and bears responsibility for making autonomous decisions in accordance with the National Decision Model and Professional Standards, exercising discretion, in line with legal frameworks and policy guidelines. Constables are required to meet and maintain the highest professional standards, by conducting all actions in a legal, balanced, proportionate, and justifiable manner to uphold the law and achieve the best outcomes in a wide range of situations/incidents.

Duties and Responsibilities of a Police Constable/Detective Constable:

• Provide initial and ongoing front-line and reactive response to a wide range of incidents that may include complex and confrontational situations, assessing immediate risk, threat, and harm to determine a proportionate response in line with the law, policy, and guidance.
• Participate in local partnerships to problem solve, engage with, reassure and support organisations, groups and individuals across communities.
• Effectively engage with victims, witnesses, suspects and the vulnerable.
• Maintain awareness of potential and actual risks to individuals, taking appropriate action to protect and support those in need of public protection.
• Conduct effective and efficient investigations in line with standards of investigation.
• Gather and handle information, intelligence, and evidence, from a variety of sources.
• Interview victims, witnesses and suspects, in relation to appropriate crimes and investigations.
• Conduct first line analysis of information, intelligence and evidence to determine significance, generate lines of enquiry, inform decision making and support evidence-based policing.
• Justify and professionally account for actions to ensure adherence to legal frameworks and key working principles, policies, and guidance.
• Monitor own personal and professional development whilst seeking continuous improvement and new ways of working to contribute towards achieving organisational objectives.

Key Skills/Experience Required:

• Proven work experience of at least 4 years within UK Policing.
• Left the police service within the last 2 years.
• Ability to act at all times with a high degree of integrity.
• Strong communication skills.
• Emotionally intelligent with good team working skills.
• Problem solving skills with the ability to identify cause and effect and develop a course of action.
• Willingness and ability to adapt to change, work flexibly as part of a team including unsociable hours.
• Good standard of IT skills with the ability to take on and learn new, relevant, systems/applications when required.

If the above sounds like you and you are keen to progress with this opportunity please apply with an up to date copy of your CV. Upon application we will be in contact for a more in depth conversation regarding your experience and reasons for application. The application process will require additional documentation to be filled out, all will be explained during the introductory call.