L&D Foundation Academy Trainer

Salary: The starting salary is £45,583, which includes allowances totalling £3,009.

The salary is broken down as £37,510 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £40,141. Plus, a shift allowance of 12.5% and a location allowance of £2,009 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.

L&D Foundation Academy Trainer, the role is to deliver high-quality, inclusive, and operationally relevant learning to police officers, staff, and volunteers that enables individual performance, role competence, and promotes public trust and confidence. This role is central to ensuring that learners across policing are confident, capable, and supported in applying their learning effectively to enable the MPS to deliver More Trust, Less Crime and High Standards.

Policing London is a 24 hour job and the Foundation Academy training hours reflect our dedication to ensure that recruits are prepared for this. This means that this role includes shift and weekend working as required.

Shifts are alternating early turn 0700 - 1500 and late turn 1400 - 2200 Monday-Friday weeks with 1 weekend in 4 (0900-1700), but there needs to be flexibility to meet the criteria of the role as and when required.

The role is categorised as Operational in regard to the Hybrid Working Policy. L&D trainers work within the confines of an 80% student contact aspiration.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver structured, well-prepared learning sessions that align with policing standards, operational practice, and authorised professional practice (APP).
• Facilitate interactive, scenario-based, and reflective learning that enables learners to apply knowledge and develop critical thinking and professional judgement.
• Adapt delivery to suit the diverse operational roles, learning needs, and prior experience of participants across the service.
• Create a safe, inclusive, and professional learning environment that fosters open dialogue, respect, and learning from lived experience.
• Use real-life case studies, operational scenarios, role-play, and group exercises to reinforce learning and relevance to frontline practice.
• Manage group dynamics effectively, maintaining focus, engagement, and professional standards.
• Provide clear, constructive feedback during and after sessions to support learner development and continuous improvement.
• Apply knowledge of the College of Policing curriculum frameworks and assessment standards where relevant

Stage One

The following competencies will be tested against during sift:

• We are collaborative (Level 2)
• We are innovative and open-minded(Level 2)

The following values will be tested against during sift:

• Integrity

Stage two

Successful applicants will be invited to an in-person assessment (interview and presentation) where you will be assessed against the following competencies and values in an interview :

• We deliver, support and inspire (Level 2)
• We take ownership (Level 2)
• Courage

You will also be required to deliver a 15 minute presentation on a police-related subject (part of the PCEP curriculum). Those who are successful at Stage One will be given details/materials about this in advance.

Qualifications

– The following competencies will be tested against during sift:

• We collaborate at level 2
• We are innovative and open-mindedat level2

– The following values will be tested against during sift:

• Integrity

Disability Confident Statement

The Met is committed to being an equitable (fair and impartial) and inclusive employer for disabled people, striving to have a diverse and representative workforce at all levels. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences. We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and long-term conditions, ethnic minority groups and women.

As a Disability Confident Leader, the Met has committed to making disability equality part of our everyday practice. We ensure that people with disabilities and those with long term conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations.

The Met is committed to making reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process to ensure disabled applicants can perform at their best. If youneed any reasonable adjustments or changes to the application and recruitment process, we ask that you include this information within your application form. All matters will be treated in strict confidence.

Please note, if you are applying for a police officer role or to become a police community support officer (PCSO) or designated detention officer (DDO), there is a minimum requirement that you must pass a job-related fitness test (JRFT) at point of entry. This does not apply to police staff roles. Find out more aboutpolice fitness standards .

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