Transferee - Force Contact Dispatch Officers

West Midlands Police is actively recruiting Transferees to come and work in our state of the art force control room located at C3; Park Lane - Aston - Birmingham. This is a fantastic opportunity for current Constables to transfer and join a high performing team who dispatch resources to Emergency and Priority calls for service across the West Midlands region from Wolverhampton to Coventry and Sutton Coldfield to Dudley. Our staff and officers serve a diverse population of approximately 3 million people and some of the most deprived areas in the region. We deal with more than 500,000 EM/PR (combined) graded incidents per year, that involve significant risk to our communities. Working in our Dispatch hub will give you the opportunity to safeguard the most vulnerable, deploy resources to critical and major incidents and contribute to the saving of lives in our communities. This is one of the most meaningful roles you can take on and we invite you to apply.

The role is based at our Command Centre in Aston, Birmingham and contains the following amenities:

• Free parking
• A brand new canteen serving hot food throughout the day, with cold options overnight.
• A gym containing cardio machines, free weights, kettlebells, battle ropes and sleds etc.
• Access to the rest of West Midlands offers to staff.

Applications are welcomed from any Constable officers who want to join Dispatch, preferably from those with previous experience of Dispatching resources. However, training will be provided to bring officers up to speed.

Am I eligible?

• You must be substantive OR be within the last 3 months of your probation period.
• You must be transferring from a UK Home Office Police Force or BTP (or previously served as substantive in a UK Home Office Force).
• Outstanding complaints or matters with PSD must be resolved before applying.
• Please note, we will require evidence of your substantive rank. Therefore, please ensure you attach this as supporting evidence to your application.

By choosing to join West Midlands Police you will receive an enhanced benefits package including:

• Fair remuneration with progression opportunities and access to a very competitive pension scheme.
• Enhanced annual leave in addition to public holiday entitlements.
• Discounts across travel, parking, daily costs of living and leisure activities.
• A comprehensive wellbeing package including 24/7 support, free eye tests and flu jabs.

If you wish to contact a member of the recruitment team please do so at careers@westmidlands.police.uk.

Vetting:

Successful applicants will be required to pass Recruitment Vetting and Counter Terrorism Clearance scrutiny prior to commencing their role, this will include a full background & financial disclosure as part of the vetting process.

Medical:

Appointment to this role will be dependent upon successfully passing medical checks, which may include a drugs test and if required a fitness test.

West Midlands Police is a Disability Confident Leader - the highest level an organisation can achieve under the scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions. As part of our commitment, we operate a ‘Disability Confident Interview Scheme’ - all candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview.

It is important to note that there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people who meet the essential criteria for the job. For example: in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. In these circumstances, the employer could select the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job, as they would do for non-disabled applicants.

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