Covid-19 (Coronavirus) recruitment guidance
Last updated: Wednesday July 2, 2020 at 9am
We are closely monitoring the impact of the virus on all our recruitment activities.
Scheduled briefings, interviews, assessments, outreach events and support programmes are being kept under continual review and may be changed at short notice.
Our priority is to make sure you are informed, safe and supported so ask all candidates and new joiners to check back to this page for the latest position in relation to the various recruitment activities being undertaken.
Please be assured that your safety is extremely important to us and we have taken significant steps to reduce the risk of infection for everyone involved in our recruitment activities.
Many recruitment processes are continuing to operate as we have taken significant steps to reduce the risk of infection for all visitors and personnel.
You will find our main recruitment processes outlined below and how any changes may affect you.
- Intakes – the intake on 24 August is continuing as normal. Please check your emails regularly for any updates.
- Briefings – All briefings will be conducted virtually. Please check you emails regularly as we will send out further information. Those candidates who attend a briefing from June 2020 onwards will be invited to an interview prior to the College of Policing Online Assessment process and required to pass this to enable them to progress further in the recruitment process.
- SEARCH Assessment – this has now been replaced with the College of Policing online assessment process. Those who will be undertaking this process during June will have received an email directly those who have not received an email will be progressed to a future online process.
- Interviews - All interviews have now moved to a virtual platform. You will be contacted with further information via email and sent a link for your scheduled interview directly from the recruitment team.
- Medicals – all medicals are currently being undertake via self-declaration and telephone screening. All candidates affected will received an email from our Business Services Team outlining the new process and any candidate action to be taken.
- Fitness tests - All fitness tests are currently being undertake via self-declaration and physical testing on day one when candidates join us. All candidates affected will received an email from our Business Services Team outlining the new process and any candidate action to be taken.
- Intakes – the intake on 2 November is continuing as normal. Please check your emails regularly for any updates.
- Briefing - all briefings will be conducted virtually. Please check your emails regularly as we will send out further information.
- SEARCH Assessment – this has now been replaced with the College of Policing online assessment process. Those who will be undertaking this process during June will have received an email directly those who have not received an email will be progressed to a future online process.
- Interviews - This process is currently under review in relation to virtual options and further updates will be provided direct to affected candidates via email in the future.
- Medicals – all medicals are currently being undertake via self-declaration and telephone screening. All candidates affected will received an email from our Business Services Team outlining the new process and any candidate action to be taken.
- Fitness tests - all fitness tests are currently being undertake via self-declaration and physical testing on day one when candidates join us. All candidates affected will received an email from our Business Services Team outlining the new process and any candidate action to be taken.
There are no current vacancies for this role.
- Intakes - The intake on 4 July is continuing as normal. Please check your emails regularly for any updates.
- Interviews - all interviews have now moved to a virtual platform. You will be contacted with further information via email and sent a link for your scheduled interview directly from the recruitment team.
- Medicals - All medicals are currently being undertake via self-declaration and telephone screening. All candidates affected will received an email from our Business Services Team outlining the new process and any candidate action to be taken.
- Fitness tests – All fitness tests are currently being undertake via self-declaration and physical testing on day one when candidates join us. All candidates affected will received an email from our Business Services Team outlining the new process and any candidate action to be taken.
- Intakes - the intake on 17 August is continuing as normal. Please check your email regularly for updates.
- Interviews - Assessments have been postponed and will be rearranged. All candidates affected will be contacted personally by the recruitment team.
- Intakes - the intake of 3 August has been postponed. Candidates will continue to be progressed through the selection process to create a pool for future vacancies. Please check your emails regularly for any updates.
- Interviews - All interviews have now moved to a virtual platform. You will be contacted with further information via email and sent a link for your scheduled interview directly from the recruitment team.
- Intakes - the intake on 7 September is continuing as normal. Please check your emails regularly for any updates.
- Interviews - assessments have been postponed and will be rearranged. All candidates will be contacted personally by the recruitment team.
More information
Please refer to the College of Policing website for an update on the Police National SEARCH Assessment process and responses to some frequently asked questions.
We appreciate that there may be candidates with some more specific enquiries.
If you have any concerns in relation to your application, please contact the Business Centre who will be happy to help you.
You can find their contact details on your recruitment correspondence.