Location: County wide
 

Rank:  Substantive Inspector 
 

As a serving Police Officer, you will transfer on your existing pay point which will be between £61,197 - £66,201 per annum. The South East Allowance payment of £2,000 per annum will also apply.
 

Intake Dates:   April and July 2025

Are you looking for a new and exciting challenge?

Would you like to work for one of the largest forces in the country?

Transferring to Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary will give you the variety, challenge and opportunities you need to progress in your career whilst living and working in the perfect blend of rural and city with so many activities, events and places to go.

We are looking for likeminded experienced Officers who believe in;

• Providing exceptional local policing,

• Relentlessly pursuing criminals and

• Putting victims first.

• Opportunities for development and progression within force

• An abundance of support networks such as Wellbeing Support Champions, Dyslexia Support, LGBT+, Inclusion matters and many, many more.

• Wealth of benefits such as On-site gym facilities and Membership of Hampshire Police Leisure and Sport, providing a wide range of benefits and sporting activities

• Working with Chief Constable Scott Chilton who started as a PC and is now not only our Chief Constable but also the National Lead for Investigations.

• Working for one of the largest forces in the country means there are always opportunities to progress and gain new skills, we are players on the national policing stage.

Hampshire is one of the most interesting places in the UK to police with national infrastructure, ports, four motorways, and a real mix of urban and rural challenges which provide a variety of policing experiences, encouraging growth as an officer.

• Great access to London as well as the New Forest and the South Coast. 

• Miles of beautiful coastline, with beaches, nature reserves and attractive seaside towns

• Two international airports.

• Critical national infrastructure sites to keep safe including the ports in Southampton and Portsmouth as well as crucial oil refineries.

• Packed with heritage sites, from the classic and iconic Winchester Cathedral to the modern naval history at the Mary Rose Museum

Wide range of cultural and family friendly events, including festivals, theatrical performances and other outdoor events.

• You must be a serving police officer from a Home Office Force with no current performance or conduct concerns.

• You must have successfully completed the two year probationary period and the Policing Diploma, or your forces equivalent qualification at the point of application.
   
• Hold the appropriate qualifications for your rank.
   
• If you are part-way through a promotions process, please note that you must have started your work-based assessment in order to be eligible to apply for a transfer.  Applications will not be shortlisted to transfer if this condition has not been met.

Satisfy all the relevant eligibility criteria and pre employment checks including, medical screening, vetting and a fitness test.

Be available to attend a 1 week (dependent on your skills transfer) transferee course. 

Once you have completed this process and accepted our offer, we will contact your existing force for information including pension, salary, service, training and unpaid leave.

Please upload your last 2 PDR's, PIP2 certificate and evidence of any promotion qualifications (OSPRE or NPPF) to the My Documents section of the form before submitting your application.

You can find out more about us, including our commitment to partnership working, innovation and technology.

We are emotionally aware Level 2

We take ownership Level 2

We are collaborative Level 2

We deliver, support and inspire Level 2

We analyse critically Level 2

Please note: Our recruitment system uses a character count for your answer on each competency-based question.  If you answer a question and the system states too many characters have been used, please use this online calculator to help reduce the characters and to ensure your answer will fit.  In addition to letters, our system considers spaces, bullet points and other symbols (.”@) as characters.  The character calculator can be found via this link: Character count (successfactors.com)

Please do not use MS Word as a character count guide as it does not use HTML like our online system does. 

** Please note you do not need to add a CV or covering letter, ignore that part of the application **

Please click here to view Transferee Frequently Asked Questions.
 

Please contact the Police Recruitment Team on 023 8045 1611 or by e-mail: police.recruitment@hampshire.police.uk