MO19 Specialist Firearms Command - Force Armourer
Job Title: MO19 Specialist Firearms Command - Force Armourer
Salary: The starting salary is £48,943, which includes a shift disturbance allowance of 12.5% and allowances totalling £2,928.
The salary is broken down as £42,203 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £47,668. Plus, a location allowance of £1,928 a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000 and 12.5% shift allowance.
Location: Metropolitan Police Specialist Training Centre, Mark Lane, Gravesend, DA12 2HN
This is a unique opportunity for an experienced Armourer to join us: the MPS is the largest Police Service within the UK and has unique armed policing challenges, represented with the variety this role offers. Our Specialist Firearms Command unit supports armed colleagues who deliver firearms training at our specialist training centre in Gravesend, Kent.
Joining our dynamic environment, you will inspect, service and maintain all operational and training police firearms (and less lethal options) to demanding quality standards. A clear communicator, you will offer guidance and maintenance training to firearms instructors and students with a wide range of user requirements, so they have complete confidence in their equipment. Supporting the Chief Force Armourer, you will play a key role in controlling MPS records and auditing firearms to ensure that standards are maintained.
This role includes some travel around different armouries within the MPS where necessary.
This post currently attracts 12.5% shift allowance with a combination of early shifts (0700-1500) and late shifts (1400-2200) being worked Monday to Thursday (2 x early shifts followed by 2 x late shifts and then an early shift every Friday).
Does this sound like you? If yes, start your application now.
How to apply
Click the apply now button below and start your career at the Met. Applications will be via a detailed CV, Personal Statement, and online application form. Your personal statement should outline why you are interested in the role and how your skills and experience demonstrate your suitability for the role. (NB. Please do not attach 2 copies of your CV).
Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on the 20th of February 2025.