Road Policing Constable (RPG) Transferee & Internal May 25

Police Constable - Road Policing Group - Transferee & Internal opportunities.

Department – Specialist Operations

Rank – Constable

Current and projected vacancies - Holding List for 18 months

Locations – Skipton, Harrogate, Thirsk, Tadcaster and Malton.

Contract - Permanent

Remuneration : Dependant on Rank

Hours / Contract – 4 on 4 off 2- days and 2 x nights 12 hour

Job description – Road Policing Constable - JD.pdf

North Yorkshire Police are pleased to announce that we are recruiting for future opportunities within the Roads Policing Group (RPG). We are accepting applications from Police Officers who are confirmed in rank and would like to be part of our team. We are also accepting transferee’s from UK home office forces, that are currently fully qualified Road Policing (Traffic) Constables.

N.B: Please don’t apply to transfer to NYP if you are not a fully qualified Road Policing Constable.

As a modern police force with the highest public confidence rating in the country we are looking for outstanding applicants from a wide range of diverse backgrounds and experience, who passionately share our force values and who can thrive in a truly inclusive environment, built on ensuring that every member of our team feel valued and included for who they are and what they bring to our Organisation.

Location

The county of North Yorkshire is geographically the largest county in England as well as some of the most spectacular landscapes in the UK. With over 6000 miles of road network, including town and city roads, major internal road networks and motorways as part of the national arterial road network joining the North to the South of England. We serve rural, coastal and urban areas offering a variety of policing experiences and different challenges for the Roads Policing Officer.

North Yorkshire Police are strongly committed to Road Safety and as such have invested heavily in this area, we have projected vacancies across the Specialist Operations Bases: Skipton, Harrogate, Thirsk, Tadcaster and Malton.

The Culture & Team

The foundation of North Yorkshire Police is its people. We aim to deliver an outstanding service to all our communities and value the ‘lived experience’ and diverse perspectives individuals bring to our teams. Within Specialist Operations we embed diversity, equity and inclusion in the DNA of our department, we pride ourselves on our team culture, ‘we are greater than the sum of our parts’. Could you be the difference? Do you embody our values? Do you bring something different? Ready for a new exciting challenge?

The Role

As a Road Policing Officer, you will be responsible for the patrol of a designated area with particular regard to the prevention and detection of crime, the promotion of conflict free roads and developing improvements in road safety. Other duties will include participation in national road safety campaigns plus proactive patrolling in conjunction with the force ANPR capabilities. Furthermore, first attendance at fatal and serious RTCs will be necessary and therefore resilience, good scene management and investigative skills are required.

Overall, successful candidates will be proactive and demonstrate a passion for road safety, be able to work under their own initiative, be able to demonstrate sound investigative skills and work to high standards. RPG officers are a force resource and are often single crewed, however they do work collaboratively with both internal and external partners.

Skill & Experience

It is desirable but NOT essential that applicants have the following accredited skills:

· Police Advanced Driver

· Initial Phase Pursuit

· Tactical Phase Pursuit

· Traffic Law

· Police Advanced Motorcyclist

N.B: Training will be given to officers in these above areas.

Selection & Assessment

The selection process will begin with an application and then include both an interview & a skill-based assessment.

Positive Action

North Yorkshire Police understands that in a modern workforce diversity of thought and experience is key to improving the delivery of our service for all communities. On occasions, where necessary North Yorkshire Police may choose to use Positive Action initiatives and legislation (under the Equality Act 2010) to increase representation in areas where it is lacking. However, this will not mean that a more suitable candidate will be overlooked because of their lack of a protected characteristics. All posts in NYP are awarded on merit and every candidate must reach the required standard. To find out more about Positive Action and how we use it please contact our Positive Action Team by email positiveaction@northyorkshire.police.uk

We understand that candidates can feel nervous about declaring their need for support during the recruitment process, there are a huge number of reasons why individuals require reasonable adjustments, and this will NEVER affect your application and we want you to be able to give the best account of yourself. Contact our Positive Action Team to discuss your requirements or if you have any questions relating to reasonable adjustments.

How To Apply

To apply for this position, please submit your application detailing what you have done to develop yourself as a future Roads Policing Officer? Please include any transferable skills and experience you have that would enable you be a competent Roads Policing Officer.

You may wish to include any evidence of promoting Road Safety.

Key Dates

Applications must be submitted before 9:00am on Monday 2nd June 2025.

Micro Exercise planned for w/c 16th June 2025

Interviews planned for w/c 30th June 2025

Conditions

Important Please read:

The recruitment process will follow a set programme of application, paper sift, competency-based interview, conditional offer, vetting (including biometrics), medical checks, reference checks and fitness test.

Confirmation of successful posting will be subject to all standard pre-employment checks, receipt of satisfactory sickness absence checks, reference and security vetting checks which meet the requirements.

If successful and once posted passing the traffic law examination is a mandatory requirement. Failure to do so with result in redeployment into another role.

Internal only

It is your responsibility to inform your line manager and management team of your application. (Internal only)

A suitability advanced driving assessment may be part of the process. If successful and appointed into the role you will be required to pass advanced driving qualifications. Failure to do so will result in redeployment into another role.

Applicants are required to have successfully completed their probation by the closing date to be eligible to apply.
Internal Applicants will be subject to the NYP officer moves policy and all moves go to the Strategic Workforce Board for a final decision. If your role is critical to that business area, you may only be released as and when your position can be filled and in agreement with your area Commander. This is to ensure business continuity and to protect front line policing in North Yorkshire.
Applicants disciplinary and complaints records will be checked as part of the pre-sifting process.

External Only

We only currently accept transferring officers from a UK Home Office Force.
To apply you must be a fully qualified Road Policing Constable (Traffic Constable).

North Yorkshire Police currently does not offer a relocation allowance.

Further details

To request further details or an informal chat, please contact RPG Insp Clive Turner - clive.turner@northyorkshire.police.uk .

See our website for more information about transferring - Transferring to North Yorkshire Police | North Yorkshire Police