Locations - Police Investigation Centres in Basingstoke, Portsmouth, Southampton, Isle of Wight (Newport)
 

Rank - Substantive Sergeant with PIP2 qualification
 

Salary: We will need to verify your service with your previous Force in order to place you on the correct pay point accordingly to Police Regulations. The South East Allowance payment of £2,000 per annum will also apply.

Intake Dates: April and July 2025

We currently have exciting opportunities available for individuals who have previously been a police officer and served with a UK Police Force but are not in receipt of their pension.

As well as being one of the largest forces in the country, Hampshire has more police officers in front-line roles than average. Policing in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight includes:
 

• policing across 1,500 square miles, land which is largely rural but with densely populated cities
• a significant transport network including the M27 and M3, key rail hubs and two international airports
• critical national infrastructure sites to keep safe such as the ports in Southampton and Portsmouth as well as crucial oil refineries.

We value and invest in staff health and wellbeing because we know that only people who are well looked after can give the public the best possible protection. Our work on wellbeing is recognised nationally, and the unique challenges we face means there are opportunities beyond those available in many other forces.

For a description of the personal qualities to be evidenced in your application, please click on the following link:  https://staging.profdev.college.police.uk/competency-values/

If you would like to speak to an officer who has recently transferred in to one of Hampshire’s Investigations Teams, please contact our Recruitment Team by emailing:  police.recruitment@hants.gov.uk who will put you in touch with one of our Transferee Support Officers.

Please note that you must have been employed by a Home Office Force and hold a PIP 2 certificate in order to apply.  Successful applicants will have to pass a medical screening, vetting and a fitness test and be available to attend a 1 week transferee course.  The length of course will dependant on your skills transfer.   We have courses scheduled throughout 2025.  

To apply for this opportunity please click on the button below.  Please do not attach a CV to the candidate profile, complete the application form that is linked to the vacancy.  

To be eligible to re-join Hampshire Constabulary as a Detective Sergeant you will need to:

• have been a serving police officer in a Home Office force and have completed the two year probationary period and the Policing Diploma or your forces equivalent qualification and been confirmed as a substantive.
• Have passed the promotions process, including work-based assessment (if NPPF qualified) and have been previously posted as a substantive Sergeant.  
• Hold a minimum of a PIP 2 qualification.
• pass the necessary vetting and occupational health checks
• pass the basic fitness test, which is a shuttle run (bleep test) to level 5.4 or above and a push / pull test
• have resided in the UK for three years immediately prior to submitting your application
• not be a member of the British National Party (BNP) or similar organisation
• declare any business interest
• hold a full manual driving licence

• Competent Sergeant with PIP2 qualification

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

We Are Emotionally Aware Level 2

We are Collaborative Level 1

We Analyse Critically Level 2

We take ownership Level 2

We deliver, support & inspire 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 click here for Frequently Asked Questions.

For role related queries please contact the Force Development Team by emailing:  InvestigationsWorkforceDevelopmentTeam@hampshire.pnn.police.uk  or by ringing DS Jo Matthews on:  07469 562398 or DC James DICKETY on:  07392 289961

For application queries please either email police.recruitment@hampshire.police.uk or call 023 8045 1611.