Our detectives #FitTheBill, could you?

 

Could you compassionately support someone who has just been seriously assaulted, had a family member murdered, been robbed at knifepoint or sexually abused?

 

Do you have the mind-set to investigate serious or complex crimes, build a case to put before a judge and lock up the county’s most serious or violent offenders?

 

Join us as a Police Constable and train to become a detective you will be responsible for upholding the law, responding to live and serious incidents, seeking out and securing evidence needed to build a case for the prosecution, protecting people from harm and delivering justice to victims using the full power of the law.

 

Like our detectives, you will need to be driven by your motivation to help keep people safe, act with integrity and honesty and be guided by a high moral compass. You will also not be deterred by working long hours or investigating serious, challenging crimes.

 

Join Essex Police as a police officer and you'll receive a starting salary of £32,907 (including £3,000 South East allowance) Annual incremental salary increase up to £51,231 within seven years along with a number of other fantastic benefits. 

 

To join the Investigate First Degree Holder Entry Programme (DHEP), you must:

 

• have, or be working towards obtaining, an Honours degree (level 6) qualification or above, in any subject (apart from the pre-join degree : Degree in Professional Policing), from a recognised higher education establishment. Candidates who apply Pending completion their Qualification must receive formal confirmation of their official Grade by the end of the current Academic Year.
• you will also need to meet the eligibility criteria for becoming a police officer and pass the online assessment. See the College of Policing website for more information

 

For further information on the Investigate First Degree Holder Entry Route (DHEP) into policing, and the entry requirements, please make sure you fully read our detailed guide to Investigate First here.

 

We have agreed intake sizes for each of our entry routes. If oversubscribed, it may be necessary for us to make changes to your entry route to secure your optimum joining date. If this is the case, we will contact you.

 

Our officers fit the bill, could you?

 

 

*Inclusive of £3000 South East Allowance

 

All of our posts require a level of vetting and security clearance.  During the recruitment process you will be sent vetting information forms to complete. 

 

Essex Police welcomes applications regardless of age, disability, marital status (including civil partnerships), pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, transgender, sex (or gender), employment status.

 

Please let us know if you require extra support at any stage of the application process, or for further information regarding this position, please email us at recruitment.business.services@ecis.police.uk stating ‘Application Support and Adjustments’ in the title of your email. Alternatively, you can call us on 01245 452833.

Where appropriate we will make adjustments to the selection process, working arrangements and/or the working environment provided it is reasonable in all the circumstances to do so.

 

If you’re not from the UK, you must be a resident in the UK and have lived here continuously for the last three years. You must also be free from restrictions with indefinite leave to remain.

If you’re from the UK you must have lived here continuously for the last three years. This doesn’t apply to those serving abroad in the British Armed Forces.

 

Essex Police is an equal opportunities employer. Communications may be recorded for monitoring purposes.