Overview
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As a Times Top 100 Graduate Employer, our two-year programme is designed to develop diverse graduates, from any degree, who want to build trust, reduce crime and transform communities.
For every ambition, every action, every change. If you are ready to step into a role where your decisions shape real lives and communities, this is where your journey begins.
The role: on our National Graduate Programme, you’ll train to become a neighbourhood police officer and be at the forefront of creating safer communities, working proactively to address long-term issues and enhance the quality of life for residents in the communities you serve. You’ll work as part of a neighbourhood policing team, spending two years embedded within a community, focusing on identifying threats, harm and risk and tackling local issues and complex challenges.
Being a police officer is demanding and intense but incredibly rewarding. You’ll have the opportunity to truly make a difference to the communities you serve and have a lasting impact on individuals’ lives. While there will be challenging moments and new practices to get used to, you’ll be supported by a wide network to guide you along the way.
Our programme gives you the opportunity to make our society better by developing skills to become a future leader in society and on the policing frontline. During the programme, you will have full ownership and responsibility for bringing about positive change.
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Responsibilities / What you’ll do
* Train to become a neighbourhood police officer and work within a neighbourhood policing team.
* Identify threats, harm and risk and tackle local issues and complex challenges.
* Develop leadership skills to influence positive change in communities.
* Hold full ownership and responsibility for bringing about positive change during the programme.
Programme details and rewards
* Starting salary is £31,164, paid from day one of the eight-week training academy.
* Opportunity to go on a four-week external secondment or internal attachment in the second year (previous secondees have gone to Accenture and the Home Office).
* Access to a Performance and Development coach during the two years.
* Support with promotion and progression beyond the programme.
Rewards and benefits
* Leave: 22 days per year (plus public holidays), rising to 30 days depending on length of service.
* Work-life balance: Varied shift patterns for flexibility outside of work.
* Pension: Enrolment in the Police Pension Scheme 2015.
* Financial services discounts with partner organisations offering saving, investment and protection products and discounts.
Eligibility / To Apply For This Programme
* Be over 17 years of age (and 18 by appointment).
* Be a British citizen, a citizen of a country in the European Economic Area or Switzerland, or a Commonwealth citizen or foreign national who is resident in the UK with settled status or leave to remain and work without restrictions.
* Hold a first, 2:1 or 2.2 in any undergraduate degree from a UK university (or equivalent from a non-UK university) and have completed all education by the programme start date (March 2026). This includes part-time or distance learning.
* Have a full UK manual driving licence.
Application Process
* Online application
* Immersive assessment
* Assessment centre
* Conditional offer
Although you do not need prior policing knowledge or experience to join our programme, you’ll need to show that your motivations align with the Police Now mission.
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