Vacancy Information
Make a difference to your community. Submit your expression of interest today for Surrey Police's Degree Holder Entry Programme and we will contact you when recruitment opens.
Please be advised this is not an application for the role.
The Role
Careers don’t come more rewarding than this. Tackling crime, taking knives off the streets, engaging and educating young people and being the person everyone looks towards for help. A Police Officer’s role is demanding and diverse – no two days are the same.
We’re looking for people who have the judgment to make quick decisions; are confident to be first person in; have the compassion and empathy to help those in need; who’ll have their colleagues back no matter what and the resilience to serve the community every single day.
In return, we promise a good starting salary, great training experiences, opportunities for progression, the chance to achieve a professional qualification in Policing Practice and the pride that comes from helping others. You will become part of our policing family; dedicated to keeping communities safe and feeling safe, identifying and protecting vulnerable people, preventing and responding to harm.
Key Responsibilities
The Degree Holder Entry Programme (DHEP) is aimed at degree-holders who have attained a honours degree in any subject area and will be launching in 2020.
A two-year training programme, you will be employed as an officer from day one, gaining valuable experience of the role alongside studying towards a Level 6 Graduate Diploma in Professional Policing Practice. Study will be a mix of on and off the job and you will be awarded your Graduate Diploma at the end of the two year programme and with completion of your probation period. You will be paid a full salary of £24,783 per annum plus £2,500 South East Allowance and will not be charged any tuition fees.
Skills & Experience
To apply for the DHEP, you will need to:
• be aged 18 years or over (on the day you submit your application)
• have a current full UK manual driving license
• have successfully completed, and be able to evidence, a UK undergraduate honours degree (360 credits) in any subject. Applicants with non – UK degrees can be considered if their degree is recognised as equivalent by UK NARIC but will need to provide evidence of an acceptable English language qualification if their degree was not taught and assessed in English.
• have leave to enter or leave to remain in the UK for an indefinite period
• Have lived in the UK for three continuous years, immediately prior to application
• not be a member of the British National Party (BNP) plus other relevant organisations, such as Combat 18 or The National Front
• not have tattoos which could cause offence
• not have more than 6 penalty points on your driving license
• Not have served a prison sentence
Please see the attached Guide to Becoming a Police Officer for more information
Contact Details
If you have any questions about the role or the recruitment process, please read our attached guide.
For any further queries please contact resourcing@surrey.pnn.police.uk.
Diversity Statement
Our ability to build trust, understand problems and support our communities across a range of policing matters, relies on us having a workforce that is reflective of our communities and all the unique individuals that exist within them. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity within our workforce and to eliminating discrimination.
We are very keen to encourage applications from those that have never considered policing as a career. Representation within our workforce from black and minority ethnic communities is currently much lower than we want it to be; by improving this we will be better able to serve our local communities and our work place will benefit from all the differences in thinking, points of view, and approaches that diversity brings.
We are actively working on a range of activities to improve this and one of the proactive ways we are seeking to increase representation is via a bespoke mentoring scheme which is aimed at guiding applicants from diverse communities through the recruitment process.
For more information email positiveaction@surrey.pnn.police.uk.