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NEW - Met Officer Gateway Programme – TIME LIMITED
Join the Met – the UK’s largest force
Do you want a challenge? To be part of a brilliant team all working hard to keep London safe for everyone. A job where no two days are the same, but you know you are making a difference to millions of Londoners? If you do - join the Met, as a Police Constable.
This is your chance to join us through a new and time limited route so you can be part of our team who keeps our capital city safe. If you’ve got good communication skills; love teamwork; thrive on variety; and don’t want to be tied to a desk - then this is the job for you. As a Police Constable you’ll protect; investigate; negotiate; bring offenders to justice and much more. It’s a job that makes a difference to people’s lives every day – often at the time they need you the most.
A job that comes with fully funded academic qualifications; excellent pay and benefits; stability but with varied career progression and opportunities for promotion like no other employer can offer.
You could work with our dogs and horses, become a cybercrime specialist or keep the Thames safe in our Marine Unit. Maybe you’ll excel at financial investigation or supporting the victims of domestic abuse. Ultimately, it will be up to you to choose your path and the only limit will be your ambition.
Met Officer Gateway Programme learn while you earn, on your journey to keep London safe
Running in March 2023 our c. 35 week long Met Officer Gateway Programme, fully funded by the Met, is an academic course that is the equivalent to 2 A-Levels. Learning is designed to provide a strong foundation in the skills and knowledge you need to be a police officer, and to set you up for the successful completion of your Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship.
You’ll be employed as a police officer from day one – earning over £30.5k – spending your time learning at one of our in house training centres (north or south London). This specifically designed course will cover:
Communication skills, self-management and prioritisation
Critical thinking and analytical skills
Importance of wellbeing – both mental and physical
Met values and standards of behaviour
The next step of your journey would be onto our PCDA pathway, also fully funded by the Met, and recognises policing as a degree-level profession. The PCDA is a vocational course that focuses on practical learning and is specifically tailored to help you start your career in policing.
Your salary will increase to over £33.5k and you’ll spend most of your time on the frontline working alongside your team, supported by experienced colleagues, turning your learning into practical experience.
You’ll learn at one of four London universities: Brunel University; University of West London; Anglia Ruskin University; and University of East London. It is a three-year apprenticeship programme for non-degree holders resulting in a BSc degree in Professional Policing Practice.
Eligibility
We’re looking for people from all backgrounds to join us. People who share our values of professionalism, integrity, courage and compassion.
See how you measure up against the criteria below:
Academic requirements to join our Met Officer Gateway Programme
You must hold 5 GCSE’s grade C or above, or grades 4 – 9 including maths and English Language. We will also consider an English Language equivalent overseas qualification.
Once you have reached the required standard through your Gateway Programme you will move onto PCDA.
Age:
If you are 17 when you submit your application, you will be able to progress through our recruitment process however your start date with the MPS would need to be on or after your 18th Birthday. The upper age limit for applications to become a police officer is typically 57.
Nationality:
If you’re from outside the UK, it’s essential that you have indefinite leave to enter or to remain in the UK.
Physical fitness:
If you do some form of regular exercise you should have no issue meeting the physical requirements of the job, set in our fitness test. You must also meet the police eyesight standards agreed by the College of Policing.
Tattoos:
Some tattoos will stop you working for the Met depending on what they depict and where on your body they are.
Criminal conviction/caution:
If you do have any criminal convictions or cautions on record you can still apply, eligibility will depend on the age and nature of the offence.
Membership of groups or organisations:
You will not be able to join the Met if you are a member of a group and/or organisation that contradicts our values or ethics and our commitment to inclusion.
Apply now to start your Met journey today.
Disability Confident Statement
The Met is committed to being an inclusive employer with a diverse and representative workforce at all levels. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences. We particularly welcome applications from ethnic minority groups and females.
As a Disability Confident employer, the Met has committed to making disability equality part of our everyday practice. We ensure that people with disabilities and those with long term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations. If you consider yourself to have access, workplace or reasonable adjustment requirements that need to be accommodated, we ask that you include this information within your application form. All matters will be treated in strict confidence and will not affect any recruitment decisions.
Please note, if you are applying to a police officer role or to become a police community support officer (PCSO) or designated detention officer (DDO), there is a minimum requirement that you must pass a job-related fitness test (JRFT). Find out more about police fitness standards.
Read our full disability confidence statement.
This opportunity is closed to applications.