Police staff
Police staff work in a variety of essential roles in the Constabulary, providing valuable support to operational colleagues. These include Finance, HR, Transport Services, information communication technology, Force Control Room, Legal Services and Criminal Justice.
All police staff vacancies are advertised on this page. Each position has a role profile detailing the minimum criteria required in order to perform the role, together with the main responsibilities of the position.
Applicants are required to provide evidence in support of all minimum criteria, as detailed on the respective role profile in order to progress to the next stage of the recruitment and selection process. Subsequent selection processes will follow. This evidence should be provided at the end of the application in the section entitled; knowledge, skills and experience.
You are asked to consider how closely your knowledge, skills and experience match the requirements of the role profile. As this is an essential part of the application process, it is in your own best interests to complete the application form in full to convey to the panel your suitability for the post.
Please read our Vetting Privacy Notice before making an application. The privacy notice applies to vetting checks undertaken by Gloucestershire Constabulary. It explains how we intend to collect, store and handle your personal data and that of third parties in the course of conducting police vetting checks.
How to submit your application
All applications must be completed through our E-recruit portal.
Links to apply for vacancies directly can be found within each advert listed below.
Alternatively, you can visit the Gloucestershire Constabulary Vacancies homepage to view all of our current vacancies.
Residency criteria
The need for the residency rule arises from the requirement to vet all applicants in an equitable manner. This is because the UK police service does not currently have any means of facilitating vetting enquiries overseas to the extent required for those who are resident in the UK.
The purpose of the residency criteria is to ensure that applicants have a checkable history in the UK, so that meaningful vetting enquiries can be undertaken. The criteria provide reassurance when considering the health and safety of police personnel and the public. Effective vetting cannot be conducted if there is no way to assess the honesty, integrity, reliability and overall suitability for clearance of appointees against the information available.
The residency requirements refer to the period immediately before an application is made, and not any other three-, five-, or ten-year period, or any other accumulation of time spent in the UK.
Application of the residency criteria
If an individual resides permanently in the UK, they are considered to be a UK resident.
An individual who has moved overseas and severed major ties to the UK (e.g., closed bank accounts and sold property) is considered to have surrendered their residency in the UK. This would also apply to people who maintain bank accounts purely for the purpose of receiving regular payments, e.g., a UK pension.
An individual is considered to be on an extended holiday if they have:
• spent a significant period of time overseas without returning to the UK, but intend to return in the future
• taken a gap year before or following university
• travelled for a year
• spent time overseas visiting family.
This is not an exhaustive list.
Individuals who meet the above criteria maintain their UK residency and may therefore be considered for vetting clearance.
Serving with the HMG or armed forces
An individual who has been posted overseas as part of their service with HMG or the armed forces is considered to have been resident in the UK for the period that they were abroad.
Where an individual has been overseas as the spouse, partner or dependent of a member of the armed forces posted overseas, they can be considered to have been resident in the UK if their place of residence was within the confines of the establishment, e.g., a military base. If they were residing outside this, they are considered to have been resident overseas.
For the purposes of force vetting, the following residency requirements apply:
• recruitment vetting (RV) – three years
• management vetting (MV) – five years
• non-police personnel vetting (NPPV) – three years
Current vacancies
Please find the current police staff vacancies below.
4287 Chief Finance Officer for Office of Police and Crime Commissioner
Role Type: Police Staff
Local Policing/Business Area: Office of the PCC
Department: Finance
Location: HQ Waterwells
Grade: PO13
Salary: £36,000
Hours per week: 16
Type of Contract: Permanent
4315 Professional Standards Advisor
Role Type: Police Staff
Local Policing/Business Area: PSD & Info Assurance
Department: Professional Standards
Location: HQ Waterwells
Grade: PO1
Salary: £36,231 - £38,064 pro rata
Hours per week: 18.5
Type of Contract: Permanent
4325 Equine Groom
Role Type: Police Staff
Local Policing/Business Area: Specialist Operations
Department: Equine Services
Location: Bamfurlong, Highnam Court
Grade: SC2
Salary: £19,149 - £19,689
Hours per week: 37
Type of Contract: Permanent