PO/391/B - Constable - Rural Operational Support Team - Rural Crime Team

The Rural Crime Team is a county wide team consisting of 5 officers and a PCSO based at Dunstable.

Shifts are earlies and lates, no nights although operational flexibility is required. 

The Rural Crime Team holds the thematic leads for all Wildlife crime, Heritage crime and environmental crime such as fly tipping. 

All officers are trained as National Police Wildlife crime investigators. 

Rural Crime Team officers work closely with partner organisations supporting rural communities, farmers and animal welfare groups. There is a substantial amount of high visibility patrol work required to give reassurance to the most rural parts of the county. Officers will be need to be self-motivated and will be expected to stop and deal positively with persons poaching, and committing rural offences and yes you will get muddy. 

As a Rural Crime Team officer, you will build trust in the Police and offer reassurance by being visible and accessible in the rural areas of the County. 

Applicants will need a minimum of non-response driving ticket. 

There is a minimum tenure of 2 years with the team due to the level of training required. 

As a part of the application, applicant would be required to provide statement (No more than 250 Words) for each competency listed below; 

• We take ownership
• We are collaborative
• We analyse Critically 

All internal applicants must have successfully completed their probationary period in order to apply for this role. 

All applicants must complete a copy of the BCH Application Approval Form and pass this onto their Line Manager and Head of Department for sign off. This will ideally be wet signed though we will accept an audit trail of emails from your Line Manager or Head of Department if this is not achievable. 

The completed approval form needs to be returned to BCHCareers@herts.pnn.police.uk BEFORE the closing date. Application forms will not be progressed to the shortlisting stage unless the Recruitment Team has received a completed approval form. If, due to exceptional circumstances, you are unable to do so please inform the Human Resources Service Centre as this will need to be authorised. 

This force is a Disability Confident employer. Should you require any reasonable adjustments for your application process, please contact the HR Service Centre on 01438 75(7777) or the manager contact for this role directly. We also offer the guaranteed interview scheme; this means that all candidates with a disability covered by the Equality Act 2010, who meet the minimum entry requirements for the role, will be invited to attend an interview. 

All applications must be submitted through our online recruitment website by clicking the apply button below.