PS/524/BCH - A4 - Personal Safety Training Instructor - Learning & Development, Personal Safety Training - Human Resources

**Please note that this vacancy has now closed and is available to redeployees only; it will not be checked on a regular basis by the recruitment team. It is therefore essential that if you apply for this role, you e-mail BCHCareers@herts.pnn.police.uk to notify us that you have submitted an application. We will then process it for shortlisting. If you do not notify us by e-mail that you have submitted an application, it will not be picked up. Please also ensure that you notify your allocated Change Advisor of any redeployee applications that you have submitted.
Redeployees who apply will be given priority over any other internal applicants for permanent roles up until the point that an offer has been accepted either verbally or in writing.
If a role is not filled by an internal candidate and is advertised externally, redeployees will continue to get priority over external applicants until a successful candidate has received a final offer of employment.**


As part of the collaborated Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Learning & Development Services, the Personal Safety Training Team is dedicated to providing excellent Personal Safety and First Aid Training to the Police Officers and Staff across the three counties. The successful applicant will be working within a team comprising of both Staff and Police Officers and will be expected to deliver Personal Safety Training, First Aid Training and run recruitment and annual fitness testing, and provide guidance and support where necessary in relation to helping officers achieve the required level of fitness.

This post is open to all those who meet the requirements detailed in the role profile and who have the enthusiasm and communication skills necessary to deliver often physically demanding training to a very high level.

Please note during the training period for this role the successful candidate will be based at Welwyn Garden City, however when competence in role has been achieved their can be flexibility in regards to the usual place of work. However the successful candidate will be expected to regularly travel between all training venues across Beds, Cambs and Herts so having a full driving license and access to a vehicle is essential.

A shift pattern is in place for both roles which is detailed in the attached document.

You will also be required to pass the Job Related Fitness Test.

For more information or an informal discussion please contact Personal Safety Team Leader, Dan Pruett via email or 07740 745385.

If you are an internal applicant working within BCH (Bedfordshire Police, Cambridgeshire Constabulary or Hertfordshire Constabulary), please upload either your CV or a completed internal role summary form. This form can be found in the attached documents. Please note you will still be required to evidence against the minimum entry requirements.

If you are an external applicant, please ensure you upload your CV and evidence against the minimum entry requirements. To ensure the recruitment process is fair and equal, please do not include any personal details on your CV, other than your name. An internal role summary form should not be completed.

If you are successful at shortlisting, you will be required to evidence against all personal qualities and the entry requirements as stipulated in the role profile.

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

Please note, this vacancy is open to Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire & Hertfordshire employees however, if you are on a Bedfordshire or Cambridgeshire contract you will need to resign from your home force Terms & Conditions and join Hertfordshire Constabulary.

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

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 757777 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.

Please note that this advert will be live to redeployees throughout the recruitment of this advert. Any redeployee that applies will only need to evidence against the minimum entry requirements of the role profile. To do this if you are a redeployee, write ‘Redeployee’ in the other competency boxes and just complete your evidence against the minimum entry requirements in the relevant box. Redeployees will take priority over other candidates at any point during the recruitment process up until a final offer is produced and you will be notified if this happens.