Police Community Support Officer (PCSO)

Other
Based throughout the county
Grade E
Full Time
37
Permanent

Police Community Support Officer (PCSO)


Grade: E - £21,876 plus 14% shift and 12% weekend working allowance.


Based throughout the county


You will be expected to commit to the area you are based to build relationships within your community.


The closing date for receipt of applications is midday on Wednesday 24th February 2021


Do you want to help serve and protect our communities? Do you want to make a difference and do you want to help people solve problems?


If you can answer yes to these questions you may be just the person we are looking for to join Staffordshire Police as a PCSO. As a PCSO you will be an integral part of the police family. Working in local policing teams you will be accessible to the public, helping to make people feel safer in their communities. You can make a real difference to the quality of life in local communities, offering public reassurance and increasing trust and confidence.


You will need to be physically fit as there is a significant amount of walking involved as well as being emotionally resilient enough to deal with a variety of demanding issues.


To be considered suitable for this role you will need to be customer focused, have experience of working with the public, be able to deal with challenging situations and work as part of a team.


As part of the recruitment process you will be required to pass a fitness test, which is reaching a minimum of 5.4 of a bleep test.


A full manual Driving License will be required.


Applications are welcome from all sections of the community.


Staffordshire have a strong commitment to equality and diversity in our people, within the organisation and in the services we provide to our communities.


We want to reflect the communities we serve and one way we can try to achieve this is through a 'positive action' approach.


Positive action is activity which helps employers identify and remove barriers and issues to the recruitment, retention and progression of people who identify with underrepresented groups of the Equalities Act 2010 (i.e. LGBT+, ethnicity, disability), whilst still employing people on merit.


Click here to register your interest in being involved in positive action opportunities and support; Positive.action@staffordshire.pnn.police.uk “


*Please note this vacancy may close early if we receive a high volume of applicantions*


Please note that if successful for this role, the following tests and checks will be conducted:
  • Job related fitness test 
  • Medical assessment 

This opportunity is closed to applications.