City of London Police
Public and Personal Safety Trainer / CED Taser Instructor
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Public and Personal Safety Trainer / CED Taser Instructor
Type of contract: Full time/ Tuesday to Friday - 0700-1700
Rank/Grade: Police Constable
Vetting level required: RV/CTC
Location: New Street
Salary: Constable
Directorate/Department: Professionalism and Trust – Learning and Organisational Development
Statement Of Expectation For The Role
In this role, you will be responsible for the development, preparation, and delivery of both national and local mandatory training to warranted Police Officers, Special Constables, PCSOs, Police Staff Investigators, DDOs, and Civilian staff. This will include delivering training across a variety of learning environments to ensure operational competence, officer safety, and compliance with national standards.
The role requires a flexible approach to working patterns, including the delivery of training during some weekends to meet the operational needs of the Special Constabulary.
You will have responsibility for the design, preparation, and delivery of all aspects of Public and Personal Safety Training (PPST) and CED Taser training. This includes maintaining and updating curriculum documentation, learning outcomes, lesson plans, risk assessments, and associated training materials to ensure they remain current, effective, and aligned with national guidance and organisational priorities.
A key aspect of the role will be promoting, developing, and continuously improving the PPST and CED Taser training provision. You will be expected to demonstrate extensive knowledge of the Public and Personal Safety Manual and the CED Taser curriculum and to be fully competent in all skills and techniques contained within these programmes. You will also be responsible for ensuring best practice, consistency of delivery, and adherence to governance and quality assurance processes.
Applications from female officers are especially welcome.
Essential Criteria
- Constable confirmed in rank having achieved Full Operation Competence (FOC)
- PPST Instructor with additional Scenario Based Training accreditation.
- CED Taser Instructor (If not a current Taser Instructor, then you must be a current authorised Taser user, or a previously authorised and experienced Taser user with a demonstrably proficient training record. Willing to undertake a Taser Instructor course. If you are within 18 months since last refresher must undertake a 2-day refresher, or if more than 18 months must undertake an initial 4-day course)
- Training Qualification – Level 4 Learning and Development or equivalent
- Must be available for assessment/interview date.
- Good Knowledge of the Public and Personal Safety Manual
- Good Practitioner of Techniques
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Desirable
- Good Knowledge of Taser X2
- IOSH/NEBOSH qualified
Description Of Department
Learning and Organisational Development, responsible for delivering training to the force.
The application and interview will be tested under Level 1 of the College of Policing Competency and Values Framework and be expected to partake in a presentation/assessment.
Officers interested in the role can contact Sgt Garry Shuttleworth (PPST) or Sgt Toby Knight (CED)
Applicants who fail to address the skills/knowledge/experience of the job description will not be considered.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, such as ChatGPT and Copilot, is permitted to review and edit application responses for spelling, grammar, and clarity. However, all responses must accurately reflect your own skills, knowledge, and experience and must not be generated by AI or contain plagiarised content. Applications found to include plagiarism or AI-generated content will be withdrawn.
If you would like to discuss the post in more detail, please contact: Garry Shuttleworth on garry.shuttleworth@cityoflondon.police.uk or Toby Knight on Toby.Knight@cityoflondon.police.uk.
The closing date for applications is Friday 23rd October at 12:00pm (Midday)
This vacancy is open only to those who have the right to work in the UK.
Please note if you are a student officer and have not yet completed your probationary period, please contact your supervisor prior to submitting your application, to check your eligibility.
Please note Officers who are not within 3 months of completing their tenure period will not be eligible to apply for internal roles. This applies only to Officers who are not currently working within this Directorate.
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Benefits
In return, we will offer a number of benefits including a generous pension scheme, a free Oyster card for London (TFL) travel and subsidised national rail travel, which allows you to travel within a 70-mile radius. For further information please visit:
https://careers.cityoflondon.police.uk/working
The ATOC Rail Travel Concession allows regular serving police officers to travel on National Rail services within a 70-mile radius of London for a small monthly cost. This is a taxable benefit that the City of London Police negotiates, and Officers make a contribution to the cost of the scheme. If you wish to confirm if your journey would be covered under this scheme, please contact HR Services directly as the 70 miles is an approximation. *
A diverse workforce improves the service we provide to our public by making us more approachable and relevant within our communities. This is why it is vitally important that we recruit people from a wide range of communities and backgrounds with an understanding of cultural issues and a wide range of skills. We therefore particularly encourage female and people from Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic communities to join us.
The way we work is changing. With a few exceptions most roles will be able to accommodate part time, job share and flexible working patterns. We can also offer hybrid working patterns of home and office-based shift patterns. Feel free to speak to us about any flexible working requirements.
The Force has a number of Staff Support Networks that can offer you support and advice. Applicants are very welcome to contact the networks directly if they need any support or ask any question before they apply. For further information on the networks and their contact details please visit:
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