Information for individuals who want to use their expert skills to work on short-term projects.
Associates provide services for specific, short-term pieces of work.
Associates are independent of the College and bring specialist skills to complement those of our staff. They include trainers, coaches, assessors, designers and expert witnesses.
Eligibility
You cannot apply to join an associate pool if you are a currently employed police officer or member of staff.
If you are a public sector employee, you may be eligible if you:
- work part time and are applying to be an associate during your non-working hours
- are to be engaged in associate work during non-paid leave.
This is to avoid dual payment for the same period of engagement.
If you are accepted into a pool
If you are accepted into an associate pool, it does not guarantee you will be offered work. Work is allocated through a fair and transparent process, detailed in the scope of work.
Payment is dependent on the nature of the work undertaken.
Pools open for applications
Initial police recruitment (online) assessor – SA33
We are currently seeking to refresh our associate pool for our online assessment process in support of the national police officer recruitment programme. We welcome applications from associates who have previous experience of the online assessor role and from those who are new to this role but meet the below criteria.
You do not need to have previous online assessment experience as we will train new associates in advance of live assessing (see additional notes for more information on assessing skills developed on our course).
Working as part of a supportive team, the role involves making fair and objective assessments of candidates looking to join the police service.
Applications close on Sunday 17 August 2025
Initial police recruitment (online) quality assurance coordinator – SA34
We are currently seeking to refresh our associate pool for our online assessment process in support of the national police officer recruitment programme. We welcome applications from associates who have previous experience of the quality assurance coordinator (QACO) role, and also from those who are new to this role but meet the required criteria.
Working as part of a supportive team, the role involves managing the quality assurance process for the online assessment process and undertaking necessary tasks and responsibilities as requested by the occupational psychology community (OPC) in order to perform the role effectively. You will be responsible for ensuring the fair and objective assessment of candidates looking to join the police service.
The role will require you to co-ordinate the quality assurance (QA) strategy and QA assessors across three online exercises. You will also be required to work with other online QACO’s and members of the College of Policing to give your feedback and ideas to help develop an effective and refined QA approach. Your responsibility will be to ensure that the process, including new developments in process, is being coordinated correctly and efficiently.
Applications close on Sunday 17 August 2025
How associates are selected to join pools
Selection is done in line with the principles in the Code of Ethics. Associate pools are reselected at least every three years to ensure skills are refreshed.
Each pool has a defined scope of work and a clear criteria necessary for the delivery of that work, including:
- qualifications
- skills
- knowledge
- experience
- currency
Scoring expressions of interest
Expressions of interest are scored against a marking scheme of 0 to 5. You need to show that you are suitable for the role in the qualifications, skills and experience sections of the expression of interest form.
| Score | Assessment | Criteria |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Excellent |
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| 4 | Good |
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| 3 | Acceptable |
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| 2 | Limited |
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| 1 | Inadequate |
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| 0 | Not eligible for consideration |
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Equal opportunities
We encourage a diverse workforce. We aim to provide a working environment where all staff, contractors and associates at all levels are valued and respected. Discrimination, bullying, promotion of negative stereotyping and harassment are not tolerated.
We do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, gender identity, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, those with caring responsibilities, part time workers or any other factor irrelevant to a person's work.