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Become an associate

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

Public protection senior leaders programme – facilitators

Facilitators to coordinate and deliver the public protection safeguarding leaders programme using a range of learning approaches and methodologies.

Applications close on Wednesday 30 April

Senior selection exercise coordinator – SA40

We are currently seeking to refresh our associate pool for our exercise coordinators for senior selection assessment centres. Applicants do not need to have previous experience of this role as we will provide training for new associates in advance of them completing the role.

Working as part of a supportive team, the role involves the timely and smooth coordination of candidates around the assessment centre (AC), working with police officers, police staff and community assessors to ensure the fair and objective assessments of candidates looking to join the police service. While assessment days are demanding it will be a rewarding and thought-provoking experience.

Applications close on Friday 9 May

Senior selection team (SST) – lead candidate coordinator – SA29

The role of the lead candidate coordinator is to supervise a team of exercise coordinators at the testing site and support the site coordinator to ensure the effective running of the assessment centre.

Applications close on Friday 9 May

Senior selection team (SST) – quality assurance (QA) administrator – SA25

The role of the QA admin is to work on behalf of the occupational psychology team at live assessment centres, checking and formatting candidate reports to ensure they meet a required standard. The role holder will work as a QA administrator and is required to undertake a variety of tasks and responsibilities in order to perform the role.

Applications close on Friday 9 May

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
  • Exceeds the required standard.
  • Response answers the question with precision and relevance.
  • Gives evidence of added value.
4 Good
  • Meets the required standard.
  • Comprehensive response in terms of detail and relevance.
3 Acceptable
  • Meets the standards in most aspects but fails in some areas.
  • Acceptable level of detail, accuracy and relevance.
2 Limited
  • Fails the standards in most aspects but meets some.
  • Limited information/inadequate/only partially addresses the question.
1 Inadequate
  • Significantly fails to meet the standard.
  • Inadequate detail provided/questions not answered/answers not directly related to the question.
0 Not eligible for consideration
  • Completely fails to meet the standard.
  • Response significantly deficient, no response.

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.

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