Transferring officers – specialists skills & experience
1. Overview
Salary: Police officer pay scales dependent upon length of service + London weighting (£3,384) + free travel on TfL services and heavily subsidised travel on National Rail.
Recruitment Code: Oleeo 4961
Location: Across London, but locations will vary dependent on post applied for.
Closing date: Ongoing
The Met are keen to hear from all officers with varied skillsets for posting opportunities across our specialist units and OCUs.
We are welcoming applications from individuals who have passed their probation with their current force and are interested in transferring to the Met.
It is important that we identify and recruit officers who have the right skills and experience for the job. The current list of specialist skills and experience required from officers transferring into the Met are set out below. This list will be updated regularly in line with our business needs.
Current skills requirements
- Driving Skills – Response, Advanced Drivers and Driving Instructors
- Public Protection Skills - Detective Constables experienced in rape and child abuse investigations
- Intelligence
- Firearms and protection roles
- Undercover surveillance
- Technical cyber skills
- Other specialist or niche skills*
*The above list is not exhaustive and there may be other specialist or niche skills that we would be interested in. If you have other skills not listed above, please complete the application form and we will review your skills against the workforce plan requirements.
There is an expectation that the Transferee will use their skills in the role they are posted to.
If you’re not sure you’ve got the skills we’re looking for please get in touch and talk to one of our recruitment team, we truly value experience of policing and will work with you to understand your skill set.
We will work with you to post you to meet your needs and ours, taking into account where in London you’d ideally want to work.