Police Community Support Officer (PCSO)

Nottinghamshire Police; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional police authority in the United Kingdom is seeking PCSOs to help maintain community safety and engagement. Successful applicants will receive training in a modern facility and will be involved in patrolling and supporting local neighborhoods. Applicants must have a UK residency of at least three years and a Level 2 qualification in Maths and English. The role requires shift work and a driving licence.

Benefits

Excellent staff wellbeing support

In-house Wellbeing Team

Subsidised canteen

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years continuous residency in the UK.
• Less than 12 months spent abroad in the last three years.
• Eligibility to work various shifts including weekends and nights.

Responsibilities

• Help police and protect the quality of life in local areas.
• Provide visible reassurance to local people.
• Support and engage with local communities to resolve problems.

Skills

Community engagement

Patrolling

Conflict resolution

Education

Level 2 Qualification in Maths and English

Tools

Full UK manual driving licence

Job description

Job description

If successful your application will be held in a candidate bank and then progressed in line with the next available cohort. At present the cohorts are planned for February and April 2026 but are subject to availability and timely/satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks.

Please be advised that, should you be successful and receive a place on one of our cohorts, no leave is permitted during the first stage of your training. Once conditionally offered, if you have any pre-booked leave which cannot be rearranged, we may have to withdraw your application or move you back to a later cohort. If you have any queries around this, please contact the Recruitment Team via the email address below.

Are you concerned about crime and anti-social behaviour? Do you want to do something about it?

As a PCSO, you will help to police and protect the quality of life in Nottinghamshire. Working alongside our regular police officers, you will have a key role in making local neighbourhoods safer and through your presence, help the community feel safer. Out on patrol, you will provide a visible reassurance to local people, deterring crime and anti-social behaviour. You will support and engage with local communities, helping to resolve local problems.

As a PCSO with Nottinghamshire Police you will complete your training in our brand new, state of the art Training Centre at our force headquarters, shared with Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue. This is in a fantastic location next to Burntstump Country Park. Within our new building we have a gym, sports hall hosting evening sports activities and a subsidised canteen serving fresh hot and cold food daily.

Nottinghamshire Police are very proud to be able to offer excellent staff and officer wellbeing support including having an in-house Wellbeing Team and complementary counselling as part of our Employee Assistance Program. One of our priorities is to become and employer of choice.

Nottinghamshire Police is committed to the principles of Equality, Fairness and Diversity, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community in our efforts to recruit a diverse and flexible workforce that reflects the people we serve.

On successful completion of initial training roles will also include a shift/weekend working allowance of approx. 15.5% shift and 13.29% weekend. 37 hours per week, working various shifts Monday - Sunday (part time/flexible working applications will be considered). You will work rotating shifts after initial training (this includes weekends, nights and bank holidays with a shift pattern over 365/6 days a year)

To apply you must:

• have had a minimum of three years continuous residency in the UK, with less than 12 months spend abroad in the last three years (with some exceptions for those living on a UK military base)
• possess a Level 2 Qualification in Maths and English (equivalent to GCSE grade A-C or Level 4 or above)
• have a full UK manual driving licence
• have resided in the UK for at least the last 3 years.

Once you meet the eligibility criteria for the role, a link will be sent to you to complete the National Sift process by the College of Policing. This has replaced the application questions. You will receive an update on your application once the advert closes. Please check your email regularly for updates from us, including your junk mailbox.

Please note: This vacancy can be closed at any time without notice once anticipated candidate volumes have been reached.