Recruitment Update - 10/07/2024

We are pleased to advise that it is our intention to continue making offers of appointment, with further Student Officer Development Courses planned to commence regularly between September 2024 and March 2025. 

We will therefore continue to process all candidates through the remaining pre-employment stages and appreciate your ongoing commitment to pursuing a career within the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

Recruitment Update - 11/04/2024

We are pleased to advise that the Department of Justice has now granted approval to implement the 2023/24 pay award for Police Officers. As a result, all Student Officers appointed after 1st September 2023 will enter at point 1 of the salary scale (£28,551). Following successful completion of their training, officers will remain on point 1 for the first year as a Probationary Constable. All Probationary Constables will move to pay point 2 (£29,751) after completing 12 months of the 2 year probation period. The Northern Ireland Transitional Allowance is also payable at the increased rate of £3,924. Please use the following link to access further information on the updated salary scale; Your Pay Scale.

Please check here for the latest information on the progress of the 2021 Campaign.

2025 Recruitment - Recruitment Process Ongoing - Update 31/07/2025

We hope to give an update to all candidates participating in the 2025 Student Officer recruitment process.

The Deloitte Managed Stages of recruitment are drawing to a close. Deloitte has now issued Assessment Centre results to all candidates and finalised the 2025 Merit List. 

Please check your email inbox (including junk folders) if you are expecting to hear the outcome of your Assessment Centre.

Congratulations to those who have been included on the Merit List - please check your inbox regularly in case you are contacted by the PSNI Team. It is expected that they will contact you with information in the coming weeks on the next steps regarding the PSNI Managed Stages of the recruitment process.   

To those candidates not included on the Merit List this time, please accept our sincere thanks for your participation in the recruitment process and for your co-operation throughout.

Please check here for the latest information on the progress of the 2025 Campaign. 

Thank you for visiting our recruitment website. We appreciate your interest in a role within the Police Service of Northern Ireland. 

Our 2026 Student Officer recruitment campaign is due launch in mid-January 2026. (The exact date will be communicated soon.)

You are encouraged to check back here regularly for updates.  

In the meantime, you are welcome to review this website for general information on what to expect for our next campaign. We would encourage you to check our Why Join? webpage - it is a good starting point for advice on what is involved and what is on offer to you with the Police Service of Northern Ireland. You can also visit our Police Staff recruitment website where we regularly advertise Police Staff roles that may be of interest to you.

We look forward to receiving your application in 2026!

Future Recruitment Mailing List - Join our mailing list to be informed when the 2026 Student Officer recruitment process is due to launch

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