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.

Future Recruitment - Update 07/07/2025

The PSNI is planning to launch its next Student Officer recruitment process in early 2026. (The exact date is yet to be confirmed.) 

While at this time recruitment is not open to fresh applications, you are encouraged to check here regularly for updates on future recruitment. 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.

We look forward to receiving your application in 2026!

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

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

The Assessment Centre phase is progressing well - Thank you to the candidates that have already attended.

While the Assessment Centre phase continues, we hope to announce that PSNI / Deloitte has initiated phased processing of the highest performing candidates who have completed the Assessment Centre thus far, through to the PSNI Managed Stages of recruitment. This phased processing will allow preparations for upcoming Police College training courses to progress whilst assessments continue in parallel.

The sessions considered for this phased processing scenario are those completed between 30/4/25 and 3/7/25 inclusive. Additional phased processing may occur, however currently this is yet to be confirmed. When updates are available they will be posted here.

Congratulations if you have been identified as a top performing candidate from our Assessment Centre sessions held! Please look out for emails from both Deloitte and the PSNI and take action as appropriate.

If you have already attended an Assessment Centre but have not been included in phased processing, please do not be disheartened. Your application remains active and in due course you may progress to the PSNI Managed Stages.

Ultimately, all candidates who attend Assessment Centre will be emailed a detailed feedback report, including scores achieved, by end-of-day 6th August 2025. In the meantime, Deloitte may contact you to seek feedback on your assessment experience. If you are contacted about this, we would be obliged if you could please respond.

We wish all candidates well for the rest of the recruitment process and thank you for your on-going co-operation.