Location of Role: Chelmsford
Advert Closing Date: 11/09/2026
Starting Salary: £33,603.00 (pro-rata for part-time vacancies)
Part/Full Time: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Mon-Fri with occasional evening/weekends
Weekend/Evening Working: Yes
This is an exciting, unique and challenging opportunity for Police Staff to join the Public and Personal Safety and Taser Training team within the busy and dynamic environment of Learning & Development at Essex Police College and training venues around the county.
As a Public and Personal Safety and Taser Training Instructor you will enhance the delivery of Public and Personal Safety Training (PPST) and Taser training through practical application, as part of a team delivering training to the wider force and in support of the 7 Force Taser training collaboration.
The successful candidate will already be a PPST or Taser Instructor and have a passion for officer/public safety and developing people, and working under pressure. They must also be able to maintain the high standards set by the College of Policing, at all times ensuring the delivery practice and instruction provided is in line with respective guidance.
You will be organised and confident, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. This will be combined with the ability to debrief course attendees, both verbally and in writing, to enable them to develop to their full potential.
As an Instructor, you will be expected to deliver a variation of classroom, practical and scenario-based lessons, and assessments delivering the national PPST and Taser packages. There is also some administration work involved which will include the reviewing of the Use of Force and operational Taser use, inputting data on to the chronicle system, development planning and course updating and other role related administration. It is important that the post holder is conversant with IT and all Microsoft office programs.
Please evidence the following essential and desirable skills within your application:
Essential:
- Trained and qualified PPST or Taser Instructor.
- Currently trained in PPST/Job Related Fitness Test (JRFT) and Emergency FIrst Aid (EFA).
- An incident whereby you have used the National Decision Model (NDM) in relation to use of force or de-escalation.
- A time where you have used your supervision skills in developing a colleague.
- An occasion where you have had to lead a team to achieve something relevant to the force plan.
Desirable:
- TEP (1 to 3) or equivalent or higher.
- Public Order or National Firearms Instructor.
- Taser Instructor.
You will be required to maintain annual competence in all co-requisites of the PPST and Taser Instructor role profiles, as set by the College of Policing and 7F Chief Taser Instructor (CTI).
Your application for this role will be shortlisted on the content you provide within the “reason for application” question, within the application form itself. CV’s, covering letters or attachments are not included in the shortlist. Within your “reason for application” answer, please refer to any experience, skills, and abilities you feel you have that will make you suitable for this role, based on the role criteria stated in the job advert or job description. Please provide as much detail as possible as insufficient content may mean you do not meet the shortlisting criteria, however please note this question is limited to 9000 characters and this system will count spaces and blank lines as characters. This count may differ from the Microsoft Word word count function therefore you may wish to use a different online character counter to check the characters used.
Depending on your current vetting level and security clearances, you may be required to complete additional vetting information during the recruitment process.
Kent Police and Essex Police welcomes applications regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, sex, or employment status.
Please let us know if you require extra support at any stage of the application process, or for further information regarding this position, please email us at [email protected] stating ‘Application Support and Adjustments’ in the title of your email. Alternatively, you can call us on 01245 452833. Where appropriate we will make adjustments to the selection process, working arrangements and/or the working environment provided it is reasonable in all the circumstances to do so.
If you’re not from the UK, you must be a resident in the UK and have lived here continuously for the last three years. You must also be free from restrictions with indefinite leave to remain. If you’re from the UK you must have lived here continuously for the last three years. This doesn’t apply to those serving abroad in the British Armed Forces.
As a Disability Confident Leader we:
- Have subjected our Disability Confident self-assessment to external challenge and validation.
- Are taking an active leadership role in encouraging and helping other employers on their journey to becoming Disability Confident.
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