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.

Update 16/05/2025

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, and if you are still due to attend we look forward to seeing you at your session.

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 13/5/25 inclusive. Additional phased processing may occur, including more recent sessions, 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 earliest Assessment Centre sessions! 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.

If you are scheduled for an upcoming Assessment Centre session, we would strongly encourage you to attend as scheduled.

Ultimately, all candidates who attend Assessment Centre will be emailed a detailed feedback report, including scores achieved, by end-of-day 6^th 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.

Update 17/04/2025

For candidates due to progress to Assessment Centre, we have been in touch by email to invite you to your Assessment Centre. Please check your email (including junk folder), and this 2025 Recruitment News section, in case of updates on your Assessment Centre.

As you get ready for your assessment we encourage you to check the How Do I Join? > Assessment Centre page and carefully read your Assessment Centre invitation email to be sure you are well prepared. 

We look forward to seeing you at your Assessment Centre. 

Update 07/04/2025

Evidence Uploader Follow-Up Now Closed 

Candidates participating in the 2025 Student Officer recruitment process should note that the follow-up phase of the Evidence Uploader stage is now closed. We will be in touch by end of day 15th April 2025. If we contact you in the meantime, be sure to follow all instructions that we set. We encourage all candidates to check your email (including junk folder) in case we contact you to follow-up on your eligibility evidence. 

Update 18/03/2025

Evidence Uploader links and instructions now issued 

The 2025 Student Officer recruitment process has now proceeded to the Evidence Uploader phase. All candidates who have progressed to this stage are asked to check their email inbox (including junk folders) for a message from us and carefully follow the instructions set. Please take action now to upload evidence of how you meet the PSNI Student Officer Eligibility Criteria. The Evidence Uploader will close at 12 noon on 27th March 2025.    

Student Officer Recruitment Now Closed. 

Thank you to everyone who submitted an application to our recent recruitment campaign. Good luck to all who applied! 

For those who applied to the 2025 recruitment process the next step on your journey to becoming a police constable is to sit the online Initial Selection Test. We will be in touch in the coming days by email with more details.

In the meantime there are a few key matters that we would like to highlight, to help you prepare for our 2025 recruitment campaign. Full information is available throughout the Police Officer recruitment website, but in particular we would encourage you to familiarise yourself with the Student Officer Eligibility Criteria and get ready now so that you can present applicable evidence in this regard soon.   

You can also visit our Police Staff recruitment website where we regularly advertise Police Staff roles that may be of interest to you. 

Update 06/03/2025

Withdrawal Requests

Processing of withdrawal requests related to the 2025 Student Officer recruitment process is currently suspended. You are welcome to email to request to withdraw your application, however this will not be actioned at this time, while processing of IST results is underway.

If you intend to withdraw from the 2025 Student Officer recruitment process, any requests will be processed after 19/03/2025. In the meantime, you may receive communication from us in relation to your application. Please disregard any such communication and we will process the withdrawal as soon as possible.

Thanks for your understanding.

Update 13/02/2025

We have now completed the process of acknowledging all applicants who successfully submitted an application. If you are expecting an application confirmation message from us but still have not received one, we encourage you to check your email inbox. It is also worth checking your email "junk folder" in case our email has been diverted there. Then, if you are in any doubt, it is important to check with us on the status of your application by emailing us via info@joinpsni.co.uk.