Police AI - Co-pilot Developers

Remote working (anywhere in the UK); some travel may be required.

Applications for this role are restricted to existing officers or staff of a UK police force or UK policing organisation.

Police AI is a nationally significant technology and transformation programme in UK policing. Backed by central government investment and positioned at the heart of the police reform agenda, Police AI is the new National Centre for AI in Policing, helping to shape how policing uses data, technology and artificial intelligence to tackle crime, protect the public and modernise frontline operations.

We bring together operational policing, technical expertise, product delivery, assurance and the responsible use of AI to develop and scale capabilities that improve public safety outcomes. Our work helps forces respond more effectively to demand, strengthen investigations, identify risk and harm earlier, and free up frontline time for the activities that matter most to communities.

This is an opportunity to contribute to a programme with national reach and meaningful public service impact, helping to define how AI is developed, governed and adopted across one of the UK’s most important public services. The work is varied and complex, moves at pace, and has the potential to deliver better tools for policing, better outcomes for the public, and stronger foundations for the responsible use of AI.

Police AI is hosted within the College of Policing.

Our mission : Leadership, Standards, Performance. This guides our work with individuals, forces, and policing partners towards our vision. We exist to support police officers, police staff and volunteers to deliver the best service to the public. Only through high quality leadership, consistent standards and continual performance improvement can everyone in policing reach their full potential. Our mission guides our work with individual, forces and partners towards our vision.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.

Due to our status as Public Servants, we are not eligible to participate in the Civil Service transfer process. While successful candidates can transfer in on their existing terms and conditions, any subsequent transfer out of the College to the Civil Service cannot be guaranteed on existing terms and conditions, and new starter/modernised terms may apply.

The College embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. We comply with the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) and apply the minimum selection criteria at sift stage of the recruitment process.

We will recruit 2 developers and hold a pool of successful candidates to rotate through the programme of work.

We are looking for people who are motivated by public service, interested in responsible innovation, and comfortable working collaboratively across organisational, operational and technical boundaries. Joining PoliceAI means contributing to a supportive, multidisciplinary team that is helping to shape the future of policing and ensure AI is used in ways that are effective, responsible, operationally useful and worthy of public trust.

As an Copilot Developer, you will help shape how policing adopts and benefits from Microsoft Copilot, AI agents and automation technologies. Working as part of the national PoliceAI programme, you will support the development, testing and refinement of Copilot solutions that can be used across forces to improve productivity, consistency and efficiency. Your work will help ensure AI enabled tools are reliable, safe and effective, enabling policing organisations to realise greater value from emerging technologies while maintaining appropriate governance and responsible AI principles.

We're looking for someone who has strong frontline operational Policing experience and combines technical curiosity with a practical approach to problem solving. You will have experience working with digital systems, automation services, AI-enabled tools or IT support environments and be confident collaborating with a range of stakeholders to develop and improve solutions. Successful candidates will be comfortable learning about emerging technologies, refining agents and prompts, supporting user adoption, and ensuring solutions remain secure, well governed and aligned to organisational needs.

Please note below details on Selection Process:

Application

As part of the application process, you will be required to complete the following:

• Personal Statement (750 words maximum)

Your personal statement should address the following three elements:

• Their motivation for working at Police AI
• Their operational policing experience
• Their experience using Co - pilot in a policing context
• Technical Skills

Your Technical skills response should address the following element:

Describe a Co-pilot, AI-enabled or automation solution that you have developed, configured, tested, or implemented. Explain the business need, your role in designing or delivering the solution, and the benefits achieved for users or the organisation

Sift – Date to be Confirmed

An initial sift will be undertaken against the technical skill question

Candidates who are successful at the initial sift stage will progress to a full sift, where the remaining assessment element (Personal Statement) will be reviewed and scored.

Candidates who do not achieve the minimum pass mark at the initial sift stage will receive a score only for the element assessed at the initial sift.

Interview – Date to be Confirmed

If you are successful at the sift stage, you will be invited to attend an interview.

The interview will assess all three Behaviours and Technical Skill - (Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration) outlined in the advert.

Interviews will be conducted via Microsoft Teams.

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

Applications for this role are restricted to existing officers or staff of a UK police force or UK policing organisation.

Vacancy reference: 7300,7301,7302,7303

Application

As part of the application process, you will be required to complete the following:

• Personal Statement (750 words maximum)

Your personal statement should address the following three elements:

• Their motivation for working at Police AI
• Their operational policing experience
• Their experience using Co - pilot in a policing context
• Technical Skills

Your Technical skills response should address the following elements:

Describe a Co-pilot, AI-enabled or automation solution that you have developed, configured, tested, or implemented. Explain the business need, your role in designing or delivering the solution, and the benefits achieved for users or the organisation

Sift – Date to be Confirmed

An initial sift will be undertaken against the technical skill question

Candidates who are successful at the initial sift stage will progress to a full sift, where the remaining assessment element (Personal Statement) will be reviewed and scored.

Candidates who do not achieve the minimum pass mark at the initial sift stage will receive a score only for the element assessed at the initial sift.

Interview – Date to be Confirmed

If you are successful at the sift stage, you will be invited to attend an interview.

The interview will assess all three Behaviours and Technical Skill - (Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration) outlined in the advert.

Interviews will be conducted via Microsoft Teams.

This role is available for 6 months as a secondment opportunity to:

• serving police officers substantive in the rank of Police Constable and/or staff equivalent. All applicants must have the support of their Chief Officer which must be of NPCC rank, i.e., CC, ACC or DCC and this must accompany an application.
• serving police staff at the equivalent rank of Police Constable and/or staff equivalent who have their chief officer's approval. Chief Officer’s approval must be of NPCC rank, i.e., CC, ACC or DCC. Approval for a secondment must accompany an application.

Central service conditions may apply.

Please ensure you return the attached secondment approval form either as an attachment when submitting your application or via email to recruitment@college.police.uk.

For further information on applying for a secondment please visit the “Secondments into the College” page.

How to apply and contact information:

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, and as Public Servants we follow the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

We embrace diversity and promote equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

For further information visit our ‘Work for us’ page.

What it's like working at the College of Policing

• If you would like to discuss the role in more detail please contact T/D/Supt Neil Watford neil.watford@kent.police.uk - Contact Number : 07980 923754 - Role : Police AI Co - pilot Strategic Lead.

We believe that a diverse workforce brings many benefits to the organisation including diversity of thought and improvements to the way we work internally and with partners and communities. We strive to be fully inclusive but we know there is more to do. We genuinely encourage people from all backgrounds and underrepresented groups to apply for this role.

We want to continually improve our recruitment processes and to remove any barriers to equal opportunities that could disadvantage those from particular backgrounds. In order for us to have the information to do this, we ask you to please complete the diversity section of the online application process. We use a “blind” shortlisting process and we hope that by using this method we will be able to promote greater diversity in our workforce and remove any subconscious decisions based on biases.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.