Public and Personal Safety Trainer; PPST

Overview

Contract Type - Permanent

Staffordshire Police is continually striving to deliver the best possible service for the county’s residents, businesses and visitors. It is a fast-paced organisation, adaptive to modern policing needs and open to continual improvement.

Grade F - £32,613 - £39,276

Everyone who works for the force has an important role to play in shaping the future of Staffordshire Police. The force seeks people who will champion new ways of working, be collaborative and agile and represent in a fair and ethical manner those that Staffordshire Police serves.

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Staffordshire Police are seeking a passionate and motivated person to join the PPST Team within our Learning & Development team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a strong teaching, training or coaching background to join a successful, highly motivated and experienced team of trainers that deliver training to Police Officers and Police Staff of all ranks and roles.

The post-holder will demonstrate the capability to deliver training programmes that teach Police Officers and Staff how to effectively protect themselves and others as they carry out their operational duties. The team also deliver bespoke training packages, train and assess new Police Officers and Staff and offer bespoke development for individuals and teams as necessary. Training helps to ensure that Staffordshire Police provide an effective service to the public where protection, mitigation of risk and law enforcement is concerned.

The ideal candidate will have a proven understanding and capability of learning and development processes (learning needs analysis, design, delivery, evaluation and environmental scanning) together with the ability to clearly communicate with, and positively influence, staff at all levels in the areas of learning and development.

• Public and Personal Safety Training in line with College of Policing Licencing requirements to all Staffordshire Police employees that are exposed to risk.
• PPST to all Student Officers from various recruitment programs.
• Method of Entry training to selected officers across the force.
• Specialist training to departments that require it such as Staffordshire’s Armed Response Vehicle Officers.

This post is based at Staffordshire Police’s dedicated PPST Training Facility on Beacon Park Industrial Estate, next to Police HQ in Stafford, Staffordshire. Some travel is required occasionally, and the applicant must possess a full driving licence.

Further details relating to the role and responsibilities can be found within the role profile.

• JRFT (Job Related Fitness Test)
• Assessment centre (where skills relevant to the role will be assessed)
• Classroom presentation
• Interview

The JRFT and Assessment Centre will take place on one day. Successful applicants will then progress to the Classroom Presentation and Interview.

Closing date:
Wednesday 4th March 2026 at 12 Midday.

• Pension Scheme - Employers Pension contribution 21.5%
• Generous holiday entitlement, plus Bank Holidays
• Flexible / Agile Working
• Sick pay scheme
• Fostering friendly policy
• Family friendly policies – maternity, paternity, parental leave, adoption, disability leave and carers leave
• Access to health and wellbeing support
• Eye care vouchers
• On site Gyms
• Staff associations
• Reward and Recognition
• Blue light Card
• Flexible working options
• Training and development opportunities
• Car lease scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free Parking at selected sites
• Onsite catering facilities
• Access to Staff Networks
• Union support
• Financial products and services

Equality and Inclusion Staffordshire Police is fully supportive of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and strives to employ a workforce that represents the community we serve. Our vacancies are open to everyone and all appointments are made based on merit. We encourage and welcome applications from all underrepresented groups including Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, female, people who have a disability, those who are neurodivergent and persons of the LGBTQ+ community.

We use positive action to encourage potential candidates from underrepresented groups. For more information on Positive Action please email the team  For recruitment queries please email hr recruitment.

Residency Eligibility Please note you will need to have been a resident in the UK for the last three years consecutively for RV Level roles and five years for MV Level roles. If successful at interview and pre-employment checks, vetting will be conducted.

Please see what this involves via the Police vetting process link.