Greater Manchester Police jobs
Do you think differently? Do you want a meaningful career that improves the lives of those around you, a career where no two days are the same?
If so, you may be eligible to join a Police Now award-winning two-year national graduate programme. This is a unique opportunity to join the police through one of our Times Top 100 graduate schemes which offer personal support and advice, training and development.
Society needs police officers as diverse as the communities they serve across Manchester, to improve the lives of those around them. We need people like you to bring the diversity of your experiences to make a positive and lasting difference in Manchester and to the communities challenged by crime.
Greater Manchester Police careers
Greater Manchester is one of the largest policing areas within England and Wales covering an area of nearly 500 square miles. It is home to approximately 2.8 million people, forming 1.2 million households. This makes Greater Manchester the second-largest city region in the UK and home to almost 5% of the UK population.
As a police officer with Greater Manchester Police you’ll get the opportunity to work with a hugely diverse range of communities in the Metropolitan County of Greater Manchester. Building effective relationships with the communities of Greater Manchester is at the heart of the policing model.
Counter Terrorism Policing North West (CTPNW) is a collaboration of five forces, including Greater Manchester Police. Counter-terrorism policing at Greater Manchester Police focuses on preventing and responding to terrorist threats. This includes, intelligence gathering, surveillance, and collaboration with national agencies to protect public safety and disrupt potential attacks.
Through our partnership with Greater Manchester Police and neighbouring forces in the North West region, we have recruited, trained and developed 305 graduates to become neighbourhood police officers and detectives since 2017.
- Chief Constable: Stephen Watson QPM
- Headquarters: Central Park, Northampton Road, Manchester
- Areas include: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, and Wigan.
Why join Greater Manchester Police with Police Now?
By joining Greater Manchester Police through Police Now’s national graduate programmes, you’ll benefit from our unique range of support and development features specially designed to develop your career and your impact in policing.
You’ll get a whole host of Police Now benefits unique to our national graduate programmes.
- A Performance and Development Coach who’ll work with you over the two-year programme on your personal and professional development.
- A Police Now national peer network to learn from and share experiences with.
- Advice from experienced officers through the Police Now alumni network.
- Our specially designed Police Now Academy to give you a unique and intensive preparation for life in-force.
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Police Now stood out as different. I felt that through a programme that was so in line with what I connected with; it was the right way to go into policing. I think what sets Police Now apart - and why it is important - is that it really embraces you as an individual. I can honestly say that. It gives you the opportunity to be yourself and then be a police officer.
Since completing Police Now's programme, I have transitioned into a detective role investigating serious and complex crime. Being a detective leaves a lasting impact on people’s lives and there is nothing more rewarding or important than that.
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To truly serve this increasingly diverse population, it is imperative that Greater Manchester Police delivers fair, equitable and just policing to all people - irrespective of their ethnicity, background or belief.
Core requirements
To be eligible to join Greater Manchester Police, you must:
- Have achieved, or be working towards, a 2.2 undergraduate degree by the programme start date.
- Be a British Citizen or have indefinite leave to remain and right to work in the UK.
- Have lived in the UK for the last three years.
- Have a full UK manual driving licence.
Before you apply, make sure you read our full eligibility criteria.
How you apply
You want a career where you can make an impact. Are you prepared to start the application process?
Being prepared is the first step in being successful in your application to join the police. Before you apply, make sure to thoroughly read this information and have everything you need to start your journey.
Find out how you apply for Greater Manchester Police and all the steps you’ll go through in becoming a police officer with Police Now.
Making an impact with Greater Manchester Police
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