Become an associate

Associates provide services for specific, short-term pieces of work.

Associates are independent of the College and bring specialist skills to complement those of our staff. They include trainers, coaches, assessors, designers and expert witnesses.

Eligibility

You cannot apply to join an associate pool if you are a currently employed police officer or member of staff.

If you are a public sector employee, you may be eligible if you:

work part time and are applying to be an associate during your non-working hours
are to be engaged in associate work during non-paid leave.

This is to avoid dual payment for the same period of engagement.

If you are accepted into a pool

If you are accepted into an associate pool, it does not guarantee you will be offered work. Work is allocated through a fair and transparent process, detailed in the scope of work.

Payment is dependent on the nature of the work undertaken.

Find out more about how candidates are selected for pools

Pools open for applications

There are currently no pools open for applications.

How associates are selected to join pools

Selection is done in line with the principles in the Code of Ethics. Associate pools are reselected at least every three years to ensure skills are refreshed.

Each pool has a defined scope of work and a clear criteria necessary for the delivery of that work, including:

qualifications
skills
knowledge
experience
currency

Scoring expressions of interest

Expressions of interest are scored against a marking scheme of 0 to 5. You need to show that you are suitable for the role in the qualifications, skills and experience sections of the expression of interest form.

Score	Assessment	Criteria
5	Excellent	Exceeds the required standard. Response answers the question with precision and relevance. Gives evidence of added value.
4	Good	Meets the required standard. Comprehensive response in terms of detail and relevance.
3	Acceptable	Meets the standards in most aspects but fails in some areas. Acceptable level of detail, accuracy and relevance.
2	Limited	Fails the standards in most aspects but meets some. Limited information/inadequate/only partially addresses the question.
1	Inadequate	Significantly fails to meet the standard. Inadequate detail provided/questions not answered/answers not directly related to the question.
0	Not eligible for consideration	Completely fails to meet the standard. Response significantly deficient, no response.

Equal opportunities

We encourage a diverse workforce. We aim to provide a working environment where all staff, contractors and associates at all levels are valued and respected. Discrimination, bullying, promotion of negative stereotyping and harassment are not tolerated.

We do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, gender identity, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, those with caring responsibilities, part time workers or any other factor irrelevant to a person's work.

Application process