Met launches 'A Career That Matters’ recruitment campaign
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PCs Helen French and Dominik John feature in a new 'A Career That Matters’ recruitment campaign.
Courtesy Met Police
The plan sets out how the Met will deliver better policing as it radically transforms the organisation to set its officers and staff up to succeed.
The choose 'A Career That Matters’ campaign is central to the Met’s mission of becoming the police service that Londoners deserve and achieving more trust, less crime and high standards. An officer that protects women, girls and children from predatory men and another who stops criminal gangs from recruiting young people and blighting communities, are at the forefront of the campaign calling on people to choose 'A Career That Matters’ and sign-up to join the Met Police.
PCs Helen French and Dominik John feature in the new recruitment campaign aimed at attracting people with the desire and ambition to make a difference to the lives of Londoners, earning a starting salary of around £36,775 in a career that matters.
Police Constable Helen French works in one of the Met’s Public Protection teams investigating non-recent sexual abuse and predatory offenders.
Helen said: “This year I will have served London for 25 years and I am still immensely proud of my job – it is still an amazing job with lots of opportunities to experience lots of different roles as I have.”
Helen recently led an investigation which resulted in six young women receiving justice after they were abused. A dangerous man was subsequently sentenced to 35 years in prison.
She said: “To know you have made an impact on someone’s life is the best part of the job. In the case I worked on, one survivor thanked me for believing them and told me I had helped to save their life. Receiving such a heartfelt message like that is what makes the job worthwhile.”
Police Constable Dominik John, works in one of the Met’s Gangs Unit’s investigating criminal gangs and preventing them from targeting young people.
Dominik said: “I wanted to become a police officer from a young age and was a Volunteer Police Cadet before I went to university. Becoming a police constable hasn’t always been an easy ride for me. I received mixed responses from some of my family and friends and not all were supportive. I have had people tell me I have to “choose between black and blue” and this has been really hard – but I wanted to be part of a change and do something that mattered to help people in my local and wider community.
"I know that the Met needs more people like me if it is going to really be the police service that this diverse city deserves.”
Working for the Met offers a number of benefits. Police constables receive a starting salary of circa £36,775 including allowances rising to £37,775 dependent on meeting the standard required. They also receive free travel across London on tubes and buses and heavily discounted rail travel for up to 70 miles from London.
The Met also offers a number of different and inclusive ways to join to suit a range of experience, qualifications and personal preferences.
Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley joined Helen and Dominik to launch the campaign. He said: “Recruiting new and talented people to join us as police constables is a crucial part of our mission to deliver more trust, less crime and high standards.
“The officers featured in this campaign show the best of the Met – whether they are in their probation period or well into their third decade of policing London – and I hope they will motivate others to join us.
“Our campaigns need to reflect the reality of this career. The opportunity to police the greatest city in the world is exciting, but it comes with great responsibility.
“If we’re going to be the police service London deserves then we need to attract the best of this city. We need passionate people who want to help and really make a difference to the lives of the communities we serve.
“Now is an exciting time to join the Met. It’s an opportunity to be part of the change as we deliver on the promises set out in our ‘New Met for London’ plan.
“We know that the public’s confidence in the Met as an organisation has been damaged in recent years, but we also know that when people meet our officers and see the incredible work they do every day, they are encouraged and inspired.”
To find out more about joining the Met, visit: www.met.police.uk/car/careers/met/police-officer-roles
