ACT Police Officer - Canberra

ACT Policing is the community policing arm of the Australian Federal Police (AFP).

As an ACT policing officer, you'll perform frontline policing duties, responding to incidents and engaging with the community to uphold the law. No 2 days are the same and the work you do makes a real difference.

You'll work with the community to address:

• victim-based crime
• threats to community safety
• serious and organised crime
• road safety.

Over the course of your career, you'll have the opportunity to work across a range of specialist policing areas, including:

• road policing
• judicial operations
• emergency management and planning
• domestic and family violence
• sexual assault and child abuse
• fraud
• intelligence
• criminal investigations, such as drugs, organised crime and homicide
• community safety

Eligibility

To apply for this role, you must:

• Be an Australian citizen
• Be 18 years of age or older
• Have attained a minimum educational level of a Year 10 Certificate, or higher
• Hold a valid Australian driver’s license (P Plates are accepted)
• Provide evidence you can swim 100 metres freestyle, have current First Aid and CPR certifications.

Benefits

Working for the AFP provides you with a diverse and rewarding career.

We recognise your contribution to our workforce and offer generous remuneration and conditions, including:

• 6 weeks (30 days) of paid annual leave per year
• 4 mandatory rest days per year
• 18 days of paid personal leave per year
• generous superannuation of 15.4%
• 18 weeks paid maternity leave + an additional 36 weeks of maternity leave without pay
• 11 weeks paid parental leave for partners, increasing to 18 weeks in 2027
• flexible working arrangements, such as part-time work, job sharing or changes in work hours, patterns or locations
• get paid to train at the AFP College + accommodation + meals
• generous salaries and incremental salary progression governed by the AFP Enterprise Agreement
• 40 hour working week – know your roster in advance
• health and wellbeing services – with a focus on early intervention, education and prevention
• access to ongoing training and professional development opportunities.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion  

• We’re all individuals and we love that. At the AFP we value the different perspectives, approaches and lived experiences of our people, and recognise that our collective intelligence and diversity is what makes us stronger. As such, we encourage applications from people from all walks of life, including people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, First Nations people, women, the LGBTQIA+ community and people with disability.  

Submit your interest by clicking ‘Apply’.