7301: Police AI - Co-pilot Developers

Job summary

​​Applications for this role are restricted to existing officers or staff of a UK police force or UK policing organisation.​

About us:

PoliceAI is a nationally significant technology and transformation programme in UK policing. Backed by central government investment and positioned at the heart of the police reform agenda, PoliceAI is the new National Centre for AI in Policing, helping to shape how policing uses data, technology and artificial intelligence to tackle crime, protect the public and modernise frontline operations.

We bring together operational policing, technical expertise, product delivery, assurance and the responsible use of AI to develop and scale capabilities that improve public safety outcomes. Our work helps forces respond more effectively to demand, strengthen investigations, identify risk and harm earlier, and free up frontline time for the activities that matter most to communities.

This is an opportunity to contribute to a programme with national reach and meaningful public service impact, helping to define how AI is developed, governed and adopted across one of the UK’s most important public services. The work is varied and complex, moves at pace, and has the potential to deliver better tools for policing, better outcomes for the public, and stronger foundations for the responsible use of AI.

PoliceAI is hosted within the College of Policing.

About the College of Policing:

Our mission is: Leadership, Standards, Performance. This guides our work with individuals, forces, and policing partners towards our vision. We exist to support police officers, police staff and volunteers to deliver the best service to the public. Only through high quality leadership, consistent standards and continual performance improvement can everyone in policing reach their full potential. Our mission guides our work with individual, forces and partners towards our vision.

We offer a supportive and inclusive environment for people to thrive through our extensive flexible-working policy, employee wellbeing support, family friendly policies, and status as a disability confident leader.

For further information visit our ‘Work for us’ page.

Location:

This role is available as a designated homeworking role, remote working (anywhere in the UK). Please note some travel may be required.

Job description

We are looking for people who are motivated by public service, interested in responsible innovation, and comfortable working collaboratively across organisational, operational and technical boundaries. Joining PoliceAI means contributing to a supportive, multidisciplinary team that is helping to shape the future of policing and ensure AI is used in ways that are effective, responsible, operationally useful and worthy of public trust.

As a Co-pilot Developer, you will help shape how policing adopts and benefits from Microsoft Co-pilot, AI agents and automation technologies. Working as part of the national PoliceAI programme, you will support the development, testing and refinement of Co-pilot solutions that can be used across forces to improve productivity, consistency and efficiency. Your work will help ensure AI enabled tools are reliable, safe and effective, enabling policing organisations to realise greater value from emerging technologies while maintaining appropriate governance and responsible AI principles.

We're looking for someone who has strong frontline operational Policing experience and combines technical curiosity with a practical approach to problem solving. You will have experience working with digital systems, automation services, AI-enabled tools or IT support environments and be confident collaborating with a range of stakeholders to develop and improve solutions. Successful candidates will be comfortable learning about emerging technologies, refining agents and prompts, supporting user adoption, and ensuring solutions remain secure, well governed and aligned to organisational needs.

Additional Information:

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.

Due to our status as Public Servants, we are not eligible to participate in the Civil Service transfer process. Therefore, while successful candidates can transfer into the organisation on their existing terms and conditions, any move back to the Civil Service may mean that continuity of service is not automatically recognised by the receiving department, and new starter or modernised terms and conditions may apply, subject to the receiving department's policies and arrangements. However, employees who move directly to a Civil Service department without a break in service may retain continuity of service for redundancy and pension purposes.

Any previous service with local government or other external Modification Order bodies will not be carried forward or count when calculating redundancy entitlement.

The College embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we comply with the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) and apply the minimum selection criteria at sift stage of the recruitment process. Where necessary, we may increase the minimum selection criteria to support the effective management of the recruitment process, while ensuring our approach remains fair, transparent and consistent with our Disability Confident commitments.

Person specification

Some of your responsibilities will include:

• Developing, testing and refining Copilot agents, prompts and automation solutions that support policing organisations to work more effectively.
• Supporting the adoption and ongoing improvement of AI-enabled solutions by identifying issues, analysing performance and implementing enhancements.
• Creating and maintaining prompt libraries, templates, guidance and supporting documentation to promote consistent and safe use of Co - pilot technologies
• Working with colleagues and stakeholders to transition new AI and automation solutions into sustainable operational use.
• Ensuring AI-enabled tools operate within agreed governance, security and responsible AI frameworks, escalating risks and issues where appropriate.

To be successful in this role you’ll need:

• Experience working with digital technologies, automation services, AI-enabled tools or IT support environments.
• The ability to develop, test, refine or support digital solutions while applying structured problem-solving and service management approaches.
• Strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders and translate requirements into practical solutions.
• An understanding of information governance, data sensitivity, security requirements and the safe use of AI-enabled technologies.
• A proactive approach to learning, continuous improvement and helping users gain maximum benefit from emerging technology.

Please read the Key Criteria section in the role description (linked within the advert) carefully before applying. Applications will only be considered from candidates who can clearly demonstrate that they meet the essential requirements outlined for the role.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• AI Adoption in Policing
• Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration