NCA Trainee Investigator/Intelligence 2019

Hi, would anyone be able to tell me what the substance test entails - is it a blood test or just hair? how much hair do they take?

Hi! Anyone in intel received their start date yet?

Hi everyone, I thought this might help some people. I applied for the experienced investigator roles in November. My timeline is below:

Applied November 2019.
Interview end of Jan 2019.
Into candidate pool March.
Conditional offer end of March.
Vetting forms submitted beginning of April
Medical mid May
Formal offer and start date of the 24th August mid July

Please take into consideration that I am already vetted so it may have been quicker for me. The updates were sporadic, several persons at my work are still awaiting formal offers, we received our conditional offers around the same time, some have received phone calls from our future station, some have not. It appears completely random as to what contact you get from the recruitment team, and how long your pre employment checks will take, but expect at least 3 months. Some of my colleagues scored higher than me in interview, but I received my start date before them.

Hi has anyone who starts on Mon 3 Aug 20 received their laptop etc via special delivery yet?

Not yet, but I’ve been told that I’m going to be in the office on the Wednesday so maybe they aren’t sending them out? Where are you based?

I’m going to Slough. I have received my phone just awaiting Laptop. I’m going into the office on Mon and doing the dial in from there

Ah okay! I will wait for the delivery then hopefully 🤞🏼

Have you had much contact with your line manager or the on boarding team? I’m due to start in September and haven’t heard a peep since signing the contract.
Giving it until next week before I chase the recruitment team but just wondering whether I should have heard a bit more by now.

When acknowledging my signed contract for 7/9 start they said “Your next communication should be from our on-boarding team at some point a few weeks before your start date. They will give you all the details you need for your first day. In the meantime, if you have any questions just let me know.“

so I’m not expecting anything until mid August.

I understand that appointments From the candidate pool are made at posting panels (not sure if this is the only way positions are allocated?) so does anyone know when the next posting panel is?

Nope, that’s it. I had psych on 26/6 & received start date 15/7 & contract 17/7. Hopefully now you & Bexi2405 have had your medical & psych they’ll be prioritising getting your paperwork sorted before 7/8 so you have your month’s notice for sept cohort.