Recruiter hasn't got back to me when they said they would

I was made redundant in June from a business analyst role in which I worked in for 5 years. I took a short holiday after that, I have been applying to some jobs after that and have had a few interviews but with no luck.

Last month I had an interview for software engineer role on a 18 month contract at my local police station. The manager for the role got back in touch with me a few days after and said that i don't have the exact skills to get started straightaway as it's only for 18 months the role doesn't have much time to be trained up in as it covers a wide range of services, however she told me about an upcoming role in the same team which she feels my skills are more aligned with.

Its a similar role and is a 2 year contract so there is more time to learn on the job and it covers less wide projects. She told me that I will need to go through the application and interview process again, but she has asked me to get in touch if I have any questions.

The talent acquisition lead/internal recruiter emailed me the link to the role 2 weeks ago and he said 'we have to be fair and advertise this to everyone, but we would really like you to apply for this role' so I applied for it.

The job post closed last week, and the interview was 2 days ago. I thought it went well, it was with the same people as last time. Towards the end they talked a lot about the onboarding process e.g vetting, training and working arrangements.

They said they would get in touch with me the next day but I haven't heard anything, is that a bad sign?

Exactly what Greg's said above - don't read too much into it, the recruiter will probably be dealing with lots of other roles and processes. Give them a friendly chase in a day or so.

For what it's worth, I think it's positive that there was plenty of chat about onboarding and working arrangements.