The South West Regional Organised Crime Unit (SWROCU) is looking for a Technical Surveillance Officer keen to progress their career as part of our Technical Surveillance Team.
You will be part of a specialist team providing innovative and essential support to a wide variety of customers based in law enforcement capturing intelligence to progress an investigation or evidence to secure a conviction. The team support investigations involving local constabularies, the SWROCU, and surveillance teams around the South West and beyond.
Your work will be challenging and rewarding engaging with members of the public and law enforcement colleagues to achieve positive outcomes – providing a first class service and making a tangible difference.
You will enjoy a varied workload, which affords you the opportunity to work with local, regional, national, and international law enforcement partners, as well as private companies and members of the public.
This is a dynamic role for which you will undergo several courses with the opportunity to become proficient in many varied aspects of covert policing.
SWROCU is a collaboration of police officers and police staff from the five South West regional forces. We’re part of a national network of nine ROCUs covering England and Wales.
We have more than 20 capabilities that staff and officers work in to Pursue offenders, Protect and Prepare individuals and organisations, and Prevent people from engaging in serious and organised crime.
Our capabilities are here to advise, to assist, or to fully adopt investigations.
We work with local forces and national partners to target and disrupt criminals posing the greatest risk of Serious and Organised Criminality (SOC). This includes offenders involved in cyber threats, economic crime, drug conspiracies, modern slavery and human trafficking, and child sexual abuse and exploitation.
We’re looking for committed people with the right skillset – or ambition to develop that skillset – to join us.
You don’t need years of experience to join us; we’ll invest in you.
What we can offer you –
* Flexible working – with many of our roles we can be flexible regarding working hours and your primary location.
* Continuous professional development – we encourage and support career growth, giving you the opportunity of a flourishing career.
* Well-being support – we have many support mechanisms in place to assist in improving your personal health and wellbeing.
* Other perks include discounts and savings for you and your family on retail, dining out, holidays and theme parks to name just a few.
* Flexible local government pension scheme.
Skills, experience and qualifications required
Essential:
* HND or HNC (or recognised BTEC) in electronics, radio or telecommunications or relevant workplace experience and ability to demonstrate up to date knowledge of relevant technologies;
* Previous knowledge/experience of at least one of the following: video, audio, optics, alarm, telecommunications, location and positioning equipment, information communication technology, mobile telephony, IP or WIFI technology
* Experience of working in a technical environment
* Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with ability to advise and influence to achieve objectives
* Ability to work autonomously in a challenging environment and make decisions balancing operational considerations against risk
* Excellent problem solving skills with ability to develop technical and practical solutions
* Ability to deal with multiple demands under considerable time pressures
* Detailed knowledge of computer systems used with specialist technical equipment and competent in the use of Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel
* Awareness of workplace health & safety issues, specifically related to Health and Safety Regulations
* Demonstrate understanding of relevant legislation in connection with technical surveillance techniques (RIPA, Police Act, APP, ACPO Surveillance Manual of Standards and ECHR Act)
* You will ideally hold a full current driving licence as you will need to travel across a large regional area which at times may be required at short notice.
Recruitment and Selection
* Recruitment webinar: Monday 16th September @ 11:30am
Hosted by the capability lead or a member of their team, this is an opportunity to find out more about the role, the team you would be part of, and ask any questions.
Please contactswrocurecruitment@avonandsomerset.police.uk, whereby invites will be sent accordingly. Please note that webinars will not be recorded.
* The closing date for receipt of applications is:Sunday 6th October, 23:55
* Shortlisting will take place week commencing: Monday 7th October
* Assessment/Interviews: Practical assessments will be held on Monday 11th November, followed by an interview on the same day if successful.
Vetting and safeguarding
This post is subject to a higher security clearance at MV and SC – Management Vetting and Security Clearance Level.
To be eligible to apply for this role you must have a five-year ‘checkable history’ in the UK – ideally this means that you would have been resident in the UK for the last five years.
In accordance with the National Vetting Policy, SWROCU are committed to safeguarding and operate safer recruitment processes, to ensure a police service that employees are proud to work for because they feel safe, valued and part of a happy and supportive work environment. All employees and volunteers therefore will be subject to background checks including vetting and references.
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