ERSOU ROCU - Detective Sergeant - South Investigation Team - Ref 8921

Police Officer - Internal
ERSOU South Investigation Team
Bedfordshire Police Force
Other
South Investigation Team - Operations Directorate
Secondment
Detective Sergeant
Full Time

ERSOU celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone is valued and respected. We actively encourage applications from underrepresented or minority groups. ERSOU is a Disability Confident employer. Should you require any reasonable adjustments for your application process, please contact the HR Service Centre on 01438 757777. We also offer the guaranteed interview scheme; this means that all candidates with a disability covered by the Equality Act 2010, who meet the minimum entry requirements for the role, will be invited to attend an interview. Where possible we will also consider flexible working requests.

Applications are invited from substantive Detective Sergeants to join the Eastern Regional Special Operations Unit (ERSOU) for vacancies on the Southern Investigation Team (SIT).

This advert is open to officers within the region from Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Kent, Norfolk and Suffolk.

At this time this advert is not open to Essex police officers.

The ERSOU SIT conduct proactive and reactive investigations into serious and complex crimes under the Eastern Region Control Strategy utilising covert methods and tactics. The team is made up of multi-skilled investigators and surveillance operatives. Officers are based within Mid-Hertfordshire but will need to demonstrate a flexible approach to start times and locations to meet operational objectives.

The post is open to Substantive Detective Sergeants who have a proven track record in supervising serious and complex criminal investigations.

Applicants must hold or be prepared to undergo Management Vetting (5 years residency criteria) and Security Clearance (5 years residency criteria) or Development vetting, if applicable, before taking up the post. Please be aware the Police Corporate Vetting Unit will undertake security vetting on successful candidates, their family and others that live at their home address, which will include financial checks. Due to the sensitive nature of these checks, we are not able to supply feedback should clearance be declined.

Essential Skills/Attributes are:

  • Q1 Surveillance Trained
  • Authorised Advanced Police driver
  • Diversity Training
  • Unarmed Defence Tactics Training
  • Ability to undertake proactive investigations
  • Awareness of covert tactics

You will be expected to provide written evidence around the following competencies and the minimum entry requirements from the role profile:

  • We take ownership
  • We are collaborative
  • Analyse critically
  • We are innovative and open-minded

 There are also two further areas which you will be required to provide evidence –

  • Relevant experience and career history
  • Investigation of serious and complex crimes

Please note there is a 500 words limit for each competency and additional questions.

The closing date is Sunday the 1st of November 2020 and applications will marked against the role profile and questions asked.

All applicants must print off a copy of the ROCU application approval form and pass this onto their line manager and head of department for authorisation. As this is a PDF document this will need to be wesigned. We will accept an audit trail of emails from your line manager and Head of Department if a wet signature is not achievable.

The completed approval form needs to be returned to ersou.recruitment@herts.pnn.police.uk as close to the closing date as possible.  Application forms will not be progressed to the shortlisting stage until the recruitment team has received a completed approval form.

Kent officers will need to have their approval form signed by their 1st line manager and then sent to hr.resource.planning@kent.essex.pnn.police.uk to be authorised by Chief Officers.

For further information about the role or mileage from your home address to the working location please contact: ersou.recruitment@herts.pnn.police.uk

To submit your application please click the ‘Apply’ button.

1 November 2020

This opportunity is closed to applications.