PS/702/H A4 Locate Team Officer

****Please note that this vacancy has now closed and is available to redeployees only; it will not be checked on a regular basis by the recruitment team. It is therefore essential that if you apply for this role, you e-mail BCHCareers@herts.pnn.police.uk to notify us that you have submitted an application. We will then process it for shortlisting. If you do not notify us by e-mail that you have submitted an application, it will not be picked up. Please also ensure that you notify your allocated Change Advisor of any redeployee applications that you have submitted.****

Applications are invited for the role of A4 - Officer within the new Locate Team Office. The post is to be placed within the Intelligence Unit based at Hatfield Police Station and serve the Local Policing Command.

As part of the Local Policing Command the Locate / Trace Team will manage the efficient and effective recovery of Missing Persons. The team will work with the Missing Persons Unit and Safeguarding to deal with long term issues. They will also work together with Safer Neighbourhood Teams to carry out functions to help reduce risk and demand from repeat Missing Persons.

Under common law and ECHR Articles 2 and 3, the Constabulary has clear safeguarding duties to risk assess, trace / locate and manage MISPERS efficiently and effectively. The post holder will have daily interaction with the LPC Intervention Inspector for medium and Low risk Missing People and also support the CSP Detective Inspector in cases of high risk. The intervention supervisors will ensure that the tasks are suitably resourced.

They would also support and assist the Missing Persons Unit in the roll out of the Herts Key contacts (Herbert Protocol), which encourages carers to compile useful information that could be used in the event of a vulnerable person going missing.

The post holder will be responsible for the protection of life by monitoring all reports on COMPACT, ensuring effective tasking and accurate and up to date records of enquiries are completed. They will need to evaluate the current intelligence picture and determine what viable lines of enquiry exist from a number of different sources and identify the correct level of tasking and deployment.

They will ensure that reviews are conducted in accordance with published NPIA guidance and SOP and they will be expected to conduct enquiries to allow for early tracing and returning of missing persons. They will review risk levels of missing person enquiries highlighting concerns to Supervisors. They will create and allocate tasks in low and medium risk cases and assist investigation teams in High risk cases providing guidance and expertise.
They will also have to justify expenditure in relation to media, telephone and financial enquires.

PIP level 1 is not essential but desirable.

In addition to the attached role profile other Key Responsibilities may include:-

• To monitor and manage the COMPACT system, providing an overview of investigations, ensuring safeguarding priorities and liaise with ICT where appropriate.
• Attendance at regional and national missing conferences.
• To give support to other departments within the CSP for high risk missing persons if required.
• To assist and manage the Herts Key Contacts (Herbert Protocol) concerning vulnerable persons.

For the purposes of the application you will be expected to provide evidence against the four personal qualities below and the entry requirements:

• We take ownership
• We are collaborative
• We deliver, support and inspire
• We analyse critically

There is a word count limit of 500 words per personal quality.

Please note, if you are shortlisted for interview you will be expected to provide evidence against all personal qualities and the entry requirements stipulated in the role profile.

All applications must be received by the closing date.

Please note that in the first instance priority will be given to any applicants in a redeployment situation.

Any individuals in a redeployment situation who are interested in applying for the role should contact the HRST (HREnquiries@herts.pnn.police.uk) and request the redeployee application form.

Please note that with immediate effect: Police Staff at risk of redundancy (redeployees) are given priority for all vacant posts. This means that if a candidate is successful for a position following an interview/assessment, the role will still be available to redeployees up until the successful candidate has received a final offer of employment. Therefore it is possible that a redeployee could be offered and given priority to the vacant post up until the point that the successful candidate has received their final offer letter.

If you are currently protected under the multiple impact mechanism, please contact your HR Advisor prior to applying for this post to see how it may affect your salary.

Police Officers who accept an offer of a Police Staff role will need to retire as an Officer and if they are currently on the 30+ Scheme, will need to leave that scheme.

Police Officers considering retirement and being re-employed as Police Staff are required to read the attached Briefing Note as it contains important tax information regarding retirement and pension payments.

For further information or for an informal discussion please contact either LPC Intelligence and IOM DCI Francesca WARD on Ext. 6901, LPC General Intelligence DI Mark Clawson on Ext. 6566 or DS Nina Yuill on Ext. 8172