ACU Protect Officer - HC616360

Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) Protect Officer – HC616360

Location: Near Fareham, with the flexibility to work from home once training has been completed

Scale: SO1: £33,915.00 - £35,982.00

Hours: 37.00 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: Sunday 19th May 2024 at 23:59

We are recruiting for a BRAND NEW role…

Have you ever wanted to work within an Anti-Corruption Unit to help protect everyone from members of policing who may pose a risk or concern? Now if your chance to become Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary’s first ever ACU Protect Officer.

What is the role all about?

Sitting within the ACU Intelligence Team, you will embed a PROTECT and offender management culture within the ACU.

Working with intelligence about members of the Constabulary from a variety of internal and external sources, you will then have responsibility to take ownership of cases. This involve reviewing intelligence, assess the risk involved and think about how it can be managed/mitigated, carry out investigative work and make recommendations on how to proceed.

During investigations, travel to various locations across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight is likely to be required at least once a week. You will also be required to communicate with internal stakeholders, namely all ranks of Officers and Staff, and external stakeholders.

For further information please see the role profile here

What does an ideal ACU Protect Officer candidate look like?

A background in intelligence is not essential for this role.

However, you must be able to analyse, assess and evaluate complex data. You should also be organised and methodical in the way you work, and be able to accurately organise and collate large volumes of information.

Our ideal candidate will hold a full UK drivers licence, be a confident communicator, be able to write detailed reports and have good IT skills.

The ACU department deals with highly sensitive information and operates on a ‘need to know’ basis, so most importantly, you must have integrity and value the importance of it.

What can we offer you?

In addition to an exciting new role and a competitive salary, you will attract benefits including, but not limited to:

• 24 days annual leave;
• Competitive pension scheme;
• Excellent wellbeing support, including access to the Employee Assistance Programme; and
• Retail, food and leisure discounts through Hampshire Police Leisure & Sports and Blue Light Card.

How to apply

Please follow the online application link to apply. You will be required to enter personal details and complete our screening questions. In addition, you will be required to provide evidence against the following competencies and values:

We analyse critically Level 1

We take ownership Level 1

We are collaborative Level 1

Integrity

Candidate guidance for completing an application form

Contact details for an informal discussion

If you would like to have an informal discussion about this role, please contact Detective Inspector Simon Clifford on simon.clifford@hampshire.police.uk or the Recruitment Team on police.recruitment@hampshire.police.uk or 023 8045 1611.

Please note that the email address you supply when submitting an application will be used for contact throughout the full lifecycle of that vacancy. You will not be able to amend your contact details. You should therefore ensure that you choose an appropriately accessible email address, being mindful that the process may take several months for some roles.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary is an inclusive employer and strives to have a workforce representative of the communities we police and serve. We recognise that we are not fully representative and are working to address this imbalance through a variety of initiatives.

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary is an equal opportunities employer that positively promotes flexible working, enabling officers and staff to achieve a healthy work-life balance whilst meeting operational requirements of the constabulary. We actively encourage applications to be made on a full time, part time or flexible working basis.

The Equality Act 2010 allows us to promote equality within Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary by adopting Positive Action to support people from under-represented groups. Our aim is to recruit talented people with a diverse range of skills and experience and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our Positive Action team are available to provide support through the application and assessment process by contacting: positive.action@hampshire.pnn.police.uk

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