Job Description

The Northwest Regional Organised Crime Unit – NWROCU is a collaborative multi agency covert response to tackle serious and organised crime across the Northwest Region.

The NWROCU leads the policing response into serious and organised crime throughout the region. This includes Cumbria, Lancashire, Merseyside, Cheshire, Greater Manchester and North Wales. The NWROCU provides the vital link from national capabilities and expertise to local policing and knowledge, enabling the delivery of the Government’s Serious and Organised Crime strategy, to protect our communities from those who cause the most harm.

The role of the Development Officer is to work as part of a team to develop the understanding of the threat of serious and organised crime across the North-West, to act as a liaison with our partner forces and to assist in aligning the covert resources of the NWROCU to the most serious organised crime threats within the region.

The NWROCU leads the policing response across the region posed by serious and organised crime in Cumbria, Lancashire, Merseyside, Cheshire, Greater Manchester and North Wales. The NWROCU provides the vital link from national capabilities and expertise to local policing and knowledge, enabling the Northwest region to deliver the Government’s Serious and Organised Crime strategy and to protect communities from harm.

This is an exciting opportunity for Constables to join the Northwest ROCU and target Serious and Organised Crime through proactive developments / investigations and a thorough 4P’s plan.

As a member of the team, you will be involved in the development of covert operations tasked with disrupting and dismantling organised crime groups who are causing the most harm within the region’s communities. Utilising a range of overt and covert tactics, you will be expected to be flexible in your role, be prepared to deploy operationally in a proactive role, build developmental cases through intelligence development, build evidential cases through proactive policing, prepare files and perform disclosure duties to support court process.

Applications are welcome from all constables, including those who are ICIDP (PIP1 / PIP2 investigators) or willing to undertake the ROCU PIP pathway, including constables who are trained and experienced in major/serious organised crime.

The post is subject to a minimum 2-year secondment, subject to continuous funding and performance in the role. Applicants who have previously been on secondment must have spent at least 18 months back in Force to be eligible to apply for a further secondment.

All applicants must have completed their probation and have been a standard driver for at least 12 months.

Further developments in NWROCU’s capabilities are anticipated in the future. Applications received for Operational roles that require mandatory Officer Safety/First Aid training must hold valid in date training or able to undertake upon application.

Full details of the role requirements are provided in the JDQ.

Successful applicants will also require MV and SC vetting clearance prior to a timetable for secondment and courses being agreed.

NWROCU is located in the Warrington area, close to good public transport links and the motorway network. In cases where the commute to NWROCU is in excess of applicant’s current commute, excess travel will be paid.

NWROCU is committed to ensuring that we have a work force that represents the communities we serve and we are keen to attract applications from all underrepresented groups.

Further information, advice and guidance regarding the posts can be obtained from DI Tim Farley on 0151 777 5821 / Timothy.Farley@nwrocu.police.uk - interested parties are encouraged to make contact to learn more about the role

All applications must be supported by the Home Force support, the level of support required must comply with local Force policy e.g. whether support required at ACC level and HR Support. Before starting an application, applicants must download the NWROCU secondment support form, ensure it is completed in full and then upload to your application.

For all Merseyside Staff/Officer applications who are already seconded to NWROCU, you must obtain Pre-Secondment vetting before the closing date. Please link in with Merseyside Shared Service to arrange.

Applicants will be prompted and applications will not proceed until this has been completed.

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