An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Counter Terrorism Policing South East (CTPSE) within the Regional Control Desk team. The Regional Control Desk Officer (RCDO) works in a busy environment receiving communications from various agencies that work at the Border to protect the UK from terrorist threats. The role can be demanding at times, as the environment is busy and a single point of contact into CTPSE at the Border. 

The RCDO role is an exciting, varied and challenging role; you will produce a wide range of verbal and written updates and assist with deployments for CTPSE teams at the Border for many different partners, both internal and external.

We are looking for an outgoing, hardworking, calm individual who is unflustered when busy and is excellent at verbal and written updates. The role is for someone who likes to assist and solve problems and represent CTPSE Borders to a high standard. This role requires working unsocial hours, overcoming the unexpected in order to get the job done. In return, you will be working in an incredibly unique and diverse environment contributing to the fight on terrorism in the UK.

The ideal candidate will be a good team player with relevant experience in a control room - style environment; we will support your training and development to transition into this role. As an RCDO, you will be required to:

• Receive information, both verbally and electronically and respond promptly and effectively to requests to provide a secure environment at the UK Border.
• To summarise information concisely and quickly to enable prompt and effective responses to notifications from a variety of partner agencies.
• Support live operational activity.
• Liaise with internal and external colleagues including Senior Officers to progress incidents relating to CT subjects of interest.
• Work in partnership with teams throughout CT Policing and the wider intelligence community.
• Support and respond to spontaneous/critical/major incidents and/or events within the remit of Policing.
• Conduct Research using a range of systems.

You will be working on a varied shift pattern, which includes working weekend attracting a shift allowance in additional to the base salary.

Due to the nature of our work, security is of paramount importance to us and therefore it will be necessary to pass and maintain vetting level DV together with a number of enhanced security checks.  In order to achieve this, you must be a British National and have resided in the UK for the past ten years. Exemptions may apply for overseas or other diplomatic service (with HM Government), and studying abroad.   Please be aware that if successful there are limitations on travelling to a small number of countries once in post 

You can find more information about security vetting here.

How to Apply

Click on the “Apply” button and submit your application before the closing date of Sunday 14 June at 23:55 

The leadership within CTPSE and SEROCU are actively committed to embedding and sustaining an inclusive culture that recognises and champions the diversity of our people, and promotes equity and equality so that everyone can succeed at work. The region is delivering this commitment through a long term strategy that takes a holistic and intersectional approach to wellbeing & inclusion. Our strategy is underpinned by the five strategic objectives; 

Inclusive Culture – We will create, embed, and continually develop an inclusive culture for our people. 

Engaged & Involved – We will ensure our people are engaged, involved, and listened to. 

Wellbeing – We will prioritise the wellbeing of our people. 

Representation – We will attract, recruit, retain and develop a diverse workforce. 

Inclusive by Design – We will ensure that inclusion is a core principle of our policies, products, and decisions. 

We welcome applications from those interested in part time and flexible working, and encourage applications from our under represented communities. 

Our people say that benefits include a good work/life balance, a supportive and welcoming place to work and excellent terms including a generous pension scheme and annual leave entitlement. 

If you have any questions about the role, please contact RecruitmentSE@thamesvalley.police.uk quoting the Job Reference number 23563. If you have applied for this role in the last six months, we respectfully ask that you do not reapply at this current time. 

IMPORTANT: If you are already a Thames Valley Police (TVP) member of staff and you have been in your post for less than twelve months, your application must be supported by your line manager.  We will require written confirmation from your line manager in order to proceed. 

Shift allowance, on-call or other job related allowances from your previous role will not be protected unless they are attached to the new role. 

If you are a permanent Thames Valley Police (TVP) member of staff applying for this role, please note it will be offered on a secondment basis. Important: All secondments are assumed supported and that your line manager and Head of Department/Commander or Deputy are aware of your intention to apply. If the secondment is not supported then a strong business rationale must be sent to recruitmentpolicestaff@thamesvalley.police.uk quoting the reference number for the role.  

We reserve the right to close this vacancy if we receive a high volume of applications. Should you wish to apply for this post, we advise you to complete and submit your application form as soon as possible. 

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