Fixed Term Contract/Secondment: 18 Months (a shorter period of 9 or 12 months might be considered) 

We are looking for a confident Communications Officer to join our growing regional communications team.  

As part of the team you will create, implement and deliver internal and external communications for both Counter Terrorism Policing South East and the South East Regional and Organised Crime Unit, providing specialist advice to officers and staff, whilst working with other police forces across the South East to coordinate communications across the region.  

The UK is facing an unprecedented threat from terrorism and organised criminals can cause significant harm to our communities, which means you will face complex communication challenges every day.  

To join our team, you will have either a nationally recognised qualification in communications, public relations, business or journalism or relevant equivalent experience. You will need to demonstrate good interpersonal skills, proven ability to work with people at all levels and good awareness of diversity issues and will have experience of working in a large public, private sector or high profile organisation. Previous experience in policing or government would be an advantage.  

This role is part of a national, regional and local network so the role holder must have the capability to travel to different locations primarily across the South East region, whilst being able to work flexibly, unsociable hours and participate in an out of hours on call rota. 

You must be prepared to be security cleared to an enhanced level. For the purposes of safeguarding national security, applicants who do not hold or do not acquire the appropriate security clearances and meet the nationality requirements cannot be offered the post. This post is therefore restricted to UK nationals. As such, in line with Cabinet Office Policy, supported by Section 82(2) to (4) of the Police Reform Act (2002), applicants who do not hold or acquire Security Check (SC) and meet the nationality requirements cannot be offered the post. 

If you are a permanent TVP member of staff applying for this role, please note it will be offered on a secondment basis. 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.pnn.police.uk quoting the reference number for the role. Please note: Shift allowance, on-call or other job related allowances from the previous role will not be protected unless they are attached to the new role for the duration of the secondment.

This is your opportunity to use your communications skills to make a real contribution to keeping communities across the South East safe from terrorism and organised crime.  

If you have any queries please contact People Services Recruitment Department on 0845 2 66 66 77 – Option 1 (internal 301 6500) quoting reference 15402.

The closing date for enquiries and receipt of completed applications is Sunday 3rd February 2019.