An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Communications Exploitation Engineer to join the Technical Development Unit (TDU) within SEROCU.
You will be working as part of a team using your radio frequency (RF) communications knowledge and experience. Working closely with a variety of operational teams, this is an opportunity to use your specialist skills and initiative to provide specialist technical support to the South East’s most serious criminal operations.
Due to the nature of the role and the operations we support you will regularly be required to work anti-social hours, sometimes at short notice for protracted hours, providing support to covert policing activities in challenging and high-pressure situations across the South East region, and potentially anywhere in the UK. Because of this, you will be required to have a practical and flexible approach and attitude. As well as a willingness to deploy on operations at short notice, you will also join an on-call rota to provide 24/7 support.
You will be required to travel for business purposes across the South East region and occasionally throughout the UK. Therefore, the successful candidate will require a full UK driving licence held for at least 2 years. You will be asked to demonstrate flexibility regarding working hours in line with operational demand and occasionally this may require working away from home.
The successful candidate will be required to pass all applicable technical competency and accreditation courses and assessments within their first 3 months.
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 SC, 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 five. Exemptions may apply for overseas or other diplomatic service (with HM Government), and studying abroad.
You can find more information about security vetting here.
Previous role holders have enjoyed the direct impact they have been able to have on tackling serious offenders and supporting operations across the region. Some, however, have found the flexibility required to regularly work anti-social hours to be challenging, especially with an extended commute from the location in Kidlington.
How to Apply
To apply, click on the “Apply” button below and submit your CV and covering letter, detailing your interest in the role, before the closing date of Sunday 26 October 2025 at 23:55hrs
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 22252. 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.
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