This role can be based at one of several offices in the South East, including offices in or near Newbury, Lewes, Guildford, Kent and / or Hampshire.

Our mission statement:

To work together with our partner agencies to identify and disrupt extremism and organised criminality within our establishments

SERPIT is the first fully collaborated Counter Terrorism (CT) and Organised Crime (OC) Prison Intelligence Unit nationally. It manages the intelligence flow of CT and OC intelligence from HMP Prison Service to the Police and other law enforcement and partner agencies.

• The first point of contact for serious organised crime and counter terrorism within prisons.
• Evaluation and dissemination of intelligence.
• Intelligence development and analysis.
• Release management.
• Facilitating law enforcement (LEA) requests via Operation Partnership Team (OPT) applications.
• Evaluation of corruption prevention intelligence.
• Release management at multi agency extremism screening meetings (MAESM) and multi agency public protection (MAPPA).
• Disruption opportunities for those offenders presenting the highest risk.

In this role you will be responsible for the operational and tactical management of Prison intelligence, on behalf of Serious Organised Crime, National security and Terrorism. You will also oversee and have responsibility for overt crime investigations linked to prison OCG’s and Prison Corruption. You will lead a team of intelligence and investigative professionals, providing support to sensitive covert and overt investigations, delivering activity across the South East in line with the CONTEST strategy.

• You will manage a team of Prison Intelligence Officers across all five forces in the South East Region in line with National Standards of Intelligence Management (NSIM) processes, ensuring consistent delivery across regional force boundaries.  Whilst reporting to both heads of SEROCU and CT. There is also a requirement to be on the CTPSE Intelligence Manager on call rota for the region.
• The ideal candidate will be PIP2 qualified and have experience of managing and directing specialist crime intelligence development, with a good understanding of intelligence processes and products.  You will have experience of the use of covert intelligence gathering techniques, and will have experience of working in partnership with other organisations.

Please note that this role is part of a national, regional and local network and as a result you may be required to travel for business purposes mainly across the south east region and occasionally throughout the UK. Therefore, the successful candidate will require a full UK driving licence.

Due to the nature of our work, security is of paramount importance to us and therefore it will be necessary for the successful candidate to obtain and maintain vetting level DV.  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.  

You can find more information about security vetting here.

How to Apply

To apply, click on the “Apply” button below and submit your application before the closing date of 7 April 2024 at 23:55hrs.

Substantive Officers and those Officers applying for Promotion. If you wish to apply you need to have support from your Head of Command / Department.

• Hampshire officers need to complete an AD277b alongside their application. This form is not available on the force’s standard forms library. It can be found on the HR Portal. Please contact WFPlanning@hampshire.police.uk if you have any queries relating to this.
• Kent Officers will need to inform Kent HR Resource Planning at the earliest opportunity of intention to apply.   Every Officer application form must be signed by the Chief Supt or police staff equivalent and sent to Kent HR Resource Planning no later than 5 working days prior to closing date unless exceptional circumstances apply. This is required so that Chief Officer approval can be obtained for the application to progress, which will be managed by Kent HR Resource Planning.  These steps must be completed prior to application submission.  If your application for an opportunity is not approved prior to submission to the recruiting organisation you may not be supported for release to the role, should you be successful.
• Officers from other forces are welcome to apply. You may wish to consult with your HR team regarding completion of additional forms.

Substantive officers will be shortlisted against the Essential Criteria and should submit an online application form.  You will be required to upload your latest PDR (or if no PDR, a recent copy of your CPD record/Focus Feedback meeting) and a copy of your Training Record. You will be also required to upload the Recommendation for Appointment Form (enclosed with the Job Advert) in the ‘Line Managers Approval Form’. Thames Valley Police (TVP) officers who have already passed the TVP Promotion, can apply as a substantive (above application requirements). 

In addition to this information, officers applying on promotion should also submit a ‘Why Me, Why Now’ letter which outlines your motivation and suitability for the role at this time. Your evidence should also demonstrate the relevant behaviours, skills, knowledge and experience in relation to your capability at this rank in accordance with the core competencies (CVF) Step up Criteria. The letter must be no more than two (2) sides of A4. The margins must not be modified from 2.54cm. All evidence outside the margins should be removed. You will also be required to upload your latest PDR (or if no PDR, a recent CPD record//Focus Feedback meeting) and the Police Officer Promotion Reference Form.

Please upload your latest PDR (or if no PDR, a recent copy of your CPD record/Focus Feedback meeting) and a copy of your Training Record. Please  also upload the Recommendation for Appointment Form (enclosed with the Job Advert) in the ‘Line Managers Approval Form’.

We are committed to reflecting the communities we serve, and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. 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 great opportunities to further develop your own capabilities.

If you have any questions about the role, please contact RecruitmentSE@thamesvalley.police.uk quoting the Job Reference number 21277. If you have applied for this role in the last six months, we respectfully ask that you do not reapply at this current time.

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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