The South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) would like to invite you to apply for the role of Intelligence Development Officer within the Sensitive Intelligence Unit. (SIU).   

As a PC within the SIU, you will be the Intelligence Development Officer, responsible for developing covert intelligence streams to support SEROCU syndicates and Force Proactive Organised Crime Teams in the fight against Serious & Organised Crime. This is a unique role where you will use your tactical skills and knowledge to bring the right assets to bear, including Targeted Intercept, against the highest risk offenders.   

You will work in partnership with national agencies, deploying their high equity intelligence assets to ensure that Serious & Organised Crime (SOC) Senior Investigating Officers’ (SIO) have the tools available, as close to the mission as possible, to achieve their operational objectives.  You will work directly with officers involved in the intelligence collection, as well as the SOC teams investigating the offenders, providing them with live intelligence updates in an exciting and dynamic environment.  

You will develop subject matter expertise, becoming an expert in the application for high equity intelligence collection as well as the covert development of new intelligence streams.  You will play a pivotal role in the identification of previously unknown threats to the public, and through development, ensuring that law enforcement is best equipped to combat these threats.  You will often be the first port of call in Threat to Life, Crime in Action, Kidnap and other dynamic situations, ensuring that the risk is managed through the identification of a risk owner and the provision on ongoing intelligence support to them.     

You will join one of the top performing SIU’s nationally, and work to protect the reputation that it has developed through building and maintaining strong relationships with our national partners.  Through these relationships, you will give our partners the confidence that the SEROCU SIU is a centre of excellence, putting SE policing at the forefront of technological capability.  

Due to the high harm and threat arena the SIU operates in, the department can often be an exhilarating and fast-moving working environment. We work with innovative technology and constantly evolve to keep up with the ever-growing complexity and sophistication of organised crime.      

Whether it is identifying and disseminating intelligence around firearms, cash or a drugs handover, an organised immigration crime attempt, or an opportunity to identify a person of interest, the input of SIU staff ensures that when the operational teams deploy, they achieve the greatest impact and value to an investigation.   

The SIU is a fascinating and exciting place to work. The department is a unique function with South East Policing, providing intelligence support to operations in Force, ROCU and across partners.   

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 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 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  

To apply, click on the “Apply” button below and submit your application before the closing date of Sunday 01 February 2026.

• 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.  

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 submission application.  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.  

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’.  

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.  

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 TBC. 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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