Hybrid NWROCU TEI Manager na Merseyside Police

Regional Targeted Equipment Interference (TEI) Manager

Police Staff - £52,491 -£58,455.

Regional Technical Surveillance Unit Technical development unit.

Northwest Regional Organised Crime Unit 

The North West Regional Organised Crime Unit is a collaborative multi agency covert response to tackle serious and organised crime across the North West Region.

This is an unique opportunity to join the NWROCU Regional Technical Surveillance Unit (RTSU) and Technical Development Unit (TDU) to drive effective TEI operational deployments within the region. As the TEI Manager you will be the single point of contact for TEI legislation and capabilities within the NWROCU and will provide strategic engagement and coordination across Covert Authorities Bureaux (CABs), IPCO and other parties to ensure compliance and to provide strategic TEI updates to Regional Senior Leadership including Chief Officers and Deputies. 

Applications are invited from candidates who can demonstrate experience of covert policing and handling intelligence, thorough knowledge of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 and the oversight process. Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written are essential in the role with a high degree of flexibility and resilience required from the post holder.  

The NWROCU leads the policing response across the region posed by serious and organised crime in Cumbria, Lancashire, Merseyside, Cheshire, Greater Manchester and North Wales.  The NWROCU provides the vital link from national capabilities and expertise to local policing and knowledge, enabling the North West region to deliver the Government’s serious and organised Crime strategy and to protect communities from harm.

The post is subject to an initial secondment of two years reviewable based on continuous funding and performance.

Further developments in NWROCU’s capabilities are anticipated in the future. Applications received for Operational roles that require mandatory Officer Safety/First Aid training must hold valid in date training or able to undertake upon application.

Full details of the role requirements are provided in the JDQ.

Successful applicants working within NWROCU will be subject to MV (Management Vetting) and enhanced SC Vetting prior to taking up post. Applicants will also be required to obtain a security clearance of DV and be STRAP inducted.  

NWROCU is committed to ensuring that we have a work force that represents the communities we serve, and we are keen to attract applications from underrepresented groups.

The Grade of this role has been determined using the Merseyside HAY procedure and has been afforded a Merseyside Grade H. 

This equates to a salary range of £52,491 and £58,455. Successful applicants from other Regional Forces will be paid a comparable salary based on their own Force pay scales.

Any advice or guidance regarding this post can be obtained from Colin Smith 0151 777 6721 [email protected] 

All applications must be supported by the Home Force support, the level of support required must comply with local Force policy e.g. whether support required at ACC level and HR Support. Before starting an application, applicants must download the NWROCU secondment support form, ensure it is completed in full and then upload to your application. 

For all Merseyside Staff/Officer applications who are already seconded to NWROCU, you must obtain Pre-Secondment vetting before the closing date. Please link in with Merseyside Shared Service to arrange.

Click HERE for Merseyside Manager/Force Support Form 

Applicants will be prompted, and applications will not proceed until this has been completed.

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