Job Description

Salary: Band 9, 41,133 - 47,712
Location: Warrington
Hours/Contract: 37 Hours, Permanent
Working for: North East Regional Organised Crime Unit ("NEROCU")
The North East Regional Organised Crime Unit is one of ten Regional Organised Crime Units ("ROCU") in England and Wales who lead the regional response to tackling serious and organised crime whilst supporting local and national delivery. The ROCU network continues to expand and Home Office funding through police officer uplift and increased police staff capacity presents exciting opportunities to further enhance service delivery and positively impact on our partners and the public. The Home Office Serious and Organised Crime Strategy defines ROCU as leading the regional fight against Serious and Organised Crime and NEROCU have a critical role in leading, connecting and co-ordinating delivery across our region in all four P's of the strategy; Pursue - prosecuting and disrupting people engaged in serious and organised criminality. Prevent - preventing people from engaging in serious and organised criminality. Protect - increasing protection against organised crime. Prepare - reducing the impact of serious and organised crime where it takes place. NEROCU comprises of specialist teams delivering across intelligence, operations, investigations, cyber, economic, technical and digital capabilities.
The role
Join a unique and high-impact team, based at the National Crime Agency (NCA) in Warrington, where you'll work alongside NEROCU colleagues in one of the most sensitive and dynamic operational environments in UK policing.
This role offers a rare opportunity to contribute directly to national security and serious crime investigations, combining strategic oversight with frontline intelligence work.
As part of this specialist unit, you'll be at the forefront of tackling Serious and Organised Crime across the North East. You'll personally lead intelligence collection against high-priority offenders, identify intelligence opportunities, and work collaboratively with internal and external partners-including the NCA-to drive joint operational outcomes.
In addition to your operational duties, you'll take on a supervisory role-managing a team of Police and NCA officers. You'll ensure that sensitive intelligence is handled ethically and in line with legislation and operational procedures, while also supporting staff development and maintaining high standards of delivery. You'll also carry out the role of Intelligence Collection Officer (ICO), ensuring intelligence is gathered, assessed, and disseminated effectively to support live investigations.
This is a hands-on leadership role that blends tactical delivery with strategic oversight, ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative, and flexible working environment.
If you're ready to make a real impact in the fight against serious crime-apply now and be part of a team that protects communities and delivers justice.
What you'll do

• You will provide fast paced Operational support to the NEROCU by gathering, analysing, and disseminating intelligence in accordance with Legislation and Policy.
• You will ensure the quality, secure handling, and dissemination of intelligence, maintaining confidentiality, sensitivity, and duty of care, in line with NEROCU policy.
• You will build good working relationships with both internal and external partners, including other Police Forces, NCA, and other Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA).
• You will conduct intelligence development, research, and analysis in support of the Sanctioned Operations on behalf of NEROCU.
• You will contribute to the acquisition and development of tactical and strategic intelligence relating to Serious and Organised Crime affecting the North East region, and the UK Policing landscape.
• Lead by example ensuring the Police Code of Ethics are upheld whilst ensuring the highest standards.
• Proactively manage performance, attendance, and wellbeing of the staff you supervise in accordance with policies and procedures.
• Oversee the day-to-day administration of the department and perform supervisory functions including budgetary management.
• Report to the embedded department head and equivalent Sgt Supervisors within the NEROCU in support of daily operational activity and staff management.

You will be required to work shifts including early, late, and weekends. (Police Staff posts will attract the appropriate unsocial hours allowances commensurate with the shift pattern).
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What you'll bring
Essential Skills:

• Experience working in intelligence or information
• Proven ability to manage serious and complex investigations
• Understanding of intelligence and evidence use in law enforcement
• Working knowledge of relevant legislation, including the Investigatory Powers Act (IPA), Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)
• Ability to identify intelligence gaps, prioritise tasks, and solve problems
• Familiarity with NIM and NPCC MOPI guidance
• Knowledge of police systems, legislation, and procedures (e.g. GDPR, CPIA)
• Strong IT skills and clear, professional communication (verbal and written)
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team under pressure
• Skilled in managing Threat, Harm, and Risk in time-critical situations
• A flexibility to work extended hours where required, often at short notice.

Desirable skills:

• An interest in, and be willing to, maintain personal knowledge of changes in IT and communications technology.
• An up-to-date knowledge of the full range of covert investigation techniques including, but not limited to, surveillance, undercover operatives, and CHIS.

We know it's important for you to feel that you're not only part of a great team, but part of a community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
Harnessing these differences creates a productive environment in which everyone feels valued, and their talents are fully utilised. Appointments are based on merit alone.
Interested to learn more? For further information about the role please contact careers@northumbria.police.uk .
What we offer

• 26 days' leave (increasing to 30 days for 5 years+ service) plus 8 bank holidays
• NHS Fleet Solutions Car Lease Scheme
• Enhanced maternity, shared parental and adoption leave
• Flexi time - allowing you to fit your working hours around your individual needs
• Fantastic market-leading public sector pension scheme with up to 16% employer contribution
• Corporate travel schemes - local rail, bus services and metro discounts
• Access to private healthcare and eye test vouchers
• Discounts on shopping and eating out thanks to the Blue Light Card and Blue Light Tickets
• We've invested in extensive paid sick leave, trained mental health first aiders on-site, an employee advice service for the times you need that additional support.
• Access to gyms in some stations
• Sports & Social Club - join our thriving sports scene at Team NP and enjoy further exclusive discounts on days out and travel
• Cycle to work scheme
• Opportunity to volunteer in local community

Just so you know
Our application form will help us understand how your work, education and life experience has prepared you for the role of a SIU Embedded Supervisor #TeamNP. To help support your application research what makes us tick here at Northumbria, the role you're applying for and the values and behaviours that contribute.
The recruitment process will consist of the initial application form followed by a face-to-face interview. Just so you know, you can save your application and come back to it any time prior to the closing date on the advert. Appointment will be conditional upon successful completion of a Pre-Training Assessment and a 10-week training programme (elements of which are a pass or fail).
We are proud members of the Business Disability Forum, with whom we collaborate with to improve the lives of disabled employees. We are also a Disability Confident Employer, therefore if you demonstrate that you meet the minimum criteria for this role as stated in the advert, we will progress your application and offer you an interview.
If you tell us that you have a disability, we can make adjustments to support you through the recruitment process (for example we can arrange extra time for tests or provide a sign language interpreter) You can get in touch with us via for any support regarding the application process. Please provide us with plenty of notice so we can ensure your visit goes smoothly.
If your application is successful, we'll ask you to complete a Management Vetting (MV)/ Security Clearance (SC) form with an additional NCA vetting process. You will also be required to undergo DV Vetting. For this role, UK citizenship is a mandatory requirement due to the sensitive nature of the work and the need for security clearance. A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance and medical information.
Terms of appointment
This is a permanent role subject to a six-month probationary period.
If you are successful in your application, you will have a six-month probation period with us where you will be unable to apply for any other post advertised internally or externally.
Appointment will be conditional upon successful completion of a Pre-Training Assessment and a 10-week training programme (elements of which are a pass or fail).
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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