Police Sergeant - Cyber SEROCU

Thames Valley Police; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) is seeking a substantive Sergeant or officer who has passed home force promotion to lead the Cyber & Economic Crime Prevent Team. You will drive regional prevent strategies, identifying at-risk individuals and delivering interventions to reduce harm and prevent offending, working with policing, government, education, industry and partners.

You will oversee risk assessments, safeguarding plans and preventative activity while aligning with national

Qualifications

• Experience of risk assessment and safeguarding planning.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Understanding of intelligence processes and intelligence-led problem solving.
• Experience developing and managing partnerships internally and externally.
• Track record of delivering innovative solutions to challenges.
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Leading the delivery of regional Cyber and Economic Crime Prevent strategies.
• Driving innovative, intelligence-led approaches to identify Prevent subjects.
• Supervising the development of risk management and safeguarding plans.
• Building and maintaining effective partnerships across multiple sectors.
• Overseeing regional and national preventative campaigns.
• Representing SEROCU at national meetings, conferences and working groups.
• Managing team performance and ensuring delivery against strategic objectives.

Skills

Risk assessment

Safeguarding planning

Partnerships development

Leadership

Communication

Time management

Intelligence processes

Tools

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Job description

Full Time - All roles are available for flexible working including job sharing and part-time unless there are legitimate operational / business reasons why this cannot be accommodated

Are you an inspiring leader with a passion for prevention, safeguarding and partnership working? Do you want to play a key role in protecting communities from the growing threat of cyber and economic crime across the South East?

SEROCU is seeking a substantive Sergeant, or an officer who has successfully passed their home force promotion board, to join the Cyber & Economic Crime Prevent Team. This is an exciting opportunity to lead our Prevent function, driving innovative interventions that reduce offending, safeguard vulnerable individuals, and strengthen resilience against cyber and economic crime and serious organised criminality. In this highly influential role, you will shape and deliver regional Prevent strategies, working at the forefront of tackling cybercrime and economic crime through intelligence-led, evidence-based approaches.

About the Role

Reporting to the Regional Cyber & Economic Crime Protect & Prevent Inspector, you will lead a specialist team responsible for identifying individuals at risk of involvement in cyber or economic crime and delivering interventions that reduce harm and prevent future offending. You will oversee risk assessments, safeguarding plans and preventative activity while ensuring alignment with national and regional priorities.

You will also work closely with colleagues across policing, government agencies, education, industry and wider partner organisations to deliver meaningful prevention outcomes and influence regional and national developments

What You'll Be Doing

• Leading the delivery of regional Cyber and Economic Crime Prevent strategies.
• Driving innovative, intelligence-led approaches to identify Prevent subjects.
• Supervising the development of risk management and safeguarding plans.
• Building and maintaining effective partnerships across multiple sectors.
• Overseeing regional and national preventative campaigns.
• Representing SEROCU at national meetings, conferences and working groups.
• Managing team performance and ensuring delivery against strategic objectives.

What We're Looking For

We are looking for a confident and collaborative leader who can bring together people, information and resources to make a real difference.

You’ll be able to demonstrate:

• Experience of risk assessment and safeguarding planning.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex information clearly.
• An understanding of intelligence processes and intelligence-led problem solving.
• Experience developing and managing partnerships internally and externally.
• A track record of delivering innovative solutions to challenges.
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills.
• Competence in Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Why Apply?

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a rapidly evolving area of policing, helping to shape the future of cyber and economic crime prevention across the South East. You’ll collaborate with national networks, influence strategic direction and lead a dedicated team focused on protecting communities and reducing harm

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.

You will be also required to perform on-call arrangements for immediate response as required across the South East region.

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 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.

You can find more information about security vetting here .

Please note that this is a PS-designated position. If you are currently employed as a DS and choose to apply, any additional payments associated with your DS role will be discontinued upon appointment

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 great opportunities to further develop your own capabilities.

If you wish to apply you need to have support from your Head of Command / Department.