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Job summary

The Integrated Protective Security Command (IPS) is responsible for securing the Agency to protect the public.

IPS safeguards the NCA from the full range of security threats that target the Agency, our officers and our assets, to enable the organisation to achieve its operational objectives, both domestically and overseas.

Its officers provide specialist security services to the Agency 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, to mitigate security risks. People are at the heart of the NCA and play a key role in ensuring we stay at the forefront of combating serious and organised crime.

IPS are responsible for people, processes, technology and standards, operating across the NCA to support operational and non-operational teams, along with the Command Team, to ensure the Agency remains resilient and retains public confidence in a volatile and complex threat landscape.

Information about the Business Area

Personnel Security covers the following teams: Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU), Professional Standards Unit (PSU), Security Vetting, People Risk Management Team (PRMT).

The Personnel Security functions are focussed on improving the Agency’s ability to protect the public through counter corruption activities and to develop a safe, secure environment for our officers. The sensitivities of intelligence and operations, and the extent to which information must be shared securely, mean that NCA Officers and contractors must maintain the highest levels of integrity, reliability and trustworthiness. The organisation is vulnerable to attack by its key targets who will seek to corrupt its officers. In relation to personnel security, our object is to eliminate as many risks as possible, and mitigate the impact of those that remain.

Job description

The NCA’S dedicated Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) works within the NCA’s Integrated Protective Security command. Our role is to safeguard the Agency, secure its assets, and defend its standards, whilst promoting a safe, inclusive and professional environment.

Our priorities are to: ensure the integrity of the NCA’s officers and operations; relentlessly disrupt those engaged in corruption within the NCA, impacting upon the NCA, and in support to partners; and develop capabilities and best practice, including sharing best practice with national/international partners and raising awareness of the threat.

The ACU looks into all allegations of corruption against its officers, working to either prove or disprove these allegations to protect both the agency’s officers and activity. We carry out covert investigations into corrupt activity within, and impacting upon, the NCA.

We also investigate organised crime groups and others seeking to penetrate the NCA and conduct activity to identify and investigate corruption within the agency.

We also provide regular support to partners, through intelligence development and providing specialist operational capability, and work closely with other government departments to tackle wider public sector corruption.

Role Description

This is an exciting opportunity to join the NCA’s Anti-Corruption Unit working in a multi-functional dynamic team, alongside Intelligence officers and Senior Investigators investigating the complex corruption threat to law enforcement.

We are looking for experienced Investigators who hold a current/active PIP2 accreditation in investigative crime issued by a Government body ,The successful candidate must have experience in utilising covert tactics and a full DVLA Driving Licence (includes full EU licences).

Applicants must hold a Q100 (Surveillance trained) and Advanced Drivers qualification.

Please Note: The ACU work from three NCA Locations two of which are covert locations which cannot be disclosed on the advert however the nearest location to our covert site in the South is Crawley.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborative Working: Working to support our partners to develop their own response corruption, nationally and internationally.
• Integrity: Demonstrate the highest levels of integrity.
• Investigations: Participate in investigations where covert tactics - confidentiality, sensitive intelligence and surveillance will provide the basis for tactical activity.
• Developing Intelligence: Work with a team of self-contained - multifunctional ACU Investigators and Intelligence Officers to develop intelligence and build evidence to support NCA and partner Anti -Corruption operations within a context of serious and organised crime.
• Flexible Working: Required to work flexibly - often outside of normal working hours and occasionally for extended periods of duty.
• Completing Case Files: Experienced and competent in completing case files - Working as part of a team progressing the case through the judicial process for prosecution.

Powers:

In order for the NCA Designating Officer to delegate powers to an NCA officer under the Crime and Courts Act, the agency requires that any officer that requires powers for their role is required to pass the NCA Exams within their probationary period. Upon successful completion of all exams an officer will be designated under section 10 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 as a person having the following powers:

• the powers and privileges of a constable;
• the powers of an officer of Revenue and Customs;
• the powers of an immigration officer; and
• the powers of a general customs official.

Officers joining the agency will be provided with online access revision material and offered classroom based tutorials to support them taking exams.

Those working in Northern Ireland and Scotland are currently required to successfully complete the NCA Exams as above, Northern or Scottish powers course and the National Investigators Exam (NIE), if not previously passed.

Person specification

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

• Interviewing: Competent and experienced at interviewing witnesses and suspects (custody time limits/procedures, extensions and authorisations), use of bad character evidence and bail.
• Communication: Good communication skills with the ability to listen, empathise, provide support and adapt language, form and message to meet the needs of different people and audiences.
• Investigations techniques: Experience and knowledge in the use of investigations techniques to meet operational outcomes.
• Experience of conducting arrests: Experience of conducting arrests; competent and experienced at interviewing witnesses and suspects (custody time limits/procedures, extensions and authorisations), use of bad character evidence and bail.
• Seizure of exhibits: Experience and knowledge around seizure of exhibits, continuity of evidence, and seize/sift legislation, including experience in disclosure, and scheduling of material, and knowledge of CPIA legislation.
• Completing case files: Experienced and competent in completing case files and liaising with prosecuting agencies or authorities.

Essential CriteriaYou must meet the essential criteria and evidence this within your application to be considered for the role.Qualifications, Membership and Licences

• PIP2 accreditation (see attached NCA Guidance for Applicants) - Your PIP accreditation must be current/active within the last 3 years.

• College of Policing Q100 (Surveillance trained)

• College of Policing Advanced Drivers Qualification

Any applications from candidates not meeting this eligibility criteria will not progress.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £43,877, National Crime Agency contributes £12,711 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

New entrants to the NCA receive 26 days annual leave, rising to 31 on completion of 5 years continuous service, plus 8 bank holidays.

If qualifying criteria is met new joiners from UK Police Forces or the UK Intelligence Community (UKIC) will have service with those employers taken into account for continuous service purposes for annual leave entitlement only, this will be up to a maximum of 31 days leave (including 1 privilege day).

Other benefits include:

• Flexible working, including flexi-time, compressed hours and job sharing (in line with business requirements)
• Family friendly policies, notably above the statutory minimum
• Learning and Development opportunities
• Interest free loans and advances, including season tickets, childcare and rental deposits
• Housing schemes - Key Worker status
• Discounts and Savings with a wide variety of services including Cycle to Work, Smart Tech schemes, dental insurance, gym discounts and savings on everyday spending, available through the Reward Gateway , Edenred and Blue Light Card schemes.
• Staff support groups/networks
• Sports and social activities, including membership to the Civil Service Sports Council (CSSC)

Further information is available on the NCA Website.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

Your application will be assessed against the following:Technical - this will be assessed by 250 word examples on:

• Demonstrable experience of applying covert or proactive investigative techniques to achieve operational outcomes within serious and organised crime and/or counter‑corruption investigations outcomes.
• Strong working knowledge of covert tactical options and associated legal frameworks, including the lawful authorisation, deployment and management of covert activity.
• Proven experience of building robust evidential case files for criminal prosecution, progressing investigations through the judicial process and supporting cases to charging and prosecution.

A panel will assess how well your application demonstrates the requirements outlined above.

Longlist

In the event of a high number of applications, we may operate a longlist. Applicants will need to meet the minimum pass mark for the lead criteria.

- Demonstrable experience of applying covert or proactive investigative techniques to achieve operational outcomes within serious and organised crime and/or counter‑corruption investigations outcomes.

Candidates who do not meet the minimum pass mark for the lead criteria will not progress to having their other criteria assessed. Applications must meet the minimum criteria to be progressed to the assessment stage.

You will receive an acknowledgement once your application is submitted.

We aim to have sift completed and scores released within 10 working days of the closing date of the advert. For high volume campaigns this timeframe may be extended.

Scores will be provided but further feedback will not be available at this stage.

For guidance on the application process, visit:
NCA Applying and Onboarding

Assessment 1

The format of this assessment will be Interview which will be tested on the criteria listed in the Success Profiles at Assessment section.

Success Profiles at Assessment

Behaviours

• Working Together

• Delivering at Pace

Technical

• Demonstrable experience of applying covert or proactive investigative techniques to achieve operational outcomes within serious and organised crime and/or counter‑corruption investigations outcomes.
• Strong working knowledge of covert tactical options and associated legal frameworks, including the lawful authorisation, deployment and management of covert activity.
• Proven experience of building robust evidential case files for criminal prosecution, progressing investigations through the judicial process and supporting cases to charging and prosecution.

Assessment Outcome

Outcomes will be communicated via the NCA recruitment portal.
If successful but no role is immediately available, you may be placed on a reserve list for 12 months.
Reserve lists can be used to fill similar role types across the Agency where the assessment criteria is considered a match by the recruitment team and the business area.

In the event of a tie at the assessment stage, available roles will be offered in merit order using the following order:

1. Lead criteria (behaviours/technical/experience)
2. If still tied, desirable criteria will be assessed (if advertised)
3. If still tied, application sift scores will be used

Feedback is provided only to those who attend an assessment.You will be subject to vetting and pre-employment checks before appointment.Once the vacancy closes, the advert will no longer be accessible. Please save a copy for your records. We encourage all candidates to visit the NCA Careers Page for more information.

Full advert details for this vacancy can found on the advert on the NCA Recruitment Portal. Please follow the link to apply at advertisers' site

Prior to commencing the role, you will need to successfully complete SC Enhanced clearance and then achieve DV Enhanced clearance within the first 12 months in post.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Medical

Successful candidates will be expected to have a medical.

Nationality requirements

Open to UK nationals only.

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

Apply and further information

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : The Recruitment Team
• Email : central.recruitment@nca.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : central.recruitment@nca.gov.uk

Further information

If you believe your application has not been treated fairly, email: Central.Recruitment@nca.gov.uk (quoting the vacancy reference).
If unresolved, you may escalate your complaint to the Civil Service Commission.