ERSOU - ROCU - PC/DC Cyber Prevent Coordinator

An exciting opportunity has become available to join the Regional Cyber Crime Unit as the Cyber Crime Prevent Coordinator. This role will see you coordinating with the force Protect and Prevent officers in the eastern region, to deter those on the peripheries of cybercrime from committing offences. You will employ diversionary and educational tactics to help those beginning to get involved in cyber crime and on board them to the NCA’s Cyber Choices Program.

This role is incredibly rewarding and is often attractive to people who have a real passion for helping others and making a difference to peoples lives. Most candidates that go on to the Cyber Choices Program are children and people with neurodivergent conditions, and your help and interaction could guide these candidates onto the correct pathway, using their skills to gain employment or going on to win competitions such as hack-a-thons.

This role will see you working with several partners including force Prevent officers, the NCA and the NPCC. You will be required to chair meetings at a regional level and contribute to national meetings to report progress and receive updates which you will share with your own network. You will also be responsible for the upskilling of the force P&P officers working with the Regional Cyber Crime Coordinators to allocate courses and collate performance figures.

The ideal candidate for this role will be patient, creative, enthusiastic and confident in delivering presentations. A large part of this role is delivering prevention advice in school settings or to parents and careers which may require delivery of presentations both in person or via Teams to large audiences. Training is provided by the NPCC in both Cyber Crime fundamentals and a specific Prevent course. There are also opportunities for self-development with access to online learning packages such as pen testing, OSINT and much more.