Vacancy Information

Division / Department - Professional Standards Department 
Grade - Grade 8 
Status - Full Time 
Contract Type - Fixed Term Contract 
Salary Grade Range - £27,747 - £29,649 
Working Hours - 37.0 Hours per Week 
Shift Allowance - No 
Politically Restricted - No 
Location - Sussex Police Headquarters, Lewes 

The starting salary for this role will usually be at the bottom of the salary range and will be pro-rata if the working hours are less than full time.

Chief Constables' Message

We really welcome your interest in joining our Police Force. It is a privilege to lead the teams in Surrey Police and Sussex Police who continuously work selflessly and tirelessly in order to keep people in our counties safe.

We are looking for talented and inspirational people who put the needs of the public at the heart of everything that they do and who want to make a difference. If you feel you are that person then we want to hear from you.

We wish you all the very best with your application.

Chief Constable Tim De Meyer & Chief Constable Jo Shiner

The Role & Key Responsibilities

The Joint Force Vetting Unit, based at HQ Lewes, covers both Surrey and Sussex force areas and is seeking 3 Vetting Caseworkers to join the team.

This vacancy is being advertised on an initial 2 year secondment, with the view to extending up to 4 years.

The role will be to undertake the vetting research function and providing advice relating to security vetting procedures, including a variety of computer system checks and enquiries.

The post-holder will often be required to offer credible advice concerning highly sensitive personal issues such as finance and relationships. Therefore, we are looking for individuals who have are able to demonstrate tact, diplomacy and the ability to maintain the highest level of confidentiality within a secure environment.

The post-holder with be responsible for creating, updating and quality assuring information onto the force vetting database, ensuring intelligence data is submitted and inputted to a consistently high standard, reviewed and updated, logging sensitive personal data and Police and National Security Vetting Levels.

Key Responsibilities

Responsible for delivering an effective and efficient vetting research function, providing advice to applicants, sponsors, advising officers and staff of all levels on security vetting and being solely responsible in the compilation of clear, concise and accurate research and reports using a wide variety of Police Intelligence systems.

Processing vetting clearance while acknowledging the need to refer vetting failures or security risks to the Joint Force Vetting Unit Supervisors. In accordance with the national vetting codes of practice providing security briefings to newly appointed staff. Interrogate and research information and intelligence to assess threats and risk to police sites, systems and assets.

Collating and conducting enquiries with other national forces and partner agencies to obtain vetting levels and complaints & discipline histories for applicants applying across both Sussex/Surrey force areas, undertaking additional research when requested. Build and maintain a broad network of both internal and external contacts for the purpose of developing and sharing security information to achieve continuity and best practice.

Prepare for and conduct interviews and meetings with vetting applicants who have conditional clearance to provide security briefings and produce assessments in safeguarding the organisation from breaches of security.

Send out vetting forms and quality assure the returned forms, identifying missing information or incorrectly completed forms and returning them for correction. Undertake telephone, e-mail, and face to face enquiries with applicants to query and clarify often sensitive information.

Carrying out open source research on vetting cases as required.

Skills & Experience

Essential:

• You must be a competent and organised administrator, able to work with minimum supervision and be relied upon to use your initiative to achieve results within agreed timescales.
• You will need a high level of computer literacy and be able to demonstrate a good operational knowledge of the Intranet and Microsoft Office, particularly Word, Powerpoint, Excel and Outlook.
• Proven experience of obtaining and collating relevant information to identify potential security risks. With the ability to analyse large amounts of information in differing formats.
• The ability to acquire and apply knowledge to learn appropriate legislation and administrative policies, procedures and systems in order to ensure that intelligence and data is managed correctly.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Able to demonstrate good problem solving skills in order to provide accurate research on data and suggest resolutions quickly and effectively.
• Able to demonstrate good problem solving skills.
• The successful candidate will need to obtain Security Check (SC) level Vetting Clearance for the role and have 5 years UK residency.

Desirable:

• Experience of relevant Police and partnership agency computer systems necessary to undertake a wide range of system checks in order to complete the vetting process eg PNC, PND, Experian, Centurion, NSVS, Niche, Open Source / Social Media and a number of additional systems. Training will be provided.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with well-developed oral communication to utilise skilled interview techniques to obtain voluntary information (conditional clearances and security vetting briefings).

Why Work With Us?

We take pride in looking after our people and offer a variety of benefits;

• career progression
• contributory pension scheme (LGPS)
• generous annual leave allowance
• discounts for everyday spend
• on-site gyms and a range of sports clubs
• generous and supportive parental leave
• financial and mental wellbeing guidance and support
• discounted contributory healthcare scheme

Please use the following links for more information on the benefits of working with Surrey Police or Sussex Police

Further Information

Contact details:

To find out more about the role, please contact us on;

supervisors.vetting@sussex.police.uk

Diversity Statement

We are only as good as our people.  It's important that our officers and staff can be themselves in the workplace and we know that as an organisation we'll grow from the variety of thinking, approach, and the skills that diversity brings; all of which help us to deliver a better policing service. We strive to ensure how we deliver our services, provide information and how we recruit is open and accessible to all.

We have multiple staff support groups who help to improve our understanding of minority issues and ensure they are reflected in our work. We are proud members of Disability Confident, hold Race Equality Matters Trailblazer status, are a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and are aligned with the Armed Forces Covenant and the HeForShe movement.

We are committed to being an anti-racist police service. We promise to challenge injustice, ensure fairness and to uphold anti-racist principles in both our organisation and our communities. For more information, you can read our full anti-racism statement here.

We value the differences that people bring from all backgrounds and communities. Regardless of age, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, disability, social status, or religious belief, we would love to hear from you.

Please use the following links to find out more on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at Surrey Police and Sussex Police

Additional Information

Following submission of your application you will receive a confirmation email with a copy of your application attached. Occasionally emails from this address can fall into spam/junk folders so please ensure this is checked regularly.  You may wish to consider adding noreply@surreysussexpolice.as.recruitmail.com to your address/contact list to ensure you receive all communications.

This post is being advertised in parallel with Force redeployment processes.  Any redeployees who are identified will be given preference.  This may result in the post being withdrawn at any point during the recruitment process.

Please note that not all jobs are available for internal candidates across both Forces, the current agreed recruitment principles are;

• vacancies in collaborated units are available to all officers and staff across both Forces
• vacancies in non-collaborated units are only available to officers and staff within the Force with the vacancy unless it is advertised externally
• if the vacancy is advertised externally and an officer or member of staff from the other Force is successful it will result in a transfer of employment

Surrey Police and Sussex Police Special Constables, Volunteers and Agency Staff (excluding self employed workers) covered under the Agency Worker Regulations (AWR) are eligible to apply for internal advertised posts.