Detective Sergeant, NFIB - Serious & Organised Crime (SOC)
Post Title: Detective Sergeant, NFIB - Serious & Organised Crime (SOC)
Type of contract: Substantive
Rank/Grade: Detective Sergeant
Directorate/Department: NFIB
Statement of expectation for the role: Successful candidates will be expected to remain in post for a minimum of 2 years
Vetting level required: MV/SC
Location: Guildhall Yard East (Hybrid)
Salary: According to National Police Pay Scale, plus London Allowance (Non-Pensionable £6588 p/a)and London Weighting (Pensionable - £3030 p/a).
Who are we?
As City of London Police, we protect the people, businesses and infrastructure of the City of London, one of the most important and dynamic environments in the UK and globally. City of London Police is the smallest home office force area in the country, so does that make our job any less challenging? Absolutely not – because there’s so much going on.
City of London Police play a vital role in keeping the City of London diverse community safe. As a Police Officer you will be helping to making the city safer and deliver a valued service for those that live, work and visit the City.
The City of London Police is keen to promote flexible working and will, subject to operational policing requirements, proactively consider all applications to work flexibly.
The City of London Police is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
Description of Department:
The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) sits alongside Action Fraud within the City of London Police which is the National policing lead for economic crime.
The NFIB receives all the Action Fraud’s reports. Millions of reports of fraud and cybercrime are used by the NFIB to identify serial offenders, organised crime groups and find emerging crime types.
What the NFIB do with Action Fraud reports
- The reports are assessed and analysed by NFIB experts.
- Data matching allows reports from different parts of the country to be linked through analysis, identifying the criminals behind the frauds.
- Reports are sent to local police forces/law enforcement agencies for investigation.
- Bank accounts, websites and phone numbers which are used by fraudsters can be taken down by the NFIB.
- Not every report results in an investigation, but every report helps to build a clear picture. This contributes to making the UK a more hostile place for fraudsters to operate in and helps to keep other potential victims safe.
The NFIB gets it data through three main channels
- Reports from individuals and small businesses (coming either directly or via a police force) made to Action Fraud on the phone or online.
- Fraud data from industry and the public sector which includes banking, insurance, telecommunications and government departments.
- A variety of intelligence sources including, but not limited to, national and international police crime/intelligence systems.
Role Purpose
Serious & Organised Crime Team (SOC) within NFIB is a relatively new team, requiring a proactive minded Detective Sergeant to further develop and lead. The team develop cases of Fraud and CyberCrime, which have Serious & Organised Crime association.
Key Responsibilities
- Effective leadership of a small team of Crime Reviewers and Police Staff Investigators in the proactive development of cases with SOC association.
- Quality Assurance Reviews and Performance Management of the team.
- Managing early stages of SOC investigations and asset recovery.
- Oversight of cases in development prior to dissemination to ROCU’s, Forces and other interested agencies such as NCA.
- Make best use of current and developing technology to identify, analyse, disrupt and initiate pursue of SOC offences. Recover loss assets for victims.
- Building strong relationships with internal and external partners to target SOC
- Attendance and positive contribution to Operational Taskings.
- Contribution to CoLP Critical Incident Car (CIC).(CIC) compliments the 24/7 CID service with immediate response to serious crime matters and the enhanced management of crime scenes and initial investigation.
- Deputise if required for Detective Inspector NFIB portfolio
Essential Criteria
- Proven operational policing experience and knowledge
- Experience of leading proactive investigations, with a strong understanding of National Intelligence Model (NIM)
- An understanding of national fraud strategies and their implementation at regional and local level
- Experience of relationship management and working with partners
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret complex evidence and present clear conclusions
- Effective oral and written communication skills, with experience of preparing, formal structured papers, or submissions of a high standard for presentation to senior managers and other stakeholders
The application and interview will be tested under Level 2 of the College of Policing Competency and Values Framework.
Applicants who fail to address the skills/knowledge/experience of the job description/role will not be considered.
If you would like to discuss the post in more detail, please contact DI Kelly Fisher (Kelly.Fisher@cityoflondon.police.uk) or DI David Box (David.Box@cityoflondon.police.uk)
The closing date for applications is Monday 28th April 2025 @ 2359hrs.
This vacancy is open only to those who have the right to work in the UK.
[For internal candidates only]Please note that your application will not be considered without the completed endorsement form. Please ensure you leave enough time for your verifiers and senior leaders to complete the support of your application before the closing date.
Please note Officers who are not within 3 months of completing their tenure period, will not be eligible to apply for internal roles. This applies only to Officers who are not currently working within this Directorate.
The City of London Police is keen to promote flexible working and will, subject to operational policing requirements, proactively consider all applications to work flexibly.
The City of London Police is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
The City of London Corporation is currently undergoing a program to ensure that our pay and reward practices are competitive and equitable across the whole organisation to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to thrive in the work that we do.
We strive to ensure all our information and services are accessible to and useable by everyone. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or would like us to do anything differently to help you apply for our roles, please get in touch with HR via hrservices@cityoflondon.police.uk
Benefits:
* In return, we will offer a number of benefits including a generous pension scheme, a free Oyster card for London (TFL) travel and subsidised national rail travel, which allows you to travel within a 70 mile radius. For further information please visit:
https://careers.cityoflondon.police.uk/working
The ATOC Rail Travel Concession allows regular serving police officers to travel on National Rail services within a 70 mile radius of London for a small monthly cost. This is a taxable benefit that the City of London Police negotiates and Officers make a contribution to the cost of the scheme. If you wish to confirm if your journey would be covered under this scheme, please contact HR Services directly as the 70 miles is an approximation. *
A diverse workforce improves the service we provide to our public by making us more approachable and relevant within our communities. This is why it’s vitally important that we recruit people from a wide range of communities and backgrounds with an understanding of cultural issues and a wide range of skills. We therefore particularly encourage female and people from Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic communities to join us.
The way we work is changing. With a few exceptions most roles will be able to accommodate part time, job share and flexible working patterns. We can also offer hybrid working patterns of home and office based shift patterns. Feel free to speak to us about any flexible working requirements.
The Force has a number of Staff Support Networks that can offer you support and advice. Applicants are very welcome to contact the networks directly if they need any support or ask any question before they apply. For further information on the networks and their contact details please visit:
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- Access to Blue Light Card scheme -Welcome to Blue Light Card
- Discounts within the Square Mile specifically for City of London Police employees
- Free access to our Force Gym (with dedicated time for female colleagues throughout the week), Personal Training Instructors with a range of specialisms, and a large variety of fitness and wellbeing programmes
- 25 days’ annual leave + bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with continuous service
- Season Ticket Loans
- Cycle to Work Scheme