Regional Operational Security & Compliance Manager - CTPSW

Are you ready for a new exciting opportunity where you will really make a difference?

We have an opening in CTPSW for a Regional Operational Security and Compliance Manager to join our team.

As part of a national network you will form part of our Regional Senior Leadership Team where you will ensure compliance and provide expert advice on all aspects of operational security; providing risk management in relation to the activities of our covert teams alongside a quality assurance, inspection, audit and review function.

In this role your Main Responsibilities will be:-

Responsibility for providing expert advice to senior managers and operational team leaders across the South West region on operational security and risk management and the delivery of investigations using covert law enforcement tactics with an emphasis upon risk assessment and risk management.

To recognise, identify, categorise and review threats to investigations, monitoring and recommending counter measures, identifying and disseminating organisational learning and examination of all cases of compromise.

Responsibility for ensuring there are appropriate measures in place to demonstrate compliance against all security standards. You will ensure any systems used to hold covert material are inspected to ensure audit and assurances checks provide compliance with the safeguarding chapters of the relevant codes of practice and an adequate review, retain or destroy function.

Providing assurance, on behalf of the Head of Unit, as lead Departmental Security Advisor ensuring the security and integrity of the Unit’s IT systems as well as physical and personal security ensuring the department maintain compliance with the Manual of Protective Security.

Responsibility for making decisions on security and providing security advice and guidance on all aspects of operational security including physical, personnel, assets, information handling, communication and operational techniques.

To manage business continuity and business resilience processes for the department and the region.

Acting as a link with Force Project Leaders, ensuring that knowledge relating to IT security is shared between the Forces and this department with a corporate approach to information management and security is adopted.

Skills, Experience and Qualifications required:-

Educated to degree level or other suitable qualifications or experience at working at a senior level within a law enforcement or operational security environment
Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)
Excellent computer literacy skills
Experience of providing protective security advice or providing high level problem solving and dealing with issues of operational compromise
Experience of influencing and persuading stakeholders
Experience of negotiating and interpersonal skills
Experience of keeping up to date with current legislation, current affairs and related security trends in social media
Experience of leading, managing and developing a team
To take and successfully complete the College of Policing Operational Security Course

This post has been designated as requiring the following vetting levels in accordance with the National Vetting Policy; Police Management level vetting (MV) and UKSV Developed Vetting (DV).

To be eligible to apply for these roles you must have a 5 year ‘checkable history’ in the UK – ideally this means that you would have been resident in the UK for the last 5 years.

You must be a British citizen to work for the department. If you hold dual nationality, one component of which is British, you may also be considered. However, if successful, you may be asked to relinquish your non-British nationality (and any entitlement you may have to a foreign nationality) as a condition of your confirmation of appointment with the department. One of your parents should also be British or have substantial ties to the UK. In the latter instance; substantial ties means that your parent is a citizen of a British Overseas Territory, a Commonwealth citizen, US citizen, EEA citizen, British national or citizen overseas, and they would need to have demonstrable connections with the UK by way of family history or have been resident here for a substantial period of time.

If you're already married to, or cohabiting with, a person who isn't a British citizen, you may still be eligible for employment at the discretion of the department. You should note however, that marriage to, or cohabitation with, a person who isn't a British citizen after appointment may, in some circumstances, result in the withdrawal of security clearance and subsequent transfer to another department, or (if this is not possible or the officer does not wish to transfer) dismissal. Each case will be considered on its merits, taking into account the ties between the person involved and the United Kingdom.