DI Surveillance - CTPSW
Are you ready for a new challenge? Counter Terrorism Policing South West (CTPSW) are seeking a highly skilled and driven Inspector to lead our Surveillance Team—an elite team dedicated to protecting the public from terrorism, domestic extremism, and other national threats. This is a unique opportunity to command specialist covert surveillance operations, shape strategic intelligence gathering, and collaborate with key partners across the UK’s security landscape. If you thrive in high-pressure environments and have the expertise to lead complex operations with precision and integrity, we want to hear from you.
In this role your main responsibilities will be -
- Lead, manage and direct the Counter Terrorism Policing South West Surveillance team (CTPSW) ensuring that it maintains a high level of expertise in all areas of covert surveillance and ensuring that the resources of the team are properly deployed to gather intelligence and or evidence against targeted individuals.
- Use your subject matter expertise to lead, manage, prioritise and coordinate the use of the Surveillance assets under your command to enhance operations tasked at both regional and national level against terrorism and domestic extremism and other national threats.
- Lead and maintain effective liaison with Security Services, National Counter Terrorism Units and other key stakeholders.
- Oversee and contribute to the management of the budget to ensure efficient utilisation of resources and equipment.
- Ensuring departmental policies, procedures and operational activity are in line with current legislation, and meet the recommendations of HMIC, IPCO guidance, College of Policing minimum standards and Authorised Professional Practice.
- Inspect, manage and quality assure all aspects of service delivery in line with Force policy, targets and partnerships working, reviewing systems, procedures and working practices, to ensure continual improvement in the level of service.
- When required - act as Surveillance Coordinator providing overall responsibility for surveillance resources
- Where applicable participate in national, regional and local forums which impact on surveillance, CTPOR and firearms issues
- To fulfil the functions of a Senior Investigating Officer in managing high threat, risk and harm, including critical or imminent threats to life in support of the CTPSW Investigations team
- Other appropriate operational activity and duties as directed by the Head of CTPSW and any other duties commensurate with the role and rank
- To secure and uphold STRAPSO accreditation, thereby authorising the individual to undertake the associated duties and responsibilities for a designated geographical area or team, as directed by the Regional Operations and Security Manager. Be responsible for ensuring compliance with STRAP regulations in relation to both physical and personnel standards. To conduct STRAP inductions and suitability assessments whilst enforcing a compliant STRAP regime throughout the CTPSW region
To be eligible to apply for this role the suitable applicant must -
- Be a substantive Inspector and have previous experience of Surveillance and/or covert investigations and tactics
- Have relevant, recent experience of managing covert operations in either a Counter Terrorism, Serious crime, Major crime or similar
- Be an accredited investigator to PIP level 2 or higher. The post holder will be required to attain Investigator PIP level 3 and Counter Terrorism SIO accreditation.
- Be willing to achieve and maintain Developed Vetting (DV) once in post
Please note that although this role is open to all 5 forces of our collaboration the successful candidate would be expected to work from a base location that can be reached by public transport or car in under 45 minutes from central Bristol or Taunton.
For more information about the role, please contact: Chief Inspector Matt Armstrong at matthew.armstrong@avonandsomerset.police.uk
Applications should be submitted against the Competency and Values Framework (CVF) attached.
Shortlisting panels will only consider one piece of evidence per competency and decide whether this shows potential to undertake the role under consideration.
Applicants who are successful at the shortlisting stage will be invited to an interview.
Appointments to this post are subject to security clearance to Police Management and National Security vetting – Developed vetting (DV).
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
Avon and Somerset Constabulary welcomes applicants from all minority groups, which reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We are a family friendly force and operate a positive equal opportunities policy.