Police Staff Investigator – Economic Crime/Emerging Threats Team - 01
Job Title: Police Staff Investigator – Economic Crime/Emerging Threats Team - 01
Salary: The starting salary is £38,926, which includes allowances totalling £2,928.
The salary is broken down as £35,998 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £38,523 Plus, a location allowance of £1,928 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.
Location: Vauxhall
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Economic Crime/Emerging Threats Team within Specialist Crime of the Metropolitan Police.
We are looking for Police Staff Investigators to be a single point of contact between law enforcement and communication service providers, to obtain communications data under the Investigatory Powers Act (2016) and to be the guardian and gatekeeper of applications under part 3 of the investigatory powers act
Working for the Met doesn’t have to mean patrolling the streets. Just as important as our uniformed officers is our 14,000-strong team of professional and support staff working behind the scenes. It’s these skilled people who provide the organisational capability to police London.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide specialist advice and guidance to police officers around the practical use of Communications Data to help them deal with both fast time incidents and reactive investigations.
- Help explain the world of digital investigation to colleagues who often have little practical experience of how to obtain it or use in policing.
- Review and quality assure communications data applications and engage with applicants to ensure necessity, proportionality and collateral intrusion comply with relevant legislation and associated codes of practice.
- Advise and give recommendations to designated persons (DP) before and during their review of applications for authorisation, to aid the effective implementation and their understanding of the application process.
- Identify and acquire communications data from communication service providers (CSPs) to support investigations and crime prevention activity.
- Evaluate acquired data to ensure compliance with the notice/authorisation issued.
- Identify reportable and recordable errors and take appropriate action under codes of practice
- Comply with all relevant legislation, such as CPIA, DPA, IPA
Who we're looking for:
- Knowledge of relevant legislation such as CPIA., DPIA, IPA
- Practical experience of criminal investigations and policing
- An understanding of how digital intelligence can support policing
- Experience in effectively and professionally dealing with external partners and internal stakeholders regardless of rank
- Calm under pressure, hardworking, professional and resilient.
- Communications Data SPoC qualified
- Competent in using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and police digital systems (e.g. CONNECT, IIP) following training.
- No formal experience is required, although if you have knowledge of communications data, it would be useful
- No formal qualifications required. Full training will be provided by the CIU training team. You will be required to attend a national accreditation course run by the college of policing. This is a mandatory course that you must complete before you can fulfil the role.
Vetting
This post requires access to the most sensitive intelligence material on a daily basis. Applicants must hold or be prepared to undergo National Security Vetting (NSV) Security Check (enhanced) (SC(e)) level before taking up the post.
Benefits:
In addition to your starting salary all professional and support staff are eligible for an additional location allowance of £1,928.
You may also be required to work overtime, which will attract additional pay – this will be discussed at interview stage.
You’ll also enjoy the kind of great benefits that you’d expect from one of London's
largest employers.
These include;
- Annual leave entitlement of 28 days plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 5 years of service
- Civil service pension arrangements
- Interest free season ticket loans
- Membership of Met sports and social clubs
- Flexible working conditions and many more.
London is one of the most exciting and diverse cities in the world – and policing it is no easy task. It takes a huge number of people from all sorts of different backgrounds with a wide range of skills and experience. Do you have what it takes to be one of them? Find out if a career with the Met is what you’re looking for and what kind of challenges; experience and rewards you could have in store.
How to apply
To begin your career at the Met, please click the "apply button “. The application process requires a Personal Statement, and an online application form. In your Personal Statement, you should explain your interest in the position and illustrate how your skills and experiences make you a suitable candidate. Please note that your document should be saved in either PDF or Word format, clearly labelled as Personal Statement.
Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 18th February 2026.
Once received, your application will be reviewed against the eligibility criteria, following this, your application will be reviewed by the hiring manager.
Following application review, successful candidates will be invited to interview.
Additional Information
Please note: The hiring manager is holding an online information session for all applicants. This is an opportunity to ask questions and learn more about the role requirements and expectations. You’re invited to attend using the link below:
Microsoft Teams meeting
Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/37088163842904?p=PBT5KFPcgfKud8NrrB
Meeting ID: 370 881 638 429 04
Passcode: Q5Tv9yu7
The sessions will take place between 10:00-11:00am on Thursday 5th February 2025.
Please note, attendance is optional, and you are not required to attend to continue in the process.
We hope to see you there.
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Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications