The Role
An exciting role has arisen for a police staff Prepare Officer. Prepare is part of the National CONTEST Strategy and sits under the remit of ‘Protect and Prepare’ within the Eastern Region Special Operations Unit for Counter Terrorism Policing.
The CT Prepare Team is a small but dedicated team who’s focus is to prepare for terrorist attacks and reduce their impact for the whole of the Eastern Region. As such this role is open to officers from Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex.
If the worst happens, we want to be suitably prepared to allow us to respond as quickly and efficiently as possible. To help us prepare for attacks, we regularly test our methods by holding exercises and testing CT plans across the region.
We do this in partnership with other P’s of the CONTEST Strategy, emergency services, local and national government departments and the military. This helps us understand the way each organisation works so we can come together for a major incident and act as one.
The Prepare team also maintain a debriefing functionality to assist with learning from testing, exercising and real-life incidents and investigations which facilitates risk management in the future. They also play their part within the National Prepare portfolio sharing knowledge and learning whilst assisting with bigger regional and national exercises.
This is a varied and stimulating role like no other within CT or Front-Line Policing which requires the successful candidate to be a focused and motivated problem solver. Strong communication skills, experience of managing a busy workload and proven partnership working experience are favoured.
This is an agile role, as per ERSOU guidance, and the successful candidate will be required to attend and facilitate meetings, training and exercises across the Eastern Region and on occasions nationally. Although standard working hours are 0800-1600 Monday to Friday (no shifts) a flexible approach is required to support out of hours events including exercises and live incidents.
The successful candidate will be required to undertake the two year National Prepare Training Pathway which runs alongside usual daily business and will provide required training to a national standard. All other relevant training and support will be provided by the Prepare team.
Interested? Please see the attached Role Profile for further details including essential and desirable criteria.
ERSOU – Who are we and what we do
Created in 2010, ERSOU is funded by the seven police forces that make up the eastern region, with Bedfordshire Police being the lead force. ERSOU is the Eastern Region Special Operations Unit, that oversees and delivers a regional level response to Serious and Organised Crime, and Counter Terrorism Policing for the Forces in the Eastern Region.
ERSOU is made up of both Officers and Police Staff from across the entire region and works closely with the 7 Forces and National Partners. The departments are unique, in that they offer opportunities to work and develop individuals professionally in specialist areas, often delivering capabilities that are provided by local forces.
Working for ERSOU presents a fantastic opportunity for you to learn and develop within a unique law enforcement community whose staff and officers are dedicated to protecting the public from the threat of terrorism and serious and organised crime.
We are committed to building a leadership team that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from individuals who are currently underrepresented at senior levels, including women, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates, disabled people, and those from LGBTQ+ communities.
We value the unique perspectives and experience that diverse leadership brings and welcome candidates who can help us drive inclusive policing and community engagement.
ERSOU as an employer can offer.
- Blue light card discounts
- Generous pension scheme
- Opportunities to get involved with networking groups such as the network of women, LGBTQ+, parent, carers, health, and wellbeing.
VETTING
Applicants must hold or be prepared to undergo Management Vetting (5 years residency criteria), Security Clearance (5 years residency criteria) Due to the sensitive nature of these checks, we are not able to supply feedback should clearance be declined.
This post is designated a ‘reserved post’ under the Civil Service Nationality Rules and is open only to UK Nationals. Anyone holding dual nationality can make an application but may be required to relinquish non-British nationality if successful (and any entitlement you may have to a foreign nationality) as a condition of your confirmation of appointment with CTP. When applying please click Yes to the British Nationality Question in order to progress to the next step of the application process. 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.
For Further information
Email us at ASK.ERSOU@beds.police.uk , emails will be forwarded on to the relevant recruiting manager and we will endeavour to reply within 3 working days.
Additional Information
All internal applicants must have successfully completed their probationary period to apply for this role.
Internal applicants within Bedfordshire Police, Cambridgeshire Constabulary or Hertfordshire Constabulary (BCH), should upload either a CV or provide relevant skills, experiences and qualifications on Word/PDF document.
This vacancy is live to those at risk of redundancy and will remain open to redeployees until the conditional offer stage throughout the recruitment process. Redeployees will take priority over other applicants at any point during the recruitment process up until conditional offer. If a redeployee is successful and accepts an offer, they will remain on their home force’s terms and conditions.
As a Disability Confident leader, we take personal responsibility to help create an inclusive workplace, where police officers and staff respect one another, feel valued for their differences and can be themselves. We are committed to providing workplace adjustments, wherever needed so everyone feels welcome and can flourish. If you have a disability and you meet the minimum criteria for the position you are applying for, you will be entitled to an interview under the ‘Offer an Interview Scheme’.
It is recommended that you download and store a copy of the role profile as this will no longer be available once the advert has closed.
