Role: Technical Support Officer
Department: TSU – Technical Support Unit (Within Specialist Command)
Scale: SO1
Salary: £37,020 - £39,276
Location: Melton
Hours: 37 Hours Per Week (Full-Time) Monday to Friday (Plus On-Call to Include Weekends)
Contract: Permanent
To provide highly qualified level 1 (and support ROCU TSU where required with level 2) specialist support and technical assistance with covert and overt surveillance operations, ensuring the delivery of legal, ethical, efficient and effective technical policing capability to the Force.
The post requires a high level of confidentiality and the flexibility to respond to urgent instructions within a disciplined organisation, locally and regionally.
The successful candidate will be required to converse with Police Officers of all ranks. You must have a minimum qualification of HNC in electronics or engineering equivalent, including knowledge of wired and wireless internet protocol networking.
The post holder may be required to work long hours at short notice and to undertake other responsibilities as are reasonably commensurate with the grade of the post, including additional training locally and nationally.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct technical site surveys, produce feasibility and risk assessment reports providing technical advice and recommendations to investigating officers of all ranks taking into consideration the objectives of the operation, the relevant surveillance authority is compliant to the requested tasking, equipment availability and time constraints.
- Using specialist knowledge and experience, prepare, configure, test, and install electronic surveillance equipment ethically and in accordance with the relevant standard operating procedure (SOP) in compliance with the relevant legislation and authority levels, ensuring all identified risks to the operational deployment have been covered ensuring the evidential material is of the highest standard for presentation at court.
- Maintain and update overt and covert equipment databases ensuring compliance with IPCO annual audit inspections. Maintain and update exhibit database, ensuring all record entries are accurate utilising bespoke specialist software packages, for future reference by appropriate parties, and prepare statements in accordance with the latest guidelines concerning the continuity of evidence.
- Utilising the required overt/covert techniques and specialist knowledge carry out relevant diagnostic fault finding, repair and maintenance of all overt /covert technical equipment and installations in accordance National Standard operating procedures (SOP)’s and in compliance with all current Health and Safety legislation.
- Assist the ROCU TSU technical Officers on level two technical deployments as and when required, maintaining appropriate CPD.
- Conduct site surveys on all ANPR deployments, liaise with the relevant council/authority to seek consent of installation, ensure all police assets are installed in accordance with all relevant legislation, such as Lantra Chapter 8, safe isolation G39, 17th edition, IPAF, working at Height and in compliance with memorandum of understanding agreements with public bodies.
- Maintain, repair, and configure all Humberside police Technical Support alarm systems, including all Humberside Police building alarms and signalling and MOD national sites.
- Build, install, Maintain, repair, and configure relevant equipment in Humberside police vehicles and train operatives on the use of installed equipment.
- Attend court and give evidence in respect of technical matters, if required.
For further information relating to the role and tasks of this position please refer to the attached role requirement.
What the role requires:
- Excellent organisational skills
- BS 7671 Electrical installations certificate would also be required.
- be able to maintain a current working knowledge of Health and Safety legislation. There will be regular lifting and carrying of heavy equipment, with relevant risk assessments on all operations.
- You must have a full UK driving licence and be able to pass a police-driving test in a police vehicle.
- Eyesight and an audiometric test will also be required.
- Experience of working in a confidential environment.
- Ability to work with minimum supervision when required.
- Have access to a vehicle and able to travel the force area.
- Holds a full UK Driving License
- Physical demanding job requires ability to lift
- Ability to prioritise workload.
For further information relating to the role and tasks of this position please refer to the attached role requirement.
Perks of working for Humberside Police:
From great perks, agile working and professional development, we want you to have the best possible journey throughout your Humberside Police Career.
Our Police Staff work extremely hard, which is why we are proud to offer a host of reward and recognition schemes. Whether it’s Cycle to Work scheme, Gym and health schemes, we have the perks ready for you to benefit from.
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Further Perks:
- Generous annual leave allowance
- Training and development opportunities
- Coaching & Mentoring Scheme
- Employee assistance service (accessible 24/7)
- Flexible/Hybrid working where applicable.
- Generous pension scheme
- Blue Light Discount
- Access to the force’s onsite gyms
- Free on-site car parking
- Humber bridge tag (If travelling from the Southbank)
Pre – Employment Checks and Eligibility:
- Internal applicants MUST have completed a successful probationary period and tenure (if applicable) before applying for another role within the force.
- Applicants must meet the minimum requirement checkable history criteria of at least 3 years continuous residency in the UK to apply for roles with Humberside Police.
- Successful candidates will undergo a vetting procedure pre-requisite of employment. (Please note, with holding any information asked by the vetting department, may delay the vetting procedure, or result in your vetting been refused and the offer of employment been withdrawn)
- Tattoo’s will be reviewed as a part of the recruitment process to ensure we maintain a level of professional standards and to make sure the images do not cause offence or are unacceptable.
- Successful candidates may need to provide Biometric/Drug Testing/Samples for certain roles before commencing in the position due to the nature of the role.
Contact point for applicants:
If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact us at recruiting@humberside.pnn.police.uk
How to apply for the role:
To apply for the role, please click the ‘Apply’ button below.
Please note, you must wait 3 months before submitting another application if you have applied for THIS role within the last 3 months.
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Closing Date: Thursday 13th August 2026 at 23:55
Interview date: TBC
It is not likely that closing dates will be extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and would need to be with the permission of the Recruitment Manager and Line Manager of the role.
The Recruitment Manager can authorise to close any vacancy before the closing date stated on the advert.
Attachments:
- Role Requirement
- Guidance for completing your application.
- Bank of Adjustments
- Preferred candidate roadmap
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