Post Title: Specialist Disclosure Officer
Contract type: Fixed Term Contract until March 2029
Rank/grade: Grade E
Salary: Starting Salary - £43,700 + £7,160 London Weighting
Directorate/department: Specialist Operations/Investigation Services
Vetting level required: (MV/SC) - https://assets.college.police.uk/s3fs-public/2024-12/Vetting-authorised-professional-practice.pdf?VersionId=lvkOlukt26I3eQsjhOpkPlXGcGIvI4LV)
Location: Bishopsgate Police Station & Guildhall Yard East.
The City of London Corporation is currently undergoing a Programme to ensure that our pay and reward practices are competitive and equitable across the whole organisation to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to thrive in the work that we do.
Who are we.
At City of London Police, we protect the people, businesses and infrastructure of the City of London, a globally significant and dynamic environment at the heart of the UK's financial and commercial sector.
We play a key role in keeping the City of London's diverse community safe. As a member of Police Staff, you will play a meaningful contribution to protecting the public and delivering an exceptional service to everyone who lives, works and visits the city.
The City of London Police is committed to equality of opportunities and continuously strive for inclusivity within our Force. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly from those who are disabled, have long-term health conditions, and/or are neurodivergent, those with Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic backgrounds, female candidates, and LGBTQIA+ individuals.
About the team
The Major Incident Room (MIR) uses specialist skills to tackle serious criminality and complex investigations including murder, manslaughter, rape, kidnap, stranger abduction, blackmail, and fraud.
The MIR works with an enquiry team or assists other departments on large or complex
investigations that require the assistance and support of HOLMES 2 application.
Most investigations involve the setting up of an incident room which becomes the base for a team of officers and police staff, dedicated to a particular investigation. All information which comes into an incident room is entered on the HOLMES 2 computer system, so it can be easily researched, retrieved, and compared.
About the role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Specialist Disclosure Officer position within the forces Major Incident Room (MIR).
This is an exciting and rewarding opportunity to work within a specialist unit at the forefront of major investigations, dealing with complex, high-risk, and high-profile police investigations.
**Following a Critical or Major incident, MIR staff maybe called upon to support the investigation team and/or Casualty Bureau**
Responsibilities
In this role, the Disclosure Officer will be responsible for:
- Assessing, summarising and scheduling all material gathered as part of an ongoing police investigation.
- Ensuring that comprehensive disclosure schedules are applied to the examination and revelation of all relevant unused materials, including the application of descriptions and relating to decisions of sensitivity of materials through use of the Holmes Major Incident Case Management System.
- Ensuring that all materials are disclosed in line with applicable legislation and guidance and work with the Senior Investigating Officer (SIO) and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in relation to any issues that might undermine the prosecution’s case.
Essential Criteria
As an applicant you should be either an;
- Experienced PIP2 Investigator (Police Staff Investigator or Detective Constable)
or
- Cilex Disclosure Trained (or equivalent)
or
- Experienced Investigator with Regulatory or Law Enforcement experience
With
- Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to communicate at all levels with both internal and external partners and stakeholders and to build relationships
- The ability to plan, prioritise and organise your own workload, whilst adhering to national and local policies and procedures linked to disclosure obligations
- Good working knowledge of Criminal Procedures and Investigations Act 1996
Desirable Criteria
- Holmes Trained or Holmes Experience
Hybrid working
This Police Staff role adheres to Corporation of London’s hybrid working policy, which requires a 60% office attendance rate. The specifics of this will be discussed locally with your hiring manager if you’re successful for the role.
*This role may require extended working hours and suspension of remote working, following critical or major incident.
The City of London Police is keen to promote flexible working and will, subject to operational policing requirements, proactively consider all applications to work flexibly.
Selection Process
The application and interview will be tested under Level 2 of the College of Policing Competency and Values Framework
Applicants who fail to address the skills/knowledge/experience of the job description will not be considered.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, such as ChatGPT and Copilot, is permitted to review and edit application responses for spelling, grammar, and clarity. However, all responses must accurately reflect your own skills, knowledge, and experience and must not be generated by AI or contain plagiarised content. Applications found to include plagiarism or AI-generated content will be withdrawn.
This vacancy is open only to those who have the right to work in the UK. Also, due to this role requiring MV/SC level vetting, you need to have continuously resided in the UK for the last 5 years. This residency needs to be in the immediate 5 years prior to this application. If you do not meet this requirement, you are not eligible to apply for the role, due to nature of the vetting checks needed.
If you would like to discuss the role, please contact:
TDS Barry Butler – barry.butler@cityoflondon.police.uk or DS Gavin Popplewell – Gavin.Popplewell@cityoflondon.police.uk
The closing date for applications is 21st October 2026 @ 23:59hrs
Following shortlisting, successful candidates will be invited to attend a competency-based interview, anticipated to be held week commencing 2nd November 2026.
We strive to ensure all our information and services are accessible to and useable by everyone. If you would like to receive any information in a different way, would like us to do anything differently to help you apply for our roles, or have any other questions, please get in touch with HR via hrservices@cityoflondon.police.uk
Benefits:
A diverse workforce improves the service we provide to our public by making us more approachable and relevant within our communities. This is why it’s vitally important that we recruit people from a wide range of communities and backgrounds with an understanding of cultural issues and a wide range of skills. We therefore particularly encourage female and people from Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic communities to join us.
The way we work is changing. With a few exceptions most roles will be able to accommodate part time, job share and flexible working patterns. We can also offer hybrid working patterns of home and office-based shift patterns. Feel free to speak to us about any flexible working requirements.
The Force has a number of Staff Support Networks that can offer you support and advice. Applicants are very welcome to contact the networks directly if they need any support or ask any question before they apply. For further information on the networks and their contact details please visit:
- LGPS Pension Scheme -Local Government Pension Scheme explained - Which?
- Access to Blue Light Card scheme -Welcome to Blue Light Card
- Discounts within the Square Mile specifically for City of London Police employees
- Free access to our Force Gym (with dedicated time for female colleagues throughout the week), Personal Training Instructors with a range of specialisms, and a large variety of fitness and wellbeing programmes
- 29 days’ annual leave + bank holidays, increasing up to 34 days with continuous service
- Season Ticket Loans
