Police/detective Constable Handler

**Department**: Dedicated Source Unit (DSU)
**Location**:Near M4, Junction 12 / Near Southampton / Guildford
**Closing date**: 24/05/2023

This is a unique and exciting role to be a part of a proactive team, engaged in combating the threat from Terrorism across the UK and beyond, in conjunction with key stakeholders.

Your success in this role is dependent on your character and your excellent communication skills. These skills will enable you to quickly develop into the role, including the ability to build rapport with people from a broad and diverse range of backgrounds.

Your ability to demonstrate empathy and your emotional intelligence will help you to gain trust and in turn elicit information that could be pivotal to the success of a National Security operation and the safe management of significant risk.

You will be expected to learn and develop a working knowledge and understanding of legislation in relation to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA), European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) together with CHIS Codes of Practice, which will all be integral to the role.

In this role you will act as a professional point of contact with regard to CTPSE CHIS related issues and where appropriate, act as a point of contact for other Police Forces and associated agencies.

You may also be required to respond to support Counter Terrorism Policing across the UK as part of the National Network.

**Responsibilities**
- Undertake day-to-day responsibility for dealing with the Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS) on behalf of the public authority as directed by the CTP SE DSU Controller, in accordance with relevant legislation and policy, as laid out under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), Secondary Legislation and NPCC Manual of Standards.
- Directing the day to day activities of the CHIS, accurately recording the information supplied by the CHIS and monitoring the CHIS’ security and welfare.
- Act as co-handler where appropriate to those other CHIS utilised by the UK intelligence Community.
- Identify, cultivate and handle CHIS to provide information impacting on National Security and other priorities relevant to CTP SE activities.
- Ensure that CHIS are handled in accordance with the Primary and Secondary Legislation, NPCC Manual of Standards and European Convention of Human Rights together with National CHIS Policy and the ‘professional’ management of a DSU Controller.
- Together with other officers within the Dedicated Source Unit, develop awareness of procedures in line with Legislation and unit Policy. Together with other officers within the Dedicated Source Unit, develop awareness of procedures in line with Legislation and unit Policy.
- Maintain liaison with key partners including developing relationships with local, regional partners and UK Intelligence Community.
- As a regional resource you will be expected to cover at differing locations throughout the region and carry out handler on-call duties. You may also be required to temporarily cover other UK regions in response to a terrorist incident as part of the wider CT network. As such you must have the ability and willingness to travel for business purposes when required.
- Ensure that your administrative functions, record keeping, and performance data are organised, efficient, transparent and maintained to a high standard.
- Work flexible hours to suit the requirements of the department. Handlers will be expected to take part in the on call rota which will include working one in every seven weeks.
- Maintain professional contact, mandatory training, CPD and understanding of priorities of your home force.

**Essential role based training and assessment**
- Successful completion of Pre-Training Assessment (PTA) - **essential prior to appointment.**:

- Successful completion of the five week residential pass/fail National Security Agent Handling Course (NSAHC).
- Successful completion of the CHIS in prison course.

**Required knowledge/skills**
Essential
- Excellent numeracy and literacy skills with the ability to provide written reports for a wide range of audiences.
- A good working knowledge of the Police service, with the ability to adapt to new ways of learning.
- Highly motivated with good time management skills and able to ensure deadlines are met and regulations adhered to, with the ability to work under pressure, prioritise workload with the capability to assimilate detailed information.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate clearly and concisely at all levels across the general public as well as within the organisation and outside agencies.
- Willingness and aptitude to learn about the CT environment, new IT systems, legislation, digital risk, intelligence management and many other areas pertinent to the role.
- Motivated and enthusiastic with a positive attitude towards identifying new opportunities.
- Creative and innovative mind-set; looking to develop and improve worki