Head of Economic Crime Strategy and Government Affairs

**Contract type**:Fixed term to 31st March 2026

**Rank/grade**:G

**Salary**:Starting Salary -£59,280, plus £6,710 London Weighting, plus £200 London allowance per annum

**Directorate/department**:Corporate Services Directorate/Strategy, Planning & Service Improvement

**Vetting level required**:MV / SC

**Location**: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?**

**As City of London Police, we protect the people, businesses and infrastructure of the City of London, one of the most important and dynamic environments in the UK and globally. London City is the smallest borough in London, so does that make our job any less challenging? Absolutely not - because there’s so much going on.**

**City of London Police play a vital role in keeping the City of London diverse community safe. As a Police Staff Member you will be helping to making the city safer and deliver a valued service for those that live, work and visit the City.**

**_About the team _**

**_City of London Police is a local service with a national role. Our corporate services directorate is fundamental to our ability to keep people who live, work and visit the city safe, and to deliver on our national responsibilities for economic and cyber-crime. _**

**_As a small organisation, our senior leaders have the opportunity to significantly influence and drive strategic and cultural change. We want to draw upon a diverse pool of talent so we benefit from a range of perspectives across our senior leadership team. We look for senior leaders who can live and embody the values that are most important to us: professionalism, integrity and compassion. _**

**_About the role _**

**_City of London Police is the national policing lead for economic and cybercrime with an ambitious change programme to be delivered over the next 12 months. In this role you will work with stakeholders across policing and government to implement national strategies and build capabilities to address emerging economic crime threats. You will also lead on strategic business planning and insights for our national lead force business area. _**

**_Responsibilities _**

**_In this role, you will: _**

**_Support the NPCC Economic and Cybercrime Portfolio and National Lead Force responsibilities through development and delivery of national strategy for economic and cybercrime and government engagement on economic crime policy and strategy. _**

**_Work with stakeholders across policing and government to implement national strategies and build capabilities to address emerging economic crime threats. You will also lead on strategic business planning and insights for our national lead force business area. _**

**_Keep abreast of the NPCC agenda, policies and other initiatives, leading and coordinating the production of briefings, advice and recommendations to inform the force’s position, responses and input into NPCC and other national policing groups. _**

**_Requirements _**

**_For this role, we need you to have experience of: _**
- **_Experience operating at a senior management level within the economic crime environment with an established network of relationships across government and law enforcement agencies. _**:

- **_Experience of engaging with senior government officials to develop strategies and policy and identify funding opportunities to help improve the police service response to Economic Crime. _**:

- **_Experience of working within the police service or the demonstrable ability to become familiar with and assimilate detailed knowledge of the service at both national and local levels in a short space of time, in order to make an early and effective contribution. _**:

- **_Significant and demonstrable experience of working in a strategy, policy and / or performance-related field in a complex public sector organisation. _**

**_This vacancy is open only to those who have the right to work in the UK. _**

**_Selection Process _**

**_Applicants who fail to address the skills/knowledge/experience of the job description will not be considered. _**

**_Benefits: _**
- **_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 33 days with continuous service _**:

- **_Season Ticket Loans _**:

- **_Cycle to Work Scheme _**

**_A diverse workforce improves the service we