Covert Monitoring Unit Case Officer, Investigations

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 275084**Salary**:

- £30,740- Recruitment and Retention Allowance: This is currently set at £1,000 for this post. The RRA is an enhancement to the role and is reviewed annually.**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer- NCA Grade 5 / Police Constable**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Type of role**:

- Investigation
- Operational Delivery
- Policing**Working pattern**:

- Full-time, Job share**Number of jobs available**:

- 4Contents

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**Benefits**:
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- WarringtonAbout the job

**Job summary**:

- The National Crime Agency’s Covert Monitoring Unit is responsible for the evidential capture of audio and video material, live-time assessment of the contents of material, and dissemination actionable intelligence. You will work on legally authorised operations, targeted at serious organised crime, aligned with the objectives of the NCA. On a daily basis, you will liaise with operational case teams to meet planned and dynamic Covert Monitoring opportunities.**Job description**:
Covert monitoring remains one of the most sensitive and impactive capabilities that we have in our fight against serious and organised crime, providing investigators with critical evidence that can both reduce
the length of an investigation and positively influence an early judicial outcome. Key components of the agency's covert monitoring operating model include an emphasis on the introduction of new technology, innovative ways of working and updated operating procedures.

**Person specification**:
**Main Responsibilities**:

- Work with a dedicated team to undertake the lawful acquisition of audio and video covert monitoring product under the supervision of unit managers.
- Support the business requirement for flexible working in order to achieve the NCA’s objectives and contribute to the provision of on-call cover outside core working hours.
- Liaise with case Senior Investigation Officers (SIO) to agree parameters of Covert Monitoring (CM) tasking and support required by both parties to achieve common goals.
- Maintain documentary records throughout the lifecycle of an operation.
- Handle and manage CM evidence from point of collection through review and transcription processes to the delivery of CM material at court.
- Accurately note, assess, and appropriately disseminate information to SIOs, surveillance teams, and to Covert Monitoring Team managers.
- Identify and manage instances of threat, risk, and evidential opportunity. Identify and manage instances of collateral intrusion and confidential material.
- Discharge disclosure responsibilities in accordance with legislation, guidelines, and policy and procedure.
- Control monitoring and recording equipment working with technical officers to ensure capture of best evidence and safeguarding of covert equipment and methodology.
- Display an aptitude to identify, troubleshoot and resolve problems.

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- Experience of acting in accordance with legislation, codes of practice, policy or guidance in delivery of an objective.
- Experience of managing the acquisition and handling of audio / visual product.
- Experience of analysing and disseminating information.
- Experience of introducing an improvement to a system or process.

**Benefits**:
Whatever your role, we take your career and development seriously, and want to enable you to build a really successful career with the Agency and wider Civil Service.

**If you are an active police pension member immediately prior to joining the NCA, you can continue your membership throughout your employment with us as if you were a serving police officer. If you do remain an active member and subsequently return to a police force, you should be able to continue your membership there too.**

**All officers in the NCA are members of the UK Civil Service. You will be eligible for**:

- ** Civil Service pension scheme**:

- ** 26 days annual leave rising to 31 on completion of 5 years continuous service**:

- ** Training and development opportunities**:

- ** Cycle2work scheme**

**We take the welfare of NCA officers very seriously. All staff have access to Occupational Health services and there are a number of staff representative groups. We also have a range of sporting and other activities on offer.**

**We can provide flexible working arrangements if the role in question is suitable. These include flexi-time, job sharing and compressed hours (working contracted hours over a shorter period).**

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**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.- Experience of acting in accordance wit