Regional Corruption Pursue Officer

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

- 245189**Salary**:

- £24,067 - £29,656- The national salary range is £24,067 - £25,342, London salary range is £26,762 - £29,656. Your salary will be dependent on your base location**Job grade**:

- Administrative Officer- HMPPS Band 3**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Type of role**:

- Security**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

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- East Midlands (England), East of England, London (region), North East England, North West England, South East England, South West England, Wales, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the HumberAbout the job

**Job summary**:

- This position is based in London/South East Region.**Job description**:
**Overview of the job**

HMPPS’s efforts to tackle corruption are integral to delivering safe and secure prisons and probations. HMPPS has worked with MoJ to identify that a new approach is needed to ensure we remain resilient to this key operational threat. HMPPS has developed a future strategy for tackling corruption in HMPPS based on four key objectives:

- “Protect” against corruption by building an open and resilient organisation;
- “Prevent” people from engaging in corruption, strengthen professional integrity;
- “Pursue” and punish those who are corrupt; and
- “Prepare” for corruption, reducing its impacts on our teams.

These objectives will need to be delivered at every level through prisons and probation, in particular, strengthening our resilience on the front line. Security, Order and Counter Terrorism (SOCT) Directorate is taking forward improvements, including restricting the Counter Corruption Unit, to provide senior operational leaders, prisons and probation teams with an improved counter-corruption service.

**Summary**

The role sits in the newly restructured Counter-Corruption Unit (CCU). Its objectives are to support prisons and probation to manage corruption threats, in particular supporting “pursue” activity on corruption cases.

The core service to be provided by the regional CCU is to support prisons and probation to effectively pursue corruption reports to clear, proportionate and timely outcomes. The level of service is to be assessed and prioritised according to policy and guidance, but may include providing prisons and probation with enhanced analytical support, expert advice on how to progress cases, logístical and coordination support. The team will also be responsible for supporting prisons and probation on the effective management of known corruptor prisoners in custody and under supervision in the community to prevent them from corrupting staff.

In line with HMPPS policy, the post holder will be responsible for supporting the relevant Regional Corruption Purse Lead and Regional Corruption Pursue Manager to deliver a high-quality counter-corruption service to prisons and probation in their SOCT region. The RCPO will also be responsible for working in partnership with other regional teams in the Security, Order and Counter Terrorism (SOCT) Directorate, HR services and law enforcement.

The job holder will report directly to the Regional Corruption Purse Manager, who in turn reports to the Regional Corruption Pursue Lead.
The post holder will not have management responsibilities.

This is a regional post and will be based in a regional SOCT hub. Frequent travel to prison and probation establishments, regional offices and law enforcement partners’ offices will be required. Occasional travel outside the region will be required.

**Responsibilities, Activities & Duties**

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:

- Having a contemporaneous understanding of the operational context in prisons and probation, including pressures, priorities, risks and opportunities to better tackle corruption.
- Having an understanding of the relevant legal and policy frameworks relating to corruption, security and HR, and making sure these are followed when providing services to prisons and probation, and that these are shared with and championed when working with delivery partners.
- Support the RCPL and RCPM to support prisons and probation to progress corruption cases in line with policy. The RCPO may lead work for lower risk cases under the supervision of the RCPM.
- Being the first point of contact for prisons and probation to signpost policies, procedures and key contacts to support counter corruption work.
- Coordinating CCU attendance/cover and regional and local tasking, attend some local tasking.
- Identify and signpost and, in some cases, arrange and coordinate other support services to progress cases, e.g. HR caseworkers, Serious Organised Crime Units, Dedicated Search Teams.
- Facilitate effective working with law enforcement partners (police and ROCUs), setting up meetings, following up