Contract type - Full Time, Permanent, Secondment
Location – Kent
Rank – Constable
Information about the role
The South East Regional Prison Intelligence Team (SERPIT) is responsible for gathering and developing intelligence from HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) and other associated establishments relating to national security issues and organised crime.
The prison hub is supported by a number of Prison Intelligence Officers (PIO’s) who are expected to work within the regional establishments. Working alongside HMPPS, they identify and exploit intelligence opportunities with a view of mitigating risk and disrupting offenders.
We now have an opportunity for a PIO to join our team. This post will work in and with prisons in the South East and it will require the candidate to be able to travel to different locations across Kent.
The successful candidate will develop and maintain effective working relationships with Counter Terrorism Units and other partner agencies, tasked with the investigation of matters affecting National Security across the South East Region.
To be successful in this post, you must have excellent communication/interpersonal and problem-solving skills, be able to gather and accurately record information effectively, and recognise sensitive information, maintain discretion, confidentiality and manage risk.
The successful candidates will have completed the Operational Partnership Team “Working in Prisons National Course” and National Prison Debriefing course or be willing and able to undertake training.
You will be asked to demonstrate flexibility regarding working hours in line with operational demand and occasionally this may require working away from home. For this reason a full UK Driving Licence is essential to the role.
Apply and submit your application before the closing date of Sunday 12 July at 23:55hrs.
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