Counter Terrorism Policing

Surveillance Planning & Briefing Officer - Police Staff - Intelligence - CTPWM Location: CTU, Birmingham, West Midland, B4 6NQ, GB Contract type - Full Time, Permanent Grade 6 Information about the role As a Surveillance Planning and Briefing Officer, you'll be the interface between CTU departments and the Surveillance teams, producing necessary documentation required for deployments. You'll liaise with Senior Investigating Officers and partners and develop sufficient understanding of the intelligence picture, to ensure the operational briefing document is current and relevant. Delivering Operational briefings to surveillance operatives, you'll work alongside the Operational Intelligence Management Unit (OIMU) to assess threat, harm and risk matters, community impact and operational awareness and communicate these in support of the briefing and information sharing protocols. You'll be required to evidentially process, list and store all product obtained from the deployment, including summarising material to support the investigation and meet disclosure obligations. You'll be responsible for proof reading the surveillance record and processing imagery, disseminating material obtained during deployments to support other evidential and identification objectives. Responsibilities Liaising with intelligence departments to request, collate and research all documentation required prior to a covert deployment. Preparing and delivering operational briefings, ensuring all sensitive information is handled in accordance with Departmental, Force and National Guidelines, including importing images from various overt and covert sources, editing, enhancing and annotating images to populate any operational briefing. Reviewing and processing all surveillance evidence produced on a daily basis, ensuring the accuracy and evidential standard as required by the Investigating Officers. Proof reading all surveillance logs and viewing records to ensure accuracy and offer surveillance planning advice/comments within the current National Security Surveillance Report (NSSR). Viewing and providing first line assessment of all covert imagery obtained during a surveillance deployment. Creating accurate records of all accountable evidential surveillance documents within departmental spreadsheets in accordance with national standards. Managing retention and destruction of all surveillance product in line with national guidelines. Ensuring all physical exhibits are processed in accordance with national policy. Ensuring compliance with Force Policy on Equality and Diversity matters and that all best practices in covert criminal investigations are explored. How to Apply Apply to the role by clicking the button below. Further information about the role is also available via this link.

Commercial Manager - Police Staff - Commercial - Counter Terrorism Policing HQ Salary -£56,911 - £69,342. Plus, a location allowance of £1,928 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000. Information about the Role Our Commercial Managers do not just tackle category management; they keep the country safe. Their efforts support the work of Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) every day. As part of our team, you will have the chance to demonstrate and develop your skills and experience in a role with real purpose. Protect, learn, achieve, and progress while protecting the UK. The Counter Terrorism Policing HQ (CTPHQ) Commercial team supports the whole commercial lifecycle, procuring everything from ammunition and complex IT solutions to operational technology and professional services. We are currently looking for a Commercial Manager (Sourcing and Contract Management) to join us in the Operational pillar where you will be a trusted commercial advisor who understands business need and provides a customer-focused service. Aiming for commercial excellence, you will undertake category management, develop relationships with key strategic supplier/stakeholders, drive value for money and ensure risk management excellence across the category. Day to day, you will be analysing requirements, data and using market insight to support sourcing activities while mitigating risks. Our Commercial Managers work across the procurement process, operating as part of a larger team but also independently. To join them, you will need sound category management experience and an excellent grasp of sourcing and procurement methodologies, public sector processes, procedures and governance including the new Procurement Act. We are also looking for the ability to deliver against a sourcing strategy and plan spend and savings for categories or groups of sub-categories. As a strategic thinker with good communication skills, you can lead negotiations with third parties. This role will involve line management responsibilities. Responsibilities What does the average day look like? Your core duties will include (but are not limited to): Strategic delivery and management within a category: Understands relevant sourcing options and analysis, and delivers positive outcomes through the procurement process: Ensuring effective Commercial Contract and Supplier Management within the category: Evaluating the performance of suppliers against the specification, reporting regularly Management of the supply chain portfolio, including the development and implementation of supply chain and supplier relationship strategies Deputising as commercial lead if required, managing strategic contracts, ensuring effective stakeholder management, governance, performance management frameworks, escalation, risk management, issues resolution, financial management, change control and compliance Developing and maintaining positive commercial relationships with the supply chain to maintain and enhance performance, improve service delivery and create additional value and implementing contract management plans. Collate and verify commercial KPIs covering supplier performance, spend, contract compliance, VFM, risks and opportunities and gather it for reporting at governance level Continually analyse and ensure the control and delivery of all spend through compliant contracts and help drive innovation in contracts to demonstrate continuous improvement. Continually analyse contracts to develop and drive value adding initiatives As BAU track operational demand, patterns and introduce demand management mechanisms where applicable. Work with, and support, other commercial contract managers to ensure clarity, resilience and consistency across the team and wider commercial family Analysing supplier risk, understanding impact of contingency and business continuity, driving value for money whilst protecting CTP/MPS. Tracking and owning risks relating to specific contracts, taking steps to mitigate commercial risks Seeking out and integrating with key suppliers, developing relationships at all levels to promote commercial strategies across MP Building and maintaining key relationships across the CTP and with important external stakeholders: Enabling and developing CTP Mentoring and providing guidance to junior members of the team Working within a secure environment upon sensitive projects as required. How to Apply Apply to the role by clicking the button below. Further information about the role is also available via this link.