Fraud and Cyber Prevent, Protect, Prepare Advisor-SWROCU

Fraud and Cyber Prevent, Protect, Prepare Advisor - South West Regional Organised Crime Unit (SWROCU)

SWROCU Northern Hub, Bristol, near BS34 6PY

SWROCU Southern Hub, Exeter, near to EX2 7HQ

Please note that the location of the role will have an impact on the terms and conditions. If you have any concerns about your ability to regularly travel to this location using your own transport, then please speak to the hiring manager before submitting an application.

If you are applying from one of the Regional Forces you will be seconded to SWROCU in line with the Joint Services Agreement and will remain on your home force terms and conditions and graded pay scale for the role. This recruitment platform is hosted by Avon and Somerset Constabulary.

Salary:

A&S:
Scale 6

The South West Regional Organised Crime Unit are recruiting a Fraud and Cyber Prevent, Protect, Prepare Advisor, to reduce the overall impact from fraud and cybercrime in the Southwest Region through raising awareness, information sharing and promoting preventative measures that allow individuals and businesses to protect themselves.

In this role you will be able to have a positive impact on the future prospects of those people who are at risk of criminality through fraud and cybercrime. You will educate, inform, and inspire people at all levels working as part of a UK-wide team to help make the UK the safest place to live and do business. You will also identify and divert people away from fraud and cyber dependent crime.

SWROCU is a collaboration of police officers and police staff from the five South West regional forces. We are part of a national network of nine ROCUs covering England and Wales.

We have more than 20 capabilities that staff and officers work into:
Pursue offenders, Protect and Prepare individuals and organisations, and Prevent people from engaging in serious and organised crime.

Our capabilities are here to advise, to assist, or to fully adopt investigations.

We work with local forces and national partners to target and disrupt criminals posing the greatest risk of Serious and Organised Criminality (SOC). This includes offenders involved in cyber threats, economic crime, drug conspiracies, modern slavery and human trafficking, and child sexual abuse and exploitation.

Police staff in one of our five regional forces can find out more about the work of this team and read first‑hand accounts of people working at SWROCU at

We’re looking for committed people with the right skillset – or ambition to develop that skillset – to join us.

• Flexible working – with many of our roles we can be flexible regarding working hours.
• Continuous professional development – we encourage and support career growth, giving you the opportunity of a flourishing career.
• Well‑being support – we have many support mechanisms in place to assist in improving your personal health and wellbeing.

• The post holder must be computer literate and possess strong interpersonal skills. They will have experience of conveying technical matters to a non‑technical audience and have proven ability to work under pressure and prioritise their workload. A knowledge of the threats posed by fraud and cyber crime is also essential.
• Previous experience of working in a fraud and cyber security environment or the holding of a relevant qualification would be advantageous. Experience of working in partnership with private industry and of media engagement and message delivery are also desirable.
• The post holder should ideally hold a full current driving licence or be able to travel around the region using suitable transport.

• Recruitment webinar:
  Monday 27th July, 11:30am
  Hosted by the capability lead or a member of their team, this is an opportunity to find out more about the role, the team you would be part of, and ask any questions.
  Please contact swrocurecruitme, whereby invites will be sent accordingly. Please note that webinars will not be recorded
• The closing date for receipt of applications is:
  Tuesday 18th August, 0900am
• Shortlisting will take place week commencing:
  Tuesday…