NCA Trainee

Birmingham or Leicester – Please note: This campaign is specifically for Birmingham and Leicester only. Please only apply if you are able and willing to be posted to either of these locations. If you are interested in applying for the Trainee Officer Development Programme in any other location, we will be advertising for the following regions in the near future; • South East England: Locations will include London, Kent, Crawley, Slough and Solent. • South West England: Locations will include Bristol, Exeter and Bridgend.

Become an accredited NCA Officer. Lead the fight against Serious and Organised crime and protect the public from the most dangerous criminals. Enable us to develop your learning, knowledge and capability equipping you with the skills and support to target and pursue those who pose greatest risk to the UK. Gain specialist skills and progress to experience a world of roles in one team, one NCA.

To learn more about this role, please register for the following event:

On Tuesday 3rd October 2023 between 18:00 and 19:00, we are hosting a virtual recruitment event where you can hear from officers working within the NCA and be given the opportunity to ask questions about the role.

To register your interest, please email central.recruitment@nca.gov.uk no later than 18:00 on Monday 2nd October with the subject NCA – ODP Trainee Midlands Region Recruitment Event 03/10/23.

The National Crime Agency (NCA) leads the UK’S fight against Serious and Organised Crime, protecting the public from the most dangerous criminals. We are committed to attracting new talent to our Team by recruiting trainees into the Agency and developing them into capable accredited investigators (the operational pathway), Intelligence officers (the intelligence pathway) or Analysts (the analyst pathway).
The role of an NCA Investigator, Intelligence officer or Analyst requires no prior law enforcement experience, with all successful trainees enrolled onto the bespoke Officer Development Programme (ODP). This is a two year structured training programme, in which officers are required to evidence competence across a range of investigational, intelligence or analytical competencies.
During this process, by identifying and valuing the aptitudes of each individual and developing their learning, knowledge and acquired ability, the Agency will seek to place each person in an appropriate, challenging and rewarding role, on the appropriate pathway.
By successfully completing this comprehensive training programme and achieving accreditation as an NCA investigator, NCA Intelligence officer, or NCA Analyst you will be trained to partake in serious and organised crime investigations to a national standard.
These roles are integral to the Agency’s ability to lead the UK’S fight to cut Serious and Organised crime, and offer opportunity to specialise in both overt and covert investigations and progress to a world of varied careers in one NCA.

Investigator
As an NCA Investigator you will be directly engaged in the fight against Serious and Organised Crime targeting organised offenders both nationally and internationally in order to minimise risk to the UK.
As part of a focused team you will identify, gather, review and develop evidence, using both overt and covert tactics, including surveillance, in order to obtain a complete evidential picture and implement effective operational strategies to facilitate these offenders being brought to justice.
The role will see you receive comprehensive training which will prepare and enable you to  competently perform all initial investigational roles to include: arrest, conflict management, systematic search, witness, victim and suspect interview, appropriate level case file preparation and disclosure and Court Room presentation.
Additionally you will receive instruction in specialist ground breaking overt and covert investigational techniques and innovative approaches and be empowered to make decisions which help disrupt and bring to justice criminals who present the highest National threat to the UK.
In doing so you will utilise the skills of associated NCA teams such as Intelligence and Forensics and develop close working partnerships with other UK and overseas Law Enforcement agencies, UK Police and the Crown Prosecution Service.
This is a rewarding but physically demanding role often involving working long and/or anti-social hours with the potential for working patterns to change at short notice and calling for both commitment and flexibility. Investigators are required to be trained in the use of force and be able to 
operate Personal Protective Equipment, including PAVA spray, batons and handcuffs.
You may have to Investigate Child sexual abuse/exploitation involving exposure to images and material and will undergo psychological assessments upon taking up the role and at regular intervals once in post. As a consequence you should consider the sensitive nature of this work before deciding to apply for this position.
You can find examples of successful NCA investigations in the following location: https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news

Analyst
As an Intelligence Analyst, your role will be to conduct complex and wide-ranging analysis in support of the National Crime Agency’s mission; developing intelligence products and contributing to the National Strategic Assessment, Annual Plan, National Intelligence Requirements and National Control Strategy to aid the fight to cut serious and organised crime.
As a trainee you will receive comprehensive training which will prepare and enable you to complete the Intelligence Analyst role.  You will learn about analysis, exploitation and making recommendations to support the development of intelligence.  You will learn about and gain access to a wide range of covert and over capabilities to inform this work, in support of both tactical and strategic objectives.
Additionally you will receive instruction on analytical techniques and be empowered to assist in the decision making process.
There are three analytical teams within the NCA to which you could be aligned:-
TIAT – The Tactical Intelligence Analysis Team brings together all of the Tactical Intelligence Analysts in the agency across Investigations, Regional Intelligence Teams  
(RITs) and in the National Tasking Centre Thematic Threat areas. TIAT is one national team and supports the greatest threat, risk and harm across the country determining best use of analytical resource. TIAT support the end to end process of development of high end of high harm targets, prioritisation, proactive analytical support through to reactive investigative support providing evidence at Court.
NAC – The National Assessment Centre acts as the NCA’s centre for assessed intelligence reporting. The team’s mission is to articulate the single picture of the serious and organised crime threat. This is done by authoring products to inform strategies, policies, operational teams, governance groups.
NDEC – The National Data Exploitation Capability is a multidisciplinary team made up of data and technology professionals, intelligence officers and analysts and data management officers transforming how the NCA and wider UK Law Enforcement community operate. NDEC are partnering with other organisations, and using advanced data analytics and data science techniques to creates insights that disrupt and detect serious and organised crime 
(SOC). NDEC is also responsible for managing the acquisition of data to exploit and enhance the understanding of these SOC threats

Intelligence officer
As an NCA Intelligence Officer, you will be working at the centre of the action, undertaking and helping to prioritise development work on tasked projects and operations in the UK and overseas. You will play a key role in contributing towards  
the NCA’s mission of protecting the public from serious and organised crime.
You will receive comprehensive training to enable you to competently collect, evaluate, develop and exploit intelligence from a range of sources. This training, together with mentoring and support will see you build specialist knowledge around a range of threat areas affecting the UK. 
Your role will see you interacting with other NCA departments and teams, as well as external partners including government, Law Enforcement, UK Intelligence Community, public, private and third sector partners. You will be directing and supporting tactical operational activity in the UK and overseas to cause maximum disruption to individuals and groups involved in serious organised crime. 
As an Intelligence Officer you will work closely with Intelligence Analysts using multiple data sets to build and develop knowledge. Your work will contribute to the NCA’s National Strategic Assessment by building understanding of the threat to the UK from serious and organised crime. 
Working as an Intelligence Officer is an exciting and rewarding role which is hugely varied and challenging. There are a number of roles available within several different departments.  Depending on your role there may be the opportunity to travel within the UK and Internationally. 

Full DVLA Licence (Includes Full EU Licences) or the ability to obtain a Full Driving Licence within one year in post (this will be required for investigation pathways only)

The following qualifications/skills are essential to the role and proof will be required at interview:

Confirmation of holding a minimum of Grade 4 / C GCSE Including Mathematics and English, or equivalent

Please ensure the dates of any accreditations you are relying on, are entered on to the CV.

Should you progress to the assessment stage of the process, you will be required to provide a copy of the original certificate.

Failure to provide evidence at interview may result in your application not progressing to the next stage.

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Working Together

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Describe a personal achievement of which you are proud and explain how you accomplished this.
• Describe a time where you have overcome adversity.
• Explain what inspires you. This could include:

  o Where you have been inspired to solve a problem
  o To develop or learn something new.
  o To change direction in your life.

Alongside your salary of £26,370, National Crime Agency contributes
£7,119 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

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).

Successful candidates will be expected to have a medical.

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Job contact :

• Name : NCA Recruitment Team – GRS
• Email : ncarecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : ncarecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk