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Job summary
Serious and organised crime is one of the gravest threats to the UKs national security.
The National Crime Agency sits at the heart of the law enforcement response to these changing threats, protecting the public by disrupting and bringing to justice serious and organised criminals who pose the highest risk to the UK.
NCA officers work at the forefront, building the best possible intelligence picture of all serious and organised crime threats, relentlessly pursuing the most serious and dangerous offenders, and developing and delivering specialist capabilities on behalf of law enforcement and other partners.
There is no such thing as a typical NCA officer. We come from different backgrounds and cultures, speak many languages, and have diverse skills and experiences. What we have in common is dedication and a commitment to protecting the public from serious and organised crime.
Our mission is to protect the public from serious and organised crime.
Our values drive everything we do as an agency:
Flexibility; seeking continuous improvements to the way that we work, adapting to find solutions to difficult problems.
Integrity; acting with the highest standards of integrity and professionalism.
Respect; treating everyone with dignity and respect, valuing diversity, working in partnership, and sharing knowledge.
Serving the public; being proud to put the public interest at the centre of everything we do.
Transparency; being truthful, open and accountable for our actions.
Job description
As a Deputy Director CDO you will:
Lead the ongoing development of the Agencys information governance framework, ensuring informed decisions in relation to prioritisation of activity, people and financial investment are able to be made.
Set Agency Data and Information policies, standards and guidelines aligned to HMG strategies, policies and standards where appropriate.
Chair the Agencys Data Authorisation Panel, Data Risk Working group and other key fora as appropriate.
Lead the Agencys response to mitigating information risk, ensuring the continued reduction of the risk scoring. Establish and mature information second line assurance activity to further drive up compliance.
Mature the Information Custodian [IC] network, working closely with business areas across the agency to mature the Agencys data and information best practice and compliance.
Develop and deliver the Agencys Data Literacy programme to grow and enhance the agencys data and information management capabilities.
Lead the delivery of the Agencys Data compliance and Information Management statutory functions, ensuring key KPIs are met.
Lead the development and implementation of the Agencys Public Records Act delivery plan.
Enable delivery of the Agencys Data & Technology Strategy.
Act as Senior Business User on Data and Information Management requirements for the Digital Transformation Programme and wider agency Transformation Portfolio.
Lead the implementation of tooling to ensure the Agency is compliant with its data handling and information management statutory obligations.
Maintain effective working relationships with Law Enforcement and Government partners as well as external suppliers to ensure industry best practice is built back into Agency delivery programmes.
Develop and maintain effective working relationships with regulators and external auditors of any data and information audits including the implementation of any remedial activity required.
Sponsor and participate in corporate initiatives.
Person specification
The Civil Service use a recruitment framework called Success Profiles..
Success Profiles are made up of 5 elements: Ability, Behaviours, Experience, Technical and Strengths. You will be assessed against:
Behaviours
Leadership
Communicating and Influencing
Effective Decision Making
We ask that you write a statement of suitability no more than 1250 words with relevant examples of your skills relating to the criteria listed below.
You will need to demonstrate the below essential criteria:
Inclusive leadership skills comfortable operating in a complex operational environment, with a demonstrable commitment to lead, develop and nurture a highly performing, diverse and talented workforce. You will create a culture that motivates staff, promotes diversity and innovation, and delivers results.
The ability to act decisively and make unbiased decisions at a strategic level to meet organisational goals, whilst understanding risk and impact on the Agency.
The ability to articulate a strategic forward vision for a large, complex organisation or system, ensuring that a wide range of internal and external stakeholders are engaged and supportive.
Technical
- Good knowledge of Data Protection and Information Management legislation and a successful track record in delivering organisational wide improvements.
- Experience of leading information governance to effectively manage corporate risks and ensuring the right standards, procedures and policies are being adhered to.
- Experience of building effective working relationships with Government Departments, Law Enforcement Partners and external suppliers to the benefit of your work area.
In addition, you will need to evidence one or more of the following essential criteria:
- Demonstration of commitment to identifying and embedding initiatives to develop and foster the team culture in line with the organisational cultural ambitions.
- Experience of delivering pragmatic interventions in a complex environment that result in cultural change.
- Experience of educating, supporting and building the capability of staff ensuring EDI is part of the organisations way of working, fostering a culture of trust which enables people to speak up, feel safe, and advocate for others.
Please Note
- The NCA is a 24/7 organisation, and working patterns must support business requirements. Some roles may require you to respond at short notice or outside of core hours.
- Individuals will be required to undertake and pass a substance misuse test as part of pre-employment checks;
- If successful you must hold, or be willing to obtain, security clearance up to Developed Vetting (DV). More information about the vetting process can be found here:
- We want to recruit and retain the very best and broadest diversity of officers so the NCA welcomes applications from individuals from all minority backgrounds and protected characteristics.
- We want to recruit and retain the very best and broadest diversity of officers so the NCA welcomes applications from individuals from all minority backgrounds and protected characteristics.
- Please be aware that you can be posted to any location that you put in your preferences. If you would only like to be posted one location, please confirm one location only. If you are posted to a location that you have requested and you do not accept that location, you may not be offered another role.
- Successful candidates may be required to undertake a medical. If required, the medical will take place in either London or Warrington. Unfortunately, travel costs will not be reimbursed.
- If you are an internal candidate who has passed interview but is undergoing an internal investigation or have a written warning in place preventing a post move you may not be able to be posted until this investigation is concluded or restriction lifted. You will remain on the reserve list for a max of 12 months.
Behaviours
We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Leadership
- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions
Benefits
£20,250 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Salary Range £75,000 – £117,800 per annum
External candidates should expect to start on the band minimum. Existing Civil Servants will be appointed in line with the normal Civil Service pay rules.
Pay principles on Civil Service transfers apply for current civil servants transferring to the NCA at the equivalent grade.
Cabinet Office pay policy on promotion applies to current civil servants.
If applying on Secondment and you are the equivalent grade you will remain on your current salary for the duration of your Secondment.
Benefits
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. It is crucial that our employees have the right skills to develop their careers and meet the challenges ahead, and youll benefit from regular performance and development reviews to ensure this development is ongoing. As a Civil Service employee, youll be entitled to a large range of benefits.
It is crucial that our employees have the right skills to develop their careers and meet the challenges ahead, and youll benefit from regular performance and development reviews to ensure this development is ongoing. As a Civil Service employee, youll be entitled to a large range of benefits.
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 service 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.
This includes
- 25 days annual leave on entry, increasing to 30 days after 5 years service. This is in addition to 8 public holidays and one Kings birthday.
- A competitive contributory pension scheme that you can enter as soon as you join where we will make a significant contribution to the cost of your pension; where your contributions come out of your salary before any tax is taken; and where your pension will continue to provide valuable benefits for you and your family if you are too ill to continue to work or die before you retire.
- Flexible working patterns including access to part-time and compressed hours options according to business needs.
- All NCA officers can apply for a formal change to their working hours, pattern or location. However, acceptance of Alternative Working Arrangements is depending on a number of aspects such a business needs.
- Generous paid maternity, paternity and shared parental leave (SPL) which is notably more than the statutory minimum offered by many other employers.
- The NCA supports the government Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) scheme for new employees. Existing employees may be able to continue to claim childcare vouchers, so please check how the policy would work for you here; https://www.gov.uk/tax-free-childcare
- Family friendly policies that often exceed the statutory minimum offered by many other employers including maternity, adoption, shared parental leave and paternity leave.
- Support for officers who are Reservists and Special Constables.
- Interest-free loans allowing you to spread the cost of an annual travel season ticket.
- Cycle2work salary sacrifice scheme to hire a bicycle up to the value of £3,000 to assist in improving health and fitness and save you money.
- Blue light Scheme offering hundreds of high street and online discounts.
- Paid time off to facilitate continuous professional development, and access to Civil Service Learning; up to 5 days per year.
- The opportunity to use on site facilities including fitness centres and staff canteens (where available).
- Occupational sick pay and access to occupational health services.
- Access to a variety of active staff network groups, https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who we-are/inclusion-diversity-and-equality.
- We have a network of over 60 qualified Mental Health First Aiders, and an additional network of Workplace Support Officers, who can provide advice, signposting and support to all our officers.
- For further information on working for the NCA please visit:
https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/national-crime-agency/
Things you need to know
Selection process details
To apply for this post, you will need to complete the online application process, outlined below. This should be completed no later than 23:55pm, Sunday 5th November 2023.
1.Enter your CV details setting out your career history, including key responsibilities and achievements. It is essential that your CV reflects the role you are applying for. Please ensure you have provided reasons for any employment gaps within the last two years.
2.A statement of suitability (no more 1250 words) explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities, and experience relevant for the role (refer to the Technical and Experience criteria in the Person Specification on slide 9.
In order to monitor the effectiveness of the National Crime Agencys Diversity & Inclusion strategy, the NCA require certain personal details about you on submission of your application. Please note that this will be treated in confidence and will not impact your application. You will be asked to complete an E-consent survey asking for permission to share this data with the NCA to be used for statistical/monitoring purposes only, refusal of consent to share the information will not impact your application.
As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a diversity monitoring form. If you do not wish to provide a declaration on any of the particular characteristics, you will have the option to select prefer not to say. All monitoring data will be treated in the strictest confidence and will not be provided to the selection panel. The information you provide when submitting your application will help us monitor our progress towards the Civil Service becoming the most inclusive employer.
Should you encounter any issues with your online application please get in touch with us at the following email address; As part of the online application process, you will be asked a number of diversity-related questions. If you do not wish to provide a declaration on any of the particular characteristics, you will have the option to select ‘prefer not to say. See the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy for more information.
Should you encounter any issues with your online application please get in touch with us via: scscandidate.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Your application will be acknowledged when it is received
If a large number of applications are received then longlisting will be conducted on the below criteria:
- Statement of suitability
- The timeline later in this pack indicates the date by which decision is expected to be made, and all longlisted and shortlisted candidates will be advised of the outcome as soon as possible thereafter.
- A decision is expected to be made by week commencing 13th November 2023 and all shortlisted candidates will be advised of the outcomes shortly afterwards
Assessments
A Staff Engagement Exercise (SEE) will be delivered week commencing Monday 27th November 2023. More information on this assessment will be given to shortlisted candidates.
You will also be asked to complete an ILA.
Final Panel Interview
The interview location will be confirmed at a later date.
The interview will be a competency based interview assessing Success Profiles. More information about Success Profiles can be here.
Behaviours/Strengths
Communicating and Influencing
Effective Decision Making
Technical/Experience
See person specification on page 9
You will also be asked to deliver a presentation at the time of your final panel interview.
A subsequent 1:1 interview may be offered following the final interview at the discretion of the vacancy holder.
Candidates must provide copies of any qualifications they rely on as part of their application to interview. Failure to provide the required documentation when requested will delay your application. Full details of the interview process will be made available to shortlisted candidates.
Offer
Regardless of the outcome, we will notify all candidates as soon as possible.
As an Agency we are in a period of growth and as such it is important that we have a steady flow of talent into the organisation. We are recruiting to ensure we have a sufficient supply of high calibre people, with the right skills to help us deliver our business, both now and in the future. We will be making a significant number of appointments immediately following the selection process, and we will be retaining a candidate pool of successful applicants to draw from as vacancies arise for up to 12 months.
If you are not found appointable at the advertised grade you may be offered the lower grade role if you are considered to meet the skills, experience and behaviours for the lower level. The benchmark for appointing to the lower grade is set at the start of each campaign. All offers will be made in merit.
If you are found appointable at the higher grade but there are no positions available you may be offered an appointment at the lower grade or a similar role of the same grade
If your application is successful and we are unable to offer you a post immediately, you will be invited to join our reserve list so that we can continue to communicate with you regarding your employment with the Agency, and the incredible work that we do. If over the next 12 months we are able to offer you a position, we will contact you as soon as possible. During this time, you will go through our vetting and pre-employment checks processes.
Appointments will be made in adherence to the Civil Service Recruitment Principles and in strict merit order with the highest scoring candidates being appointed first.
We will keep you updated throughout your application and whilst in the candidate pool, we wish you every success in this process and are excited for the journey ahead.
The NCA is a law enforcement agency & as such we are part of the Criminal Justice System. Therefore if you are going into an operational role we need to be aware if any of our officers have, either before they join us or afterwards, any of the following:
- Any criminal conviction (including by Court Martial), or caution or fixed penalty notice for disorder or theft;
- Any adverse judicial findings;
- Any charges or summonses where the proceedings are not complete;
- Any misconduct or gross misconduct findings or where proceedings are not complete.
You will be asked to complete a declaration form covering the above if offered a role with the NCA..
Each case will be considered on its merits and a positive declaration does not automatically mean that your application will not be progressed. However, should you fail to disclose a relevant matter then your application or employment will be adversely effected. If in doubt, please declare it at this stage.
Indicative Timeline
Please note that these dates are only indicative at this stage and could be subject to change. If you are unable to meet these timeframes, please let us know in your application letter.
The anticipated timetable is as follows:
Advert Closing Date 23:55, Sunday 5th November 2023
Shortlist: Week commencing 13th November 2023
Assessments: Week commencing 27th November 2023
Interview: Week commencing 11th December 2023
Pre-employment checks – Pre-employment checks take on average 16 weeks from the point of offer to arranging a start date. This includes vetting, occupational health assessments, employment history checks and substance misuse tests. This is an approximate time frame and is to be taken as a guideline only as this can very between candidates. This is dependent on when all requested documentation is provided.
Interview locations will be sent to candidates at a later date. Candidates are asked to note the above timetable, exercising flexibility through
the recruitment and selection process.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them
to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through
building your depth of expertise.
As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above.
This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions.
Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and
conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your
personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any
absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you
to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.
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- Email : scscandidate.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
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