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Extradition is the formal procedure for requesting the surrender of a person from one country to another for the purpose of prosecution, to be sentenced for an offence for which the person has already been convicted or to carry out a sentence which has already been imposed.
The National Extradition Unit comprises a team of officers with operational responsibility for the coordination and management of extradition related cases. The unit is made up of two hubs, one based in London and one in Warrington.
The unit:
- Provides 24/7 tactical advice & support in all reactive extradition related encounters;
- Receives, triages and risk assesses all incoming requests from overseas territories where the requested person is believed to have a footprint in the UK;
- Undertakes enquiries to locate and arrest fugitives sought for extradition utilising all available tactical methods where requests are graded as medium risk, high risk or complex that are believed to be within E&W (low risk enquiries are tasked to local police forces);
- Monitors the outcomes of court hearings, manages bail compliance and coordinates enforcement activity in relation to breaches;
- Processes & coordinates all removals from E&W where a surrender has been ordered
- Provides guidance and tactical advice to law enforcement on searching for fugitives overseas
- Undertakes all collections where arrests of fugitives wanted by E&W are located abroad
- Participates in cross agency working groups & write national policy & guidance
Job description
Positions available & Eligibility:
This role is a closed competition and to apply you need to be a serving police officer at the rank of Constable on a lateral basis.
Any applications from candidates not meeting this eligibility criteria will not progress.
We are not accepting applications from Civil Servants
Location: This vacancy is based in Warrington. There are further vacancies expected in Warrington and London within the next 12 months. Please specify your preferred location when applying as you will be posted in merit order in relation to where a post arises.
There will be an expectation of a willingness to travel both nationally and internationally with a number of nights away when operationally necessary.
Office Hours: Core hours are between 08:00 and 20:00 Monday to Friday. A high degree of flexibility is required and shifts will often be changed at short notice including very early starts.
There is also a requirement to cover a 24 hour on-call period on a rota basis including weekend working.
On completion of flight training officers will be required to travel abroad to assist in prisoner collections.
Officers must be able to travel extensively as the unit has both a national and international remit.
Essential Criteria:
- Experience in locating offenders and fugitives in a policing environment.
- A working and practical knowledge of RIPA and its application in both surveillance and communications data scenarios.
- Experience of personally deploying or taking a broad range of covert tactics and resources.
- Experience of handling and utilising sensitive intelligence.
- Current knowledge of communications data and its analysis, specifically in relation to fugitive enquiries.
- Ability to make informed risk assessments based on sound rationale.
- Response level police driver.
- Up to date with all mandatory force training including officer safety and emergency life support.
- Hold a valid, up to date passport.
Desirable Criteria:
- Open source trained.
- Surveillance awareness.
- Working knowledge of the extradition act and associated guidance.
**To be considered, you will need to successfully complete SC Enhanced clearance before commencing the role.**
Person specification
You will form part of one operational teams who are responsible for the locating and arresting of subjects wanted by foreign jurisdictions for extradition.
You will be responsible for the management of your own workload and the utilisation of all available tactics to locate and arrest subjects.
It is expected you will bring good working knowledge and experience of fugitive enquiries to the role and be able to work both independently and as part of a team.
The unit also has responsibility for the collection of subjects from abroad wanted in the UK who have had their extradition ordered, this is done on behalf of all police forces across England and Wales.
This role will involve shift work and unsociable hours at short notice including an on-call rota, therefore a high degree of flexibility is required. There is a frequent requirement to travel both nationally and internationally, often at short notice.
The work of the unit can be high profile and crime types are extremely varied.
Work Involves:
- Managing a caseload of subjects wanted for extradition and progressing appropriate enquiries to locate and arrest them.
- Conducting arrest enquiries as appropriate.
- Ensuring case papers are completed to a high standard.
- Providing advice and guidance to officers and staff nationally around extradition.
- Conducting out of hours on-call duties as a 24/7 contact point for extradition matters nationally.
- Supporting the removals and intelligence function of the unit where necessary.
- Any other work in support of operational extradition functions as required.
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Up to date with all mandatory force training including officer safety and emergency life support.
Hold a valid, up to date passport.
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.
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Behaviours
We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Technical skills
We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Knowledge and experience of operational fugitive work in a policing environment
- Operational experience of working under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
- Experience of obtaining and utilising communications data
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Selection process details
If you wish to apply for this vacancy, you must submit your application by 23:55 on 10th December 2023.
You will be asked to complete a CV as part of the application process, Please see the candidate information pack for more information.
Once submitted your application will be acknowledged by the Government Recruitment Service.
Please note depending on the volume of applications a Longlist at sift may be conducted on following criteria:
- Knowledge and experience of operational fugitive work in a policing environment.
Candidates must pass this criteria for their application to be progressed.
A panel will then assess your application to select those demonstrating the best fit for the role by considering the evidence you have provided against the criteria set out in the Entry Criteria section.
Failure to address any or all of these may affect your application.
Sift results are expected to be released w/c 1st January 2024.
Interviews will take place throughout January and February 2024 – locations to be confirmed. Please be advised that the type of interview (eg. virtual/face-to-face) may be subject to change and successful candidates will be notified of this prior to attending. However the interview is conducted, the interview criteria will remain as shown on page 18 of the Candidate Information Pack.
The above sift and interview dates are an indicative timeline.
Should you be successful at sift but cannot attend on the interview date(s) listed the recruitment team cannot guarantee an alternative date. Please contact the recruitment team.
You will then be asked to attend an interview in order to have a more in-depth discussion of your previous experience and professional competence.
Full details of the assessment process will be made available to shortlisted candidates.
Please ensure that all examples provided in your application are taken directly from your own experience and that you describe the examples in your own words. Any instances of plagiarism including copying of examples/answers from internet sources will result in a withdrawal of your application. Further action, including disciplinary action, may be considered in such cases involving internal candidates. Providing false or misleading information would be contrary to the core values of honesty and integrity expected of all Civil Servants.
Multi-Location
Where more than one location is advertised, candidates will be appointed in merit order for each location. You will be asked to state your location preference on your application.
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 to 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.
Please note, only advertised location can be offered. Notes populated in a free text box will not be taken into consideration.
Near Miss
Candidates who are judged to be a near miss at interview may be considered for other positions in the NCA which may be at a lower grade, but have a potential skills match.
Hybrid Working
Here at the NCA we have a hybrid working arrangement in place enabling officers to work a proportion of their role remotely. Eligibility and the degree of home working will vary depending on the requirements of the role. Further details can be discussed at offer stage.
Reasonable Adjustment
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. As part of our application process you will be prompted to provide details of any reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process that you may need. If you have a disability or long-term condition (a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long term effect on your ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities protected under the Equality Act 2010) and need us to make any adjustments or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing ncarecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:
Complete the Assistance required section in the Additional requirements page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if youre deaf, a Language Service Professional.
Please contact us by emailing ncarecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk or calling 0117 372 0000 as soon as possible before the closing date if you wish to discuss any reasonable adjustments before applying.
Inclusion and Accessibility
The NCA embraces and values diversity in all forms. Being truly reflective of the communities we serve and building a culture where everyone can perform at their best is critical to leading the UKs fight against serious and organised crime something which affects us all. We want to recruit and retain the very best and broadest diversity of officers so the NCA welcomes applications from individuals from all backgrounds.
We are proud to be an inclusive, equal opportunities employer. As a Disability Confident Leader we are committed to ensuring that all candidates are treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact ncarecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
VETTING REQUIREMENTS SC
All security clearances require you to provide evidence of your UK footprint where you have been physically present in the UK.
The requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years.
Failure to meet the residency requirements will result in your security clearance application being rejected.
If you require SC clearance you will need to provide evidence of the below requirements.
Checks will be made against:
- Departmental or company records (personnel files, staff reports, sick leave reports and security records)
- UK criminal records covering both spent and unspent criminal records
- Your credit and financial history with a credit reference agency
- Security Services records
We encourage all candidates to thoroughly review the candidate pack which explains the role further before submitting an application.
If you have any specific queries about the role that are not covered by the candidate pack, please contact:
ncarecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
The following qualifications/skills are essential to the role and proof will be required at interview:
- Experience in locating offenders and fugitives in a policing environment.
- A working and practical knowledge of RIPA and its application in both surveillance and communications data scenarios.
- Experience of personally deploying or taking a broad range of covert tactics and resources.
- Experience of handling and utilising sensitive intelligence.
- Current knowledge of communications data and its analysis, specifically in relation to fugitive enquiries.
- Ability to make informed risk assessments based on sound rationale.
- Response level police driver.
- Up to date with all mandatory force training including officer safety and emergency life support.
- Hold a valid, up to date passport.
- Must have the support of their SLT to apply for this secondment.
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.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
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Job contact :
- Name : NCA Recruitment Team – GRS
- Email : ncarecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
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- Email : ncarecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Further information
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/recruitment/recruitment-complaints/
