NE and Yorks and Humber Police Advisor – Operational Partnership TeamMinistry of Justice

HMPPS Grade: Band 8

Overview of the job

The role will be based in the NE and Yorks and Humber region.

This is a manager job in HMPPS HQ responsible for providing advice to a wide range of prison, HMPPS, Law Enforcement Agency (LEA) and Police personnel on policing issues in prisons; in particular on Category A prisoners, High Security Estate issues, threats to life in prisons and criminal gang issues. These are highly sensitive areas where the appropriate and timely sharing of intelligence is critical for the safe management of high risk prisoners and establishments.

Providing Police Adviser attendance in HMPPS Gold Command suite to manage major incidents in prisons.

Reports to the Head of the Operational Partnership Team within the Intelligence Unit of the HMPPS Security Group.

Summary

Providing advice to HMPPS, Her Majesty’s Prison Service (HMPS) Police and other LEAs, professionalising and developing the role of prison intelligence officer, Single Point Of Contact (SPOC) for intelligence exchange with Category A Section and Police/LEAs and panel member for monthly Category A prisoner reviews, SPOC for threats to life in prisons, managing Operational Guidance Documents (OGD) on Threats to Life, Gangs in Prison and Management of Law Enforcement Agency Intelligence in relation to the High Security estate, training, advising and regulating LEA operations in prisons, regional oversight of two prison areas and the High Security Estate and management/supervision of staff.

Office within region to be discussed, extensive travel throughout region with frequent national travel.

Behaviours

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

Making Effective Decisions (Lead) - Application and Interview

Communicating and Influencing - Application and Interview

Managing a Quality Service  - Application and Interview

Working Together - Application and Interview

Delivering at Pace - Interview Only

Mandatory Requirement: Current or previous experience as a serving Police Officer in England and Wales.

Post holder must be vetted to SC level.