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**This post is advertised Externally + 7 Forces**
Job role: Technical Surveillance Officer
Location: Wakefield
Salary:
Hours: 37
Permanent
Salary: £37,020- £39, 276 plus subject to a Market Factor payment of (£40, 383- £42,612) **Please note that this role currently attracts a market factor supplement. This payment is not guaranteed and may be subject to annual review.**
West Yorkshire Police are looking to recruit a Technical Surveillance Officer within the Regional Technical Surveillance Unit to service both West Yorkshire and its constituent forces with technical support within the Yorkshire area.
The YHROCU Technical Surveillance Unit supports and assists in the gathering of Intelligence and Evidence on behalf of investigations into all levels of criminality with the priority being in support of Serious and Organised Crime, Major Crime investigations and Anti-Corruption. The Technical Surveillance Officer role is critical to ensuring the department successfully obtains and delivers this intelligence and evidence to its customers.
West Yorkshire Police are looking to recruit a Regional Technical Surveillance Officer within the Regional Technical Surveillance Unit to service both West Yorkshire and Regional Crime/Odyssey with technical support within the Yorkshire area.
As part of the team you will provide specialist support and technical assistance with covert and overt surveillance operations and to assist in the detection and prevention of serious crime across the Yorkshire and Humber region.
To be considered for this role, you must hold a relevant degree level qualification or significant equivalent accredited professional experience within a relevant technical discipline.
We are offering this opportunity to candidates with knowledge of electrical and electronic principles, as well as being competent in the use of computerised systems.
The ideal candidate will be able to work effectively on your own initiative, working well under pressure in stressful and potentially dangerous circumstances.
In addition, you must hold a full current UK/European driving licence with the ability to work from within a vehicle whilst travelling for extended periods of time.
Regional Technical Surveillance Officers are required to work unsociable hours on occasions often at short notice and must be able to carry a considerable amount of heavy equipment over considerable distances. You will also undertake covert urban and rural deployment of equipment.
In this role you will be required to cover 24 hours call out for crime in action requests, this attracts a standby allowance.
The successful candidate will be subject to enhanced personal and financial vetting checks prior to appointment, and must be able to successfully pass the relevant College of Policing TSU Course.
As a member of West Yorkshire Police, you will have access to discounted goods and services through the Blue Light Card scheme, yearly cycle to work schemes and other financial savings and investment opportunities.
The successful candidate will be subject to enhanced personal and financial vetting checks prior to appointment.
The Yorkshire & Humber Regional Organised Crime Unit is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce. We strive to build a service that reflects a wide variety of skills, knowledge, perspectives and backgrounds, and we particularly encourage applicants from under represented groups.
The 2024 version of the Competency Values Framework applies to this process. Please disregard the old link to the 2016 version which is contained in the role profile.
This vacancy will close on 31st May 2026 at 23:55 hours.
For roles which are advertised as Career Progression Schemes, individuals will be appointed to the bottom scale point of the appropriate grade within the scheme, based on the role entry requirements. Full progression through the scheme may be subject to attaining a specific qualification or successfully passing an assessment or review.
West Yorkshire Police is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce to better reflect the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all minority groups and individuals who identify with one or more of the protected characteristics as defined by the Equality Act 2010.
Applicants should be aware that it is not always possible to carry out adequate vetting checks on persons who have not been resident within the UK for the last five years. Therefore, where this applies, applicants may be refused because it was not possible to vet them to the appropriate standard.