Post Title: Engagement Officer
Contract type: Permanent
Rank/grade: D
Salary: Starting Salary £37,190 + £6,920 London Weighting
Directorate/department: Domestic Corruption Unit, National Lead Functions
Vetting level required: MV/SC (find out more: and )
Location: Bishopsgate
Statement of expectation: 2 year tenure period attached to the role.
This role is open to all Police Staff / external candidates who meet the essential criteria of the person spec, regardless of current grade.
The City of London Corporation is currently undergoing a programme to ensure that our pay and reward practices are competitive and equitable across the whole organisation to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to thrive in the work that we do.
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As City of London Police, we protect the people, businesses and infrastructure of the City of London, one of the most important and dynamic environments in the UK and globally. London City is the smallest borough in London, so does that make our job any less challenging? Absolutely not – because there's so much going on.
City of London Police play a vital role in keeping the City of London diverse community safe. As a Police Staff member you will be helping to making the city safer and deliver a valued service for those that live, work and visit the City.
The City of London Police is keen to promote flexible working and will, subject to operational policing requirements, proactively consider all applications to work flexibly.
The City of London Police is committed to equality of opportunities and continuously strive for inclusivity within our Force. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly from those who are disabled, have long-term health conditions, and/or are neurodivergent, those with Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic backgrounds, female candidates, and LGBTQIA+ individuals.
About The Team
The Domestic Corruption Unit (DCU) has been established in partnership with the Home Office to strengthen and coordinate the policing response to domestic bribery and corruption, in line with His Majesty's Government's Anti-Corruption Strategy. The unit acts as the national coordinating function for domestic corruption, providing a central capability to receive referrals from police forces, partner agencies, public sector bodies, and private industry relating to suspected corruption within the UK.
The DCU undertakes the triage, development, and assessment of referrals to determine investigative viability, threat, risk, and harm. Where appropriate, matters may be investigated directly by the unit or allocated to local police forces, regional organised crime units, or partner agencies, with ongoing support and oversight. In addition, the DCU provides specialist support to live bribery and corruption investigations across policing, working closely with national partners including the Joint Anti-Corruption Unit (JACU) and the National Economic Crime Centre (NECC) to build a clearer understanding of the domestic corruption threat and identify systemic vulnerabilities.
Beyond investigation, the DCU has a strong preventative and disruption focus. The unit works to identify high-harm corruption risks, develop insights into emerging threats, and support improvements in policy, practice, and capability across policing and partner organisations. Through this combined investigative, preventative, and coordination role, the DCU seeks to protect the public, strengthen institutional integrity, and deliver a more effective national response to domestic bribery and corruption.
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About The Role
The Engagement Officer plays a key role in strengthening the national response to domestic bribery and corruption by leading on engagement with police forces, regional teams, partner agencies, and relevant public and private sector stakeholders. The role exists to improve coordination, awareness, and collaboration across the bribery and corruption landscape, ensuring that organisations understand the role of the DCU and how to effectively engage with it.
The postholder will act as a central conduit between the DCU and its stakeholders, supporting the placement and progression of investigations, providing strategic advice, and capturing insights from live and concluded cases. This includes identifying systemic weaknesses, emerging risks, and capability gaps, as well as opportunities for legislative, policy, or operational improvement. The Engagement Officer will contribute to the development of best practice, guidance, and toolkits, helping partner organisations to strengthen their own preventative and investigative responses to corruption.
The role also supports ongoing joint working with national partners such as JACU and the NECC, ensuring that intelligence, learning, and insight are shared effectively to improve collective understanding of the threat. This may involve delivering briefings, presentations, and training inputs; representing the DCU at meetings, events, and forums; and promoting the unit's role and capabilities to improve awareness and referral quality. Through proactive engagement and relationship management, the Engagement Officer helps ensure that the DCU is accessible, visible, and effective in its national coordination function.
Responsibilities
In this role, you will:
Develop, implement, and maintain systems and processes for monitoring, recording, and evaluating stakeholder engagement activity, ensuring clear oversight and organisational learning.
Coordinate and support stakeholder engagement across a range of programmes, projects, and operational initiatives linked to bribery and corruption prevention and investigation.
Organise, deliver, and support engagement activity including partner agency visits, stakeholder consultations, workshops, and conferences.
Act as a primary point of contact for partner agencies and stakeholders engaging with the DCU, ensuring professional, timely, and effective communication.
Capture, share, and promote learning and best practice from corruption investigations and engagement activity across policing and partner organisations.
Requirements
For this role, we need you to have:
Experience of working with external stakeholders within policing, the public sector, or a comparable regulated environment.
Experience of coordinating engagement activity, partnership working, or multi-agency collaboration.
Experience of working in a role requiring strong communication, organisation, and prioritisation skills.
Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build credibility and effective working relationships across policing, public sector bodies, and external partners.
Knowledge of the UK law enforcement landscape, including police force structures, regional organised crime units (ROCUs), national policing bodies, and the role of agencies such as the National Crime Agency and the National Economic Crime Centre.
This vacancy is open only to those who have the right to work in the UK.
If you would like to discuss the role please contact: Detective Inspector Nick Reeve.
Selection Process
As part of the initial application process, you will be asked to evidence how your experience, skills, and knowledge demonstrate your ability to meet the person specification of the role.
The application and interview will be tested under Level 2 of the College of Policing Competency and Values Framework.
Applicants who fail to address the skills/knowledge/experience of the job description will not be considered.
The closing date for applications is 5pm, Monday 2nd March 2026.
Interviews will be held weeks commencing 23rd March, 30th March, 6th April 2026.
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Benefits
A diverse workforce improves the service we provide to our public by making us more approachable and relevant within our communities. This is why it's vitally important that we recruit people from a wide range of communities and backgrounds with an understanding of cultural issues and a wide range of skills. We therefore particularly encourage female and people from Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic communities to join us.
The way we work is changing. With a few exceptions most roles will be able to accommodate part time, job share and flexible working patterns. We can also offer hybrid working patterns of home and office based shift patterns. Feel free to speak to us about any flexible working requirements.
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