Vacancy Information
Division / Department - Contact and Control Grade - Grade 6 Status - Full Time or Happy to Talk Flexible Working Contract Type - Permanent Salary Grade Range - £21,837 - £23,100 Working Hours - 37.0 Hours per Week Shift Allowance - Politically Restricted - No The starting salary for this role will usually be at the bottom of the salary range and will be pro-rata if the working hours are less than full time.
The Role
To provide skilled technical support to all Officers and Staff in the Force and in particular to Control staff, in matters relating to CCTV operation and its application in active incidents. To also provide reactive and proactive monitoring and control of Public Space CCTV cameras to identify criminal and anti-social behaviour, assisting to direct resources as necessary and working within the Controller Team providing this function.
Key Responsibilities
A permanent position has arisen for a CCTV Operator within the Force Contract, Command and Control Department at Sussex Police Headquarters in Lewes. Joining a busy team you will be required to provide reactive and proactive monitoring and control of Public space CCTV cameras operated by Sussex Police. Monitoring Police Airwave radio transmissions you will be instrumental to helping Police Officers and Control Room Staff in identifying potential incidents and gathering intelligence and evidence. You will be working shifts (including weekends and Bank Holidays) to ensure CCTV cover 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. Working a mixture of day and night shifts you will have 4 consecutive days off every 6 days and be entitled to shift allowance.
Skills & Experience
The role of CCTV Operator involves:-
- Monitoring CCTV cameras, producing the highest quality video evidence and gathering intelligence in support of Force and Departmental priorities.
- Maintaining an auditable process to support video evidence production
- Providing precise information to support incident command and control
- Dealing with CCTV related enquiries from Police Officers and members of staff.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a professional approach, be enthusiastic, have excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You will be required to evidence the following:
- Demonstrate effective communication; specifically oral and listening skills
- The ability to multi task and work proactively is essential.
- The capacity to work in a pressurised environment
Knowledge of CCTV operation, Storm and Airwave would be desirable but not essential as training will be provided.
Further Information
The core shift pattern for this role is 2 earlies (07:00 - 17:00), 2 lates (15:00 - 01:00) and 2 nights (23:00 - 07:00). We recognise that our people are balancing demanding careers with commitments and interests outside of work and we welcome applications and discussion with candidates who want to work full-time or part-time/flexible hours.
Due to the nature of the shift pattern for this role the salary will be subject to additional unsocial hours payments.
If you require any further information or want to discuss the role please e-mail Daniel.Jewell@sussex.police.uk
Additional Information
Following submission of your application you will receive a confirmation email with a copy of your application attached. Occasionally emails from this address can fall into spam/junk folders so please ensure this is checked regularly. You may wish to consider adding noreply@surreysussexpolice.as.recruitmail.com to your address/contact list to ensure you receive all communications. This post is being advertised in parallel with Force redeployment processes. Any redeployees who are identified will be given preference. This may result in the post being withdrawn at any point during the recruitment process. Please note that not all jobs are available for internal candidates across both Forces, the current agreed recruitment principles are; - vacancies in collaborated units are available to all officers and staff across both Forces - vacancies in non-collaborated units are only available to officers and staff within the Force with the vacancy unless it is advertised externally. If the vacancy is advertised externally and an officer or member of staff from the other Force is success it will result in a transfer of employment Surrey Police and Sussex Police Special Constables, Volunteers and Agency Staff (excluding self-employed workers) covered under the Agency Worker Regulations (AWR) are eligible to apply for internal advertised posts.
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