Collator London, England
Job description
A Collator is required for a permanent role paying £30,614.33 per annum, plus £2,835.11 London Allowance per annum with the British Transport Police (BTP) based at our London Bridge location.
BTP is the national police Force for the rail network throughout Great Britain, including London Underground, across which we ensure the safety and security of nearly 3 billion passenger journeys and over 100 million tons of freight every year. The world in which we work is fast-paced, operationally and commercially demanding, and constantly changing. As a Collator with BTP you will gather, evaluate, analyse and disseminate and develop confidential information and intelligence to inform and support local operational decision making processes, within the Neighbourhood Policing Teams. Ensuring compliance with intelligence, information protocols and policy. Dissemination Home Office police forces, Train Operating Companies and BTP sources.
As Collator you will be required to:
- Collate and produce monthly Intelligence briefings and crime mapping for the Station Commander to use in stakeholder monthly meetings
- Research and analyse crime patterns, emerging threats and risks to the railway community, and consider advising stakeholders on appropriate courses of action
- Routinely prepare police circulations, briefings and make decisions with intelligence from Body Worn Video footage, CCTV and Home Office briefing sources and cascade to officers in the appropriate format
- Prepare and present appropriate information to Police and Communities Together (PACT) meetings and where necessary facilitate questions and discuss Problem Solving Plans and initiatives
Further information about this vacancy can be found in the attached job description. The successful Collator will be required to evidence the following:
- Good understanding and awareness of: National Intelligence Model (NIM), Data Protection Act 2018, of Police Information (MOPI), Police National Database (PNC)
- Previous experience of working within an Intelligence/Policing environment
- Experience of driving good working relationships with partner agencies
- Able to liaise with internal and external contacts to establish and develop a two-way exchange of intelligence/information and analysis
- IT skills including Microsoft Office programs and other databases and systems
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Five GCSEs (or equivalent) A-C grade
If you are interested in applying to this Collator role then please do not delay as interviews will be held as soon as appropriate candidates are highlighted. In return for your experience, we can offer you:
- Salary of £30,614.33per annum
- Yearly base salary increments
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Family friendly policies including up to 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave
- Bespoke benefits platform and access to Blue Light Card
- Development opportunities including fully funded apprenticeships
- Employee assistance programme and dedicated wellbeing hub
- Pension scheme
BTP is an employer who cares about the impact we have on the environment and the wider challenges of climate change, and as such we are committed to reducing our carbon footprint and achieving Net Zero Carbon (NZC) through offsetting by 2035.
At BTP we are proud guardians of the railway and it is crucial that we represent the diverse communities we serve and protect. As ‘One BTP’ across the UK, we know that diversity, inclusion and belonging help us improve our decision making, foster creativity and drive innovation so all our people can thrive.
Our vacancies are open to everyone and all appointments are made based on merit. So that we can become more diverse we encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, women, people who have a disability, those who are neurodiverse and persons who identify as LGBTQI+. If you have the skills, experience and values that here in BTP we pride ourselves on then we would welcome you to apply.
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In order to apply, you must have the permanent right to live and work in the UK and have been resident in the UK for the previous 5 YEARS. You will be asked these and other questions to determine your eligibility to work for British Transport Police when you start your application and you must answer honestly.
BTP has undertaken a review of Police Staff pensions and as a result of this the Police Staff pension will be changing. The current police staff pension is a Defined Benefit scheme which is administered by the Railways Pension scheme. The new pension scheme which is launching is a Defined Contribution scheme which is administered by Royal London. The new pension scheme is awaiting formal approval and an introductory date is not finalised. The earliest this will be is April 2023. If you have any queries, please contact the recruitment team – [email protected]
Internal candidates must have completed their probation for their current substantive posting and can only apply in tenure if Head of Department approval is emailed to [email protected] prior to the vacancy closing. Internal candidates must confirm that they are not subject to formal action plans for sickness/complaints/discipline or poor performance and that all mandatory training courses have been attended and are in ticket/up to date. A minimum indicator of 3 / developing' or' 'Indicator 5 / no rating must have been achieved on the last reporting year PDR.
