Surveillance Motorcyclist - Specialist Crime Proactive -01

Job Title: Surveillance Motorcyclist - Specialist Crime Proactive -01 Salary: The starting salary is £40,519, which includes allowances totalling £3,009. The salary is broken down as £37,510 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £40,141. Plus, a location allowance of £2,009 and a non pensionable allowance of £1,000. Location: Barking, Hendon, Lewisham, Putney, Other Contract: 2 years fixed term An exciting opportunity to join the Specialist Crime Proactive Team within Specialist Crime of the Metropolitan Police on a 2 year fixed term contract, potentially subject to an additional financial supplement. This role may involve working flexible and overtime hours at short notice, with an additional £5,000 market allowance on top of the base salary and overtime pay to be agreed/discussed at interview stage. Duties and Responsibilities

• Conduct authorised covert motorcycle surveillance operations to track and monitor suspects, ensuring evidence and intelligence are captured safely and lawfully.
• Apply advanced driving and surveillance techniques to maintain covert integrity and minimise risk of compromise.
• Identify and assess risks during operations, making immediate decisions to protect public and officer safety.
• Contribute intelligence to case files, producing accurate logs and reports to support prosecutions and operational reviews.
• Work collaboratively with surveillance teams, syndicate detectives, firearms units and intelligence officers, Specialist Crime Proactive officers, Borough Command Unit (BCU) officers, Regional Organised Crime Units (ROCU) and National Crime Agency (NCA) units where appropriate to ensure operational effectiveness.
• Operate in accordance with the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), Investigatory Powers Act (IPA) and associated covert policing guidance, escalating concerns appropriately.
• Participate in on call rota (1 week in 6), ensuring readiness for fast time deployments in high risk operations.
• Undertake mandatory and developmental training, including surveillance refresher courses, to maintain accreditation.
• Support organisational commitments to reducing violence and disrupting SOC, in line with the MPS SOC strategy.
• Manage and maintain allocated motorcycle, personal protective equipment (helmet, clothing, radio, PPE) and surveillance kit to ensure operational readiness.

Who we're looking for

• Understanding of covert policing legislation (RIPA, IPA) and surveillance protocols
• Accredited motorcycle surveillance skills (national standard)
• Accredited mobile surveillance skills (national standard)
• Ability to assess and respond to risk in dynamic situations
• Clear, accurate recording and reporting of intelligence
• Ability to work collaboratively in high pressure environments
• Previous experience as a Substantive Constable/Detective Constable with operational proactive policing experience
• Experience of working in intelligence led or proactive investigative environments

Qualifications required for this role

• Nationally recognised accreditation as surveillance officer
• Nationally recognised accreditation as surveillance motorcyclist
• Occupationally competent as a surveillance officer
• Occupationally competent as a surveillance motorcyclist

Benefits

You will enjoy the kind of great benefits that you'd expect from one of London's largest employers.

• Annual leave entitlement of 28 days plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 5 years of service
• Civil Service pension arrangements
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Membership of Met sports and social clubs
• Flexible working conditions and many more.

Vetting

This post requires access to the most sensitive intelligence material on a daily basis. Applicants must hold or be prepared to undergo National Security Vetting (NSV) Security Check (enhanced) (SC(e level before taking up the post.

Disability Confident Statement

The Met is committed to being an equitable (fair and impartial) and inclusive employer for disabled people, striving to have a diverse and representative workforce at all levels. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences. We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and long term conditions, ethnic minority groups and women.

As a Disability Confident Leader, the Met has committed to making disability equality part of our everyday practice. We ensure that people with disabilities and those with long term conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations.

The Met is committed to making reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process to ensure disabled applicants can perform at their best. If you need any reasonable adjustments or changes to the application and recruitment process, we ask that you include this information within your application form. All matters will be treated in strict confidence.

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