This is a unique opportunity to lead the development of UK Law Enforcement’s national strategy to tackle Cybercrime, and represent the National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU) in strategic engagement and briefing with stakeholders across the NCA, National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC), wider Government and Industry.

This is an exciting, high profile role with substantial exposure to senior leadership across NCA, NCSC and Whitehall, alongside the opportunity to develop subject matter expertise in the Cybercrime mission.

NCA welcomes applications from individuals with a range of neurodivergent thinking styles and from those who may require reasonable adjustments

Job description

Main Responsibilities are to;

• Lead the development of UK Law Enforcement’s strategy for tackling Cybercrime, working closely with NPCC and NCSC partners, through the Strategic Governance Group (SGG), associated 4P Groups, and the Strategic Action Plan (SAP).
• Communicate the strategy, and its associated tactical delivery plans, effectively to NCA, NPCC, NCSC and other stakeholders.
• Establish mechanisms for measuring and reporting the performance of NCCU, ROCUs and Police Forces against the Cybercrime threat and capturing their wider contribution to other SOC and National Security missions.
• Lead NCCU briefings on the Cybercrime threat and response to senior NCA, NCSC, Whitehall and Ministerial audiences, leading a team of desk officers to deliver a range of written products.
• Play a lead role in the development of Cybercrime Policy.
• Own the NCCU corporate Risk portfolio, responsible for the reporting of corporate risks to NCA central teams.
 

Responsibilities

As a leader in the NCA you will also:

• Lead effectively across the agency as part of a joined up senior team, role modelling the agency’s value and mission
• collaborating with external partners to integrate, coordinate and amplify the UK national response to Serious and organised crime.
• You will lead your teams through being flexible and open in thought and action. You will communicate with transparency, involving your team members in the agency’s transformation journey.
• You will be passionate about diversity and developing people inclusively, strengthening their ability to deliver and enable them to grow in their roles and careers. You will actively coach and engage people, building their resilience through supporting them in their roles and enabling their wellbeing.
• Be threat led and data-driven in decision making, leading and navigating your team members through ambiguity by making evidence and/or values-based decisions to prioritise strategically. You are proactive and ambitious on efficiencies, finding opportunities to remove duplication and standardising and simplifying where possible. Doing so, you will balance financial and people resources to deliver against changing priorities.


***All NCA officers must hold SC Enhanced upon entry as a minimum. To meet the National Security Vetting requirements for this role you will need to have resided in the UK for a minimum of 3 out of the past 5 years. For more information please see the Candidate information Pack***

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Working Together
• Changing and Improving
• Delivering at Pace
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Leadership

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Familiarity with cyber security concepts and the current threat landscape
• Experience of written and verbal briefing of senior leadership and strategy formulation.
• Ability to lead on the development of strategy

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.

People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.

Medical

Successful candidates will be expected to have a medical.