County Lines Regional Coordinator

The post holder will be expected to travel across the NE region on a regular basis, and nationally as required. Therefore, possession of a full UK driving licence is an essential requirement for this role.

What you’ll bring:

Essential Criteria

• Experience of investigating, managing or coordinating serious and organised crime, safeguarding, vulnerability or other complex criminal investigations.
• Experience of working effectively with partner agencies and utilising shared intelligence, information and data.
• The ability to assess, manage and communicate threat, harm and risk.
• A strong understanding of intelligence processes, including evaluation, grading, dissemination and application of intelligence products.
• Knowledge of the county lines threat, criminal exploitation, vulnerability and organised criminality, or experience gained within a related business area.
• Excellent communication, presentation and report writing skills.
• The ability to build relationships, influence stakeholders and work collaboratively across organisational boundaries.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently and prioritise competing demands.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience of working with covert or sensitive tactics within serious and organised crime investigations or related operational environments.

We know it's important for you to feel that you're not only part of a great team, but part of a community.

We welcome applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

Harnessing these differences creates a productive environment in which everyone feels valued, and their talents are fully utilised. Appointments are based on merit alone.

Just so you know

Our application form will help us understand how your work, education and life experience has prepared you for the role of a County Lines Regional Coordinator with NEROCU. To help support your application research what makes us tick here at Northumbria, the role you’re applying for and the values and behaviours that contribute.

The recruitment process will consist of the initial application form followed by a face to face interview. Just so you know, you can save your application and come back to it any time prior to the closing date on the advert.

We are proud members of the Business Disability Forum, working together to improve the lives of disabled employees. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role. In cases of very high application volumes, we may prioritise those who most closely meet the criteria, applying the same fair approach for all candidates.

Use of AI in Applications: At Northumbria Police, we embrace innovative technologies to enhance our recruitment process. We understand that candidates may use AI tools to assist with their applications. While AI can be a valuable resource, we encourage applicants to ensure their submissions accurately reflect their personal qualifications, experiences, and skills. Our selection process includes thorough evaluations to verify the authenticity and suitability of all applications. We value genuine and thoughtful responses that showcase your unique strengths and perspectives.

If your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete both Management and Security Vetting forms, therefore you must be a resident of the UK for a minimum period of 5 years to ensure vetting checks can be successfully performed. A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance, medical information, and references.

Terms of appointment

This is a fixed term role subject to a six-month probationary period.

If you are successful in your application, you will have a six-month probation period with us where you will be unable to apply for any other post advertised internally or externally.

Please note if you are a current NEROCU/Northumbria Police employee interested in applying for this role as a secondment opportunity, please discuss this with your Line Manager and gain agreement prior to applying.