Avon and Somerset Police
Finance and Office Manager - South West Regional Organised Crime Unit (SWROCU)
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Job Description
Full Time
Permanent
SWROCU Northern Hub, Bristol, near BS34 6PY
Please note that the location of the role will have an impact on the terms and conditions. If you have any concerns about your ability to regularly travel to this location using your own transport, then please speak to the hiring manager before submitting an application.
If you are applying from one of the Regional Forces, you will be seconded to SWROCU in line with the Joint Services Agreement and will remain on your home force terms and conditions and graded pay scale for the role. This recruitment platform is hosted by Avon and Somerset Constabulary.
Salary: A&S: SO2
Role Overview
(SWROCU) is looking for a Finance and Office Manager to provide financial, administrative, and facilities support to the regional collaboration’s covert teams.
The role profile for this vacancy is currently under review, the role is intended to be fixed and will predominately operate out of a work location.
You will oversee financial management and office operations, ensuring compliance with internal governance while supporting covert activities. Strong interpersonal skills are essential, with the ability to engage and influence a wide range of external stakeholders, often within a sensitive and covert environment. You will bring creativity and sound judgment to resolving complex financial issues where guidance may be limited, while ensuring processes remain compliant with regulatory scrutiny. The role requires resilience and professionalism in operating within a partially covert setting, alongside advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Word, Excel, Outlook, and SharePoint.
About Us
SWROCU is a collaboration of police officers and police staff from the five South West regional forces. We’re part of a national network of nine ROCUs covering England and Wales.
We have more than 20 capabilities that staff and officers work in to Pursue offenders, Protect and Prepare individuals and organisations, and Prevent people from engaging in serious and organised crime.
Our capabilities are here to advise, to assist, or to fully adopt investigations.
We work with local forces and national partners to target and disrupt criminals posing the greatest risk of Serious and Organised Criminality (SOC). This includes offenders involved in cyber threats, economic crime, drug conspiracies, modern slavery and human trafficking, and child sexual abuse and exploitation.
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Police staff in one of our five regional forces can find out more about the work of this team and read first-hand accounts of people working at SWROCU at
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We’re looking for committed people with the right skillset – or ambition to develop that skillset – to join us.
What We Can Offer You
- Flexible working – with many of our roles we can be flexible regarding working hours.
- Continuous professional development – we encourage and support career growth, giving you the opportunity of a flourishing career.
- Well-being support – we have many support mechanisms in place to assist in improving your personal health and wellbeing.
Essential Skills, Experience and Qualifications Required
- Experience in the role of accounting technician, with strong accounting skills (or appropriate qualification of AAT or equivalent)
- Wide-ranging knowledge of financial/accounting administrative practices, particularly budgetary monitoring
- Ability to monitor and control a budget, with substantial ability to influence expenditure through recommendations on purchases of, for example, premises or equipment.
- Ability to manage and monitor a complex array of financial data, as well as preparing and presenting this data at regular strategic meetings
- Ability to interact effectively with a diverse range of external contacts, and to exercise substantial influencing to achieve results in a covert environment.
- Ability to address and resolve a range of complex financial issues, often requiring creativity in developing appropriate solutions in a covert environment where no direct guidance or precedent may be available
- Ability to oversee processes which are potentially subject to substantial external and regulatory scrutiny.
- Ability to operate partly in a covert environment, and to deal with the emotional and practical challenges associated with specialist covert knowledge.
- Demonstrable ability to use all aspects of MS Office, especially Word, Excel Outlook and SharePoint.
Recruitment and Selection
- Closing date for receipt of applications: Monday 27th July 2026 at 09:00
- Shortlisting: week commencing Monday 27th July 2026
- Interviews: week commencing Monday 17th August 2026
How To Apply
All applications are processed through the Avon and Somerset Constabulary online Oleeo portal.
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If you have any questions or would like to speak to one of the hiring managers, please contact for further information.
If you reach the assessment/interview stage of a process and become a reserve applicant, we would like to retain your application. This will be pending further vacancies arising for the same role in a 6-month period. By giving your consent this does not prevent you from applying for any other opportunities.
Additional Information
Vetting and Safeguarding
This post is subject to a higher security clearance at MV and SC – Management Vetting and Security Clearance Level.
To be eligible to apply for this role you must have a five-year ‘checkable history’ in the UK – ideally this means that you would have been resident in the UK for the last five years.
In accordance with the National Vetting Policy, SWROCU are committed to safeguarding and operate safer recruitment processes, to ensure a police service that employees are proud to work for because they feel safe, valued, and part of a happy and supportive work environment. All employees and volunteers therefore will be subject to background checks including vetting and references.
Police Barred and Advisory Lists
Individuals placed on the Police Barred and Advisory lists will not be considered for employment by the police for a minimum of five years from the date of listing in the case of gross misconduct, or three years from the date of listing in the case of poor performance.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
SWROCU is working hard to increase diversity and inclusion where communities are currently under-represented including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities, people of all ages, abilities, faiths, religions, gender, LGBTQ+ communities, and those from disadvantaged or marginalised backgrounds who share our values and wish to make a difference to the communities we serve. All applications will be treated on merit, based on the evidence provided in your application and suitability for the role you have applied for.
Travel to Work Protocol
This is an incentive whereby staff working for SWROCU may be able to claim compensation for travelling to work if they meet a set criteria.
For more information, please refer to a copy of the protocol attached. Should you have any questions please make contact with
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