South Yorkshire Police
Force Vetting Officer
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Role: Force Vetting Officer
District/Department: Professional Standards
Location: Churchill Way, Sheffield
Salary: £28,914 - £31,749 (pro rata)
Hours: 32 Hours Per Week
Contract Type: Temporary until 31st August 2027
Key responsibilities:
- Process vetting applications relating to existing and prospective employees, contractors, volunteers, and partnership workers in accordance with statutory Vetting Code of Practice and Authorised Professional Practice.
Skills and experience:
- Negate, reduce or mitigate security and reputational risks to the organisation through the processing of vetting applications in line with the statutory Vetting Code of Practice and Authorised Professional Practice.
- Maintain a good working knowledge of the statutory Vetting Code of Practice and Authorised Professional Practice. Facilitate and provide advice and guidance to Sponsors and applicants in accessing and using the Core-Vet system. The creation, development, and maintenance of individual electronic vetting files.
- Liaise with stakeholders in the vetting process with respect to standard enquiries, document issues, and frequently asked questions.
- Undertake vetting enquiries on the details supplied by applicants against local and national police information systems via either direct access and, where necessary, via single points of contact.
- Maintain up to date and accurate records of vetting progression and clearances on the Core-Vet System to facilitate performance review, forward planning, and the production of other relevant statistical data.
- Participate in and/or provide administrative support at meetings. Receive, sort, distribute, and appropriately action mail. Provide administrative support during vetting interviews and take lead role when resilience needs necessitate.
- Provide administrative support in relation to the charging regime for non-police personnel vetting applications.
- Review submitted vetting applications to confirm accuracy and completeness and take any follow-up actions necessary.
- Contribute to the culture of continuous improvement.
- Maintain stock levels and order resources necessary to conduct planned activities.
- Contribute to the marketing of the Force Vetting Unit by involvement in the development of publications.
- Support the maintenance of the Force’s List of designated posts through monitoring of staffing changes and establishment of new posts
- Support the co-ordination and execution of the review and appeals process.
- Any other duties commensurate with the post.
Skills and experience as documented in the role profile need to be evidenced in your application to be considered for interview.
For more detailed information relating to the role, skills, and experience for this role, please click here [https://www.southyorkshire.police.uk/SysSiteAssets/media/downloads/south-yorkshire/careers/talent-acquisition-team-documents/role-profiles/force-vetting-unit-officer.docx?_t_id=WpYxq0sS-dntqOCWMFgndA%3d%3d&_t_uuid=84xcPPHrQgadBX5XjdVpuw&_t_q=force+vetting&_t_tags=siteid%3a9a7e26e6-9ba2-42bf-80ec-103507e5aec9%2clanguage%3aen%2candquerymatch&_t_hit.id=Cds_Soh_Web_Models_Media_GenericMedia/_671f6ace-9d76-4dfa-8c5f-b6c29258e6f1_en-GB&_t_hit.pos=1] to view the role profile.
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What we offer:
- A highly competitive salary and access to a generous pension scheme
- Generous annual leave allowance
- A wide range of family-friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
- Flexible working arrangements including flexi-time and hybrid working
- A transparent and collaborative team culture underpinned by our core values of Fairness, Integrity & Trust
- Comprehensive range of development and leadership courses to develop your career with South Yorkshire Police
- Employee Assistant Programme (accessible 24/7) offering confidential support and advice
- Flexible lifestyle benefits such as: Blue Light Card, Company Shop, Cycle to work scheme
- Committed to embedding sustainability: South Yorkshire Police Sustainability Strategy 2020-2025 (yhrn.police)
- Membership to the Sports and Social Club
- Access to a wide range of staff support groups and networks
Eligibility:
Applicants must meet the minimum requirement checkable history criteria, which must be taken into account for individuals applying to work with South Yorkshire Police in any capacity. A minimum checkable history of 5 years is required for this role and successfully undergoing recruitment vetting procedure is a pre-requisite of employment with South Yorkshire Police.
Appearance & Standards:
South Yorkshire Police is committed to striking a proportionate balance between self-expression and the need to maintain role-sensitive professional standards in dress and appearance. Officers, staff, and volunteers of South Yorkshire Police are permitted to have tattoos visible whilst on duty provided the tattoo is not considered to be unacceptable or otherwise inappropriate. Tattoos will be reviewed as part of the recruitment and selection process.
South Yorkshire Police’s overarching aim is to deliver an excellent police service to support safer communities. The public’s assessment of our excellence is influenced by the level of trust and confidence in us, as an organisation and as individuals. In comparison to the general public, police officers and police staff are held to a higher standard of behaviour and accountability. In applying to join the police, applicants are accepting of these higher standards and understand the implications on their right to privacy.
South Yorkshire Police’s Key Values:
At South Yorkshire Police we have 3 key values which run through everything we do: Fairness, Integrity & Trust, the attached document details the key behaviours we expect all employees to adhere to.
Smarter ways of Working:
South Yorkshire Police is committed to developing working practices which assist staff to balance their personal and professional lives, whilst meeting the needs of the organisation. This in turn enables SYP to provide an outstanding service to the community.
There are 3 different categories as part of this which are: Fixed, Field, and Hybrid.
This role has been evaluated as a Hybrid role.
Hybrid: Applicable when the work can be undertaken at any location, whether that be a SYP building or from home.
Vetting Level:
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The vetting level for this role is Security Clearance (SC). If successful, your vetting will be reviewed and uplifted. For further information, please contact the Vetting Unit on Force_Vetting_Unit@southyorks.pnn.police.uk [Force_Vetting_Unit@southyorks.pnn.police.uk]
Contact details:
For further information about the role, please contact: Emma Booth on 0114 2291804.
Closing Date: 21st August 2026
Closing dates are not normally extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and agreement is made between the Recruitment Manager and the Line Manager for the role.
Candidate Information:
Please note that, should you be successful at the interview stage and before appointment, the relevant pre-employment checks are required. These include references, medical clearance, vetting clearance, and sickness absence criteria check.
Diversity & Inclusion:
Applications are particularly welcome from female and ethnic minority candidates.
It is really important to us that the department represents the community we serve, in order for us to provide the best service, utilising a range of backgrounds, experience, and skills. We support and value all officers and staff and the unique experiences they bring to the role. We strongly encourage and welcome applications from these valuable underrepresented groups.
If you are from an underrepresented group and want to find out more about the support we can offer, please contact our dedicated team on positiveaction@southyorks.pnn.police.uk
In addition, we will look to support anyone who requires Part Time/Job share working hours.
Internal Candidates:
This vacancy is temporary, therefore, you must have the support of your current Line Manager to apply. If you are a permanent member of staff, this would be classed as a secondment opportunity. If you are on a fixed term contract, you must contact the Recruitment Team before applying.
Please ensure that you and your current line manager complete the attached consent form. Please email the completed form to the hiring line manager, with the role title and the closing date stated in the subject of your email.
Without support, your application will not be considered any further.
Further Information:
This role is offered on a fixed-term basis in accordance with applicable employment legislation and South Yorkshire Police policy.
Fixed-term contracts are used where there is a genuine business need, such as project-based work, temporary cover, or time-limited funding. The fixed term period is subject to change, linked to the posts requirements and may be subject to extension or early termination in line with appropriate notice period.
All fixed-term employees will receive equal treatment and access to opportunities in line with our commitment to fair and inclusive employment practices.
Where appropriate, fixed-term roles may be made permanent without the need for a further recruitment process.
Documents to Review:
For the Police Staff Recruitment Vetting Handbook - Please Click here [https://www.southyorkshire.police.uk/SysSiteAssets/media/downloads/south-yorkshire/careers/talent-acquisition-team-documents/advert-content/force-vetting-guide---police-staff.pdf?_t
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