MOSOVO Violent and Sexual Suppression Officer

Salary: Band 7, £32,874 – £35,772 per annum (Please note it is Northumbria Police policy to appoint at the beginning of the band) £26,210 – £28,521 pro rata Location: Middle Engine Lane Hours/Contract: 29.5 hours per week (Tuesday – Friday), permanent

The role

Here at Northumbria Police, we think our region is amazing! It takes a great deal of people from different backgrounds, with diverse skills and experience to serve our force area effectively, think you have what it takes to help us make a difference? This could be the perfect time for you to join us in our Safeguarding Department as a MOSOVO Violent and Sexual Suppression Officer.

You will support the management of high risk violent offenders and potentially dangerous persons, monitoring, assessing, and mitigating risk in line with MAPPA processes. You will work closely with partners to share critical information, coordinate safeguarding activity, and ensure robust, consistent risk management.

Playing a key role in protecting communities, you’ll guide local policing teams, oversee offender management actions, and contribute to delivering policing priorities through a proactive and professional approach.

What you’ll do

Manage a caseload of violent offenders and potentially dangerous persons, monitoring release dates and applying appropriate risk management and disruption tactics. Work closely with probation, prisons, and partner agencies to share information, conduct intelligence activity, and support effective offender management. Contribute to MAPPA and related meetings, providing updates, sharing intelligence, and implementing agreed risk management actions. Gather, analyse, and report intelligence from police systems to support both local and cross force offender management. Identify and assess risks to prevent further offending, including progressing preventative orders and supporting court processes where required.

What you’ll bring

Experience working within multi agency environments, with strong capability in risk identification, assessment, and mitigation, alongside a sound understanding of vulnerability and public protection. Strong time management and organisational skills, with the ability to work independently, prioritise workloads, make sound decisions, and critically analyse information with a questioning and detail focused approach. Ability to assess complex situations, identifying criminal, safeguarding, and civil interventions to mitigate risk, and to analyse information effectively to reach balanced, evidence based conclusions. Strong team player with proven experience collaborating effectively across internal and external partners, supporting colleagues and valuing individual differences to achieve shared objectives. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively with colleagues at all levels, partner agencies, and the public, while demonstrating empathy and professionalism. Strong report writing ability, producing accurate and timely documentation to support risk management, alongside a high level of confidentiality, integrity, and discretion when handling sensitive information. 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

Candidates with priority status will be given precedence for this role over other applicants. Our application form will help us understand how your work, education and life experience has prepared you for the role of a MOSOVO Violent and Sexual Suppression Officer with #TeamNP. 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.

If you tell us that you have a disability, we can make adjustments to support you through the recruitment process (for example we can arrange extra time for tests or provide a sign language interpreter) You can get in touch with us via careers@northumbria.police.uk for any support regarding the application process. Please provide us with plenty of notice so we can ensure your visit goes smoothly.

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 a Management Vetting (MV) form, 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 permanent 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.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.