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Our culture believes in powering your potential! Would you like the opportunity to work within law enforcement to help protect and prepare the region and the UK against the threat of cyber crime? If this sounds like you, a placement based within the West Midlands Regional Cyber Crime Unit could be for you.
The role
We are recruiting 2 student interns to work within our team. The ROCUWM is part of a national network tackling the threat posed by cyber crime and dark web criminality.
This role will support the 4P Strategy within Prevent, Protect and Prepare. You will be required to take a year out from your studies or use this as a placement year as this is a full time, paid role working within a Birmingham location with a requirement to work regionally at times.
Your key focus will be to engage with organisations and businesses in order to protect them from the threat of cyber crime, both in person and across social media platforms. We welcome applications from students who are studying courses within but not limited to the following disciplines:
- Computer Science
- Digital Media/Marketing
- Business Management
- English Language/Literature
- Cyber Security
- Cyber Engineering
- Digital Forensics
- Games Design
Prospective officers and staff must be held to a higher standard of behaviour and accountability than members of the public, and that therefore their right to privacy can be fettered in certain circumstances. This is to ensure that members of the police are fully aware and accountable for the unique powers entrusted to them and the standards of professional behaviour they swear to uphold.
- Vetting: Successful applicants will be required to pass Management Vetting and Security Clearance scrutiny prior to commencing their role, this will include a full background & financial disclosure as part of the vetting process.
- Medical: Appointment to this role will be dependent upon successfully medical checks, which may include a drugs test and if required a fitness test.
West Midlands Police is a Disability Confident Leader - the highest level an organisation can achieve under the scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions. As part of our commitment we operate a ‘Disability Confident Interview Scheme’ - all candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview.
It is important to note that there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people who meet the essential criteria for the job.
For example: in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. In these circumstances, the employer could select the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job, as they would do for non-disabled applicants.
"Diversity and Inclusion Vision: Maximise the potential of people from all backgrounds through a culture of fairness and inclusion to deliver the best service for our communities"
Benefit statement
By choosing to join West Midlands Police you will receive an enhanced benefits package including:
- Fair remuneration with progression opportunities, and access to a very competitive pension scheme
- Enhanced annual leave in additional to public holiday entitlements
- Discounts across travel, parking, daily costs of living and leisure activities
A comprehensive wellbeing package including 24/7 support, free eye tests and flu jabs
About us
West Midlands Police is the second largest police force in the country, covering an area of 348 square miles and serving a population of almost 2.8 million.
The region sits at the very heart of the country and covers the three major centres of Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton. It also includes the busy and thriving districts of Sandwell, Walsall, Solihull and Dudley. Leisure, retail and conference amenities, together with Premiership and Championship football teams, attract millions of visitors annually.
The West Midlands is an area rich in diversity, with 18 per cent of its population from ethnic minority backgrounds. An average of 170,000 motorists travel through the region daily, making its motorways some of the busiest in Europe.
Against this backdrop, the force deals with more than 2,000 emergency calls for help every day, as well as patrolling the streets and responding to incidents 24-hours-a-day, seven days a week.
