Vacancy Reference Number
22572
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Number of Vacancies
4
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(B) OCU
Central Specialist Crime
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Location
Stratford, Vauxhall
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Band
Band D
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Part/Full Time
Full Time
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Hours per Week
36 hours per week
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Type of Contract
Permanent
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Job Advert
Job Title: Digital Intelligence and Investigation Officer - Modern Slavery - 01
Salary: The starting salary is £40,519, which includes allowances totalling £3,009.
The salary is broken down as £37,510 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £40,141. Plus, a location allowance of £2,009 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.
Location: Stratford, Vauxhall
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Modern Slavery Team within Specialist Crime of the Metropolitan Police.
We are looking for civilian investigators to investigate organised modern slavery, organised immigration crime, and child sexual exploitation by analysing digital and intelligence material, producing evidential products, and safeguarding victims. The role strengthens the Metropolitan Police Service’s response to serious and organised crime and contributes to the Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) strategy.
Working for the Met doesn’t have to mean patrolling the streets. Just as important as our uniformed officers is our 14,000-strong team of professional and support staff working behind the scenes. It’s these skilled people who provide the organisational capability to police London.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Conduct digital media investigations (mobile phone downloads, call data, online enquiries) and translate findings into evidential products for court to support successful prosecutions.
Assess, develop, and disseminate intelligence from multiple sources to identify organised crime networks (OCNs) and inform proactive operational activity.
Safeguard victims by assessing risk, coordinating with partners, and ensuring appropriate protective measures are in place to prevent re-victimisation.
Prepare high-quality written reports, evidential packages, and briefing materials that inform investigative decisions and judicial processes.
Collaborate with internal units (e.g. Vulnerability and Partnership Teams, Safer Neighbourhoods, intelligence teams) to align activity with local and national priorities.
Build and maintain effective relationships with external partners (National Crime Agency, Europol, NGOs, Justice and Care, TOEX) to share intelligence and enhance joint investigations.
Support the drafting of Modern Slavery Orders (Slavery and Trafficking Prevention Orders and Risk Orders) to disrupt offender activity.
Participate in duty rota responsibilities, reviewing intelligence referrals, and developing them into viable investigative opportunities.
Maintain and built relations with MO2 CIU department to be able to interpret Call Data.
Work under the guidance and strategies set by an accredited PIP3 Senior Investigating Officer (SIO). Develop intelligence in line with specific investigative requirements, while ensuring all activity is aligned with strategies set by supervisors.
Who we're looking for:
Working knowledge of Modern Slavery Act 2015, Immigration Act 1971 (Section 25), Sexual Offences Act, Serious Crime Act, Proceeds of Crime Act, and relevant safeguarding legislation.
Understanding of local and national strategies relating to modern slavery, human trafficking, and organised immigration crime.
Knowledge of digital media investigations, including mobile phone analysis, call data, and evidential handling of digital devices.
Proficiency in intelligence analysis and developing evidential products from digital data.
Ability to summarise large data sets and present clear, concise conclusions in reports and graphics.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills to engage with victims, partners, and investigative teams.
Effective workload management and ability to meet deadlines in fast-paced, high-risk investigations.
Problem-solving skills to identify innovative approaches to complex investigative challenges.
Demonstrable experience as a Digital Media Investigator, mobile phone downloader, or equivalent specialist role.
Experience in gathering and evaluating intelligence and evidence in complex investigations.
Experience of working with multi-agency partners to target organised crime.
Experience in using MPS and national systems (e.g. CRIS, CONNECT, PNC, XRY, ANPR systems) to research, analyse, and present information.
Required qualifications for this role include:
Valid Professionalising Investigations Programme (PIP2) accreditation.
Full UK driving licence
Benefits:
You’ll also enjoy the kind of great benefits that you’d expect from one of London's largest employers.
These include:
Annual leave entitlement of 28 days plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 5 years of service
Civil service pension arrangements
Interest free season ticket loans
Membership of Met sports and social clubs
Flexible working conditions and many more.
London is one of the most exciting and diverse cities in the world – and policing it is no easy task. It takes a huge number of people from all sorts of different backgrounds with a wide range of skills and experience. Do you have what it takes to be one of them? Find out if a career with the Met is what you’re looking for and what kind of challenges; experience and rewards you could have in store.
Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
This role does not attract Shift Disturbance Allowance. If you are currently in a shift-working role, SDA should cease upon appointment to this job.
Vetting
This post requires access to the most sensitive intelligence material on a daily basis. Applicants must hold or be prepared to undergo National Security Vetting (NSV) Security Check (enhanced) (SC(e)) level before taking up the post.
How to apply
To begin your career at the Met, please click the "apply button “. The application process requires an online application form.
Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 16th September 2026.
Once received, your application will be reviewed against eligibility criteria, following this, your application will be reviewed by the hiring manager.
Following application review, successful candidates will be invited to interview.
www.metpolicecareers.co.uk
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Required Languages
English
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Additional Information
CVF Staff Band.pdf – 971KB Opens in a new window
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Disability Confident Statement
The Met is committed to being an equitable (fair and impartial) and inclusive employer for disabled people, striving to have a diverse and representative workforce at all levels. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences. We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and long-term conditions, ethnic minority groups and women.
As a Disability Confident Leader, the Met has committed to making disability equality part of our everyday practice. We ensure that people with disabilities and those with long term conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations.
The Met is committed to making reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process to ensure disabled applicants can perform at their best. If you need any reasonable adjustments or changes to the application and recruitment process, we ask that you include this information within your application form. All matters will be treated in strict confidence.
Please note, if you are applying for a police officer role or to become a police community support officer (PCSO) or designated detention officer (DDO), there is a minimum requirement that you must pass a job-related fitness test (JRFT) at point of entry. This does not apply to police staff roles. Find out more about police fitness standards.
Read our full disability confidence statement.
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