Financial Intelligence Officer (Student Placement) - NEROCU

Overview

Financial Intelligence Officer (Student Placement) – NEROCU

Vacancy Type: Police Staff

Area Command / Department: NEROCU

Location: Sunderland

Contract Type: Fixed Term

Hours: Full Time

Salary Range / Closing Date: 30/11/2025

Role

Financial Intelligence Officer (Student Placement) – NEROCU

Band 3: £25,098 (Pending Cost of Living Allowance)

Placement Date: 1st September 2026 – 31st July 2027

Based: Sunderland

Working for: North East Regional Organised Crime Unit (“NEROCU”)

The North East Regional Organised Crime Unit is one of ten Regional Organised Crime Units (ROCU) in England and Wales who lead the regional response to tackling serious and organised crime whilst supporting local and national delivery. The North East ROCU encompasses officers and staff from the 3 local police forces – Northumbria, Durham and Cleveland which is indicative of the regional policing area we cover.

The ROCU network continues to expand and external funding from the City of London Police has enabled us to offer this exciting opportunity for an Undergraduate student to spend a placement year within the Economic Crime Unit within the NEROCU. The Home Office’s Serious and Organised Crime Strategy defines ROCUs as leading the fight against Serious and Organised Crime and the NEROCU have a critical role in leading, connecting and co-ordinating delivery across our region in all four P’s of the strategy; Pursue – prosecuting and disrupting people engaged in serious and organised criminality. Prevent – preventing people from engaging in serious and organised criminality. Protect – increasing protection against organised crime. Prepare – reducing the impact of serious and organised crime where it takes place. The NEROCU comprises specialist teams delivering across intelligence, operations, investigations, cyber, economic, technical and digital capabilities.

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 is your opportunity to join a growing team and to complete a Financial Intelligence work placement within the North East ROCU. You will play a key role in undertaking Financial Intelligence research and use financial related applications to support Economic Crime Team investigations, namely Regional Economic Crime Unit (RECU) and the Proactive Economic Crime Team (PECT).

This, often time critical, work will be in line with the team and organisation’s objectives to tackle the highest harm offenders involved in Serious and Organised Crime (SOC). You will collect and collate all relevant financial data and intelligence onto appropriate systems and assist the Senior Financial Investigator and Financial Investigators in investigating and prioritising their cases.

What you’ll do

• Assist with financial intelligence research, including collection and collation of relevant financial data to support investigations
• Complete Financial Intelligence Officer (FIO) accreditation required to effectively carry out the role and maintain this using Continuous Professional Development.
• Enhance your financial knowledge, by conducting Pre-Order and Tournier Rule enquiries with Financial Institutions to overlap with other data sources, to assist Financial Investigators in preparing and applying for, as well as obtaining financial orders
• Support the creation and dissemination of intelligence reports to internal and external stakeholders and partner agencies
• Using the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and other legislation, gateways and external agencies to develop intelligence packages for use in financial and other investigations
• Support the development of relationships with external agencies, academia and industry to help maximise learning opportunities and advance operational capabilities
• Carry out project work commensurate with the work placement linked to your undergraduate studies

Sound interesting? For further information, and to support your application, please view the job description.

What you’ll bring

• Be studying on an Undergraduate degree programme in a relevant area of specialism (business studies, law, economics and finance, criminology) which supports a placement year, and be in the penultimate year of that degree
• Be willing to attain the Accreditation by the National Crime Agency (NCA) as a Financial Intelligence Officer
• Demonstrate by example the ability to work with a team, as well as individually, and be able to plan and manage your own workload to strict deadlines
• Can communicate complex information clearly and succinctly, both verbally and in writing, to meet the needs of the audience
• Ability to gather information from various data sources and proven skills in the use of Microsoft Office applications, in particular Word and Excel
• Demonstrate a flexible approach to the changing demands of the task at hand
• Knowledge of Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 legislation
• To have a knowledge of Police and Criminal Evidence Act and Police Conduct Regulations

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.

Interested to learn more? For further information about the role please contact careers@northumbria.police.uk

What we offer

• 26 days’ leave (increasing to 30 days for 5 years+ service) plus 8 bank holidays
• Free car parking onsite
• NHS Fleet Solutions Car Lease Scheme
• Enhanced maternity, shared parental and adoption leave
• Flexi time – allowing you to fit your working hours around your individual needs
• Flexible working (we are happy to discuss options such as compressed hours)
• Agile working – option to work from home, your team zone, and spaces across the force
• Fantastic market-leading public sector pension scheme with up to 16% employer contribution
• Corporate travel schemes – local rail, bus services and metro discounts
• Access to private healthcare and eye test vouchers
• Discounts on shopping and eating out thanks to the Blue Light Card and Blue Light Tickets
• We’ve invested in extensive paid sick leave, trained mental health first aiders on-site, an employee advice service for the times you need that additional support.
• Access to gyms in some stations
• Sports & Social Club – join our thriving sports scene at Team NP and enjoy further exclusive discounts on days out and travel

Our application form will help us understand how your work, education and life experience has prepared you for the role of a Financial Investigator 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.

Use of AI in Applications: Northumbria Police embraces 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 submissions that accurately reflect personal qualifications, experiences and skills. Our selection process includes thorough evaluations to verify authenticity and suitability of all applications. We value genuine and thoughtful responses that showcase your unique strengths and perspectives.

The recruitment process will consist of the initial application form followed by a face-to-face interview expected to take place January 2026. You can save your application and come back to it any time prior to the closing date on the advert.

If you have any queries regarding the application process, please contact the Talent Acquisition Team by email at careers@northumbria.police.uk

We are proud members of the Business Disability Forum, with whom we collaborate to improve the lives of disabled employees. We are also a Disability Confident Employer; therefore if you meet the minimum criteria for this role as stated in the advert, we will progress your application and offer you an interview.

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 plenty of notice so we can ensure your visit goes smoothly.

If your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a Management Vetting (MV)/ Security Clearance (SC) 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 and reference information.

Terms of appointment

This is a fixed term 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.