Deputy Director Criminal Enforcement

Salary: £70,001 - £78,800 dependent on whether remote, Manchester or London office location. Associated terms and conditions include a 28.97% pension contribution.

Location: Remote or office based (Manchester or London). If office based, two days per week must be spent in the Manchester or Canary Wharf, London offices.

The SIA exists to protect the public through effective regulation of the private security industry. We are a high performing regulator, working collaboratively with industry, enforcement agencies, Government, and the devolved administrations to raise standards across the security industry sector. We have an important role, contributing to public protection through the effective regulation of certain private security activities across the UK, licensing over 450,000 security personnel and raising standards of private security.

As Deputy Director Criminal Enforcement, you will be responsible for the strategic leadership of the SIA’s national criminal enforcement function, providing strategic oversight of our UK wide enforcement approach, and providing leadership to teams responsible for undertaking criminal and financial investigations into activity which poses the greatest risk to the regulatory regime. This includes progressing cases through investigation to prosecution, overseeing an effective financial investigation and asset recovery regime, and delivering proportionate but impactive non-criminal justice interventions designed to detect and disrupt harmful activity.

This role is critical to the SIA’s mission to protect the public through effective regulation by ensuring there is accountability for those who engage in serious non-compliance or wider criminal offending, and that through the deterrent effect of this activity, the SIA’s expectations of high compliance and standards within the industry are reinforced. Performing a visible and collaborative role, you will work closely with the SIA’s Legal Services team, the police and other law enforcement partners to secure outcomes which ensure the UK’s private security industry is a hostile place for those who seek to cause harm.

With a track record of senior leadership and performance success in organisations with national reach (government, private or public sectors), you will bring experience of leading criminal investigations and wider interventions, with a proven record of successful prosecutions and impact through the use of non-criminal justice outcomes. Able to provide outstanding developmental leadership to multidisciplinary teams delivering high-risk and high-profile casework, you will be able to draw on good working knowledge of application of the legislation applicable to investigation activity (including CPIA, PACE and POCA). Over and above your functional experience, you will be a strategic thinker and collaborative team player, with inclusive, developmental leadership credentials and the confidence to advise and make complex, high-profile decisions when required.

This is both an exceptional career opportunity and an exciting time to be part of the SIA, particularly as we prepare to become the independent regulator for Martyn’s Law. If you have the necessary skills, expertise, and experience, share our passion for making a real difference to public safety, and will embrace our values and culture, we look forward to hearing from you.

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For an informal discussion about the role, contact our recruitment partners, GatenbySanderson: Russell Brandon: russell.brandon@gatenbysanderson.com

Closing date: Monday 16 February, 12 noon