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CCTV Operator
| Posting date: | 07 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £26,106 to £26,403 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 July 2025 |
| Location: | Gateshead, Tyne & Wear |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Northumbria Police |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | JRN 16015 |
Summary
Salary: Band 4, £26,106 - £26,403 Plus shift premium
Location: Gateshead Police Station (Expected to be moving to Cobalt September 2026)
Hours: 37 hours per week
Shift work, including weekend and bank holidays please see attached shift pattern, which is subject to change.
Contract: 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 Communications Department as a CCTV Operator.
CCTV is crucial for community safety, helping to prevent, deter, and detect crime by recording evidence for court use, protecting both the public and officers. High-quality footage often leads to guilty pleas, highlighting the role's importance. CCTV Operators must stay vigilant against potential terrorist threats, coordinating with internal and external experts. They play a key role in ongoing situations, ensuring public and officer safety, and playing a key role in keeping our communities safe.
What you’ll do
Patrol cameras to ensure public safety and search for wanted or missing persons.
Monitor ANPR and respond to alerts, liaising with relevant parties.
Provide high-quality CCTV footage and prepare accurate statements for court cases.
Support large-scale events like football matches and demonstrations.
Perform administrative duties using MS Office and CCTV systems.
Use radios to coordinate during incidents and communicate clearly with all parties.
Sound interesting? For further information, and to support your application, please view the job description.
What you’ll bring
SIA CCTV Licence (Desirable)
Resilience and attention to detail to investigate and interrogate systems.
Ability to work in a pressurised environment.
Need to have good recall and ability to communicate what you see.
Must be able to work unsupervised and available and flexible to work shifts including weekends and bank holidays.
Professionally curious, initiative to investigate the less obvious.
Please note if you are successful at sift and invited to interview you will be asked to complete the Greenwich University Super Recogniser Course prior to attending the interview and to bring your result with you.
To complete this free online course you will need to register online https://www.superrecognisers.com/take-part. Please note this course takes only 5-10 minutes and is free to complete. Please take a screenshot/print out or photo of your score to show at interview. If you encounter any problems accessing this resource, please contact careers@northumbria.police.uk.
Just so you know
The recruitment process will consist of the initial application form followed by a face-to-face interview and an observation exercise. Please remember to bring a copy of your pre-completed Greenwich University Super-Recogniser Course score. Just so you know, you can save your application and come back to it any time prior to the closing date on the advert.
If your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a Recruitment Vetting (RV) form, therefore you must be a resident of the UK for a minimum period of 3 years to ensure vetting checks can be successfully performed. A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance, medical information, and references.
Location: Gateshead Police Station (Expected to be moving to Cobalt September 2026)
Hours: 37 hours per week
Shift work, including weekend and bank holidays please see attached shift pattern, which is subject to change.
Contract: 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 Communications Department as a CCTV Operator.
CCTV is crucial for community safety, helping to prevent, deter, and detect crime by recording evidence for court use, protecting both the public and officers. High-quality footage often leads to guilty pleas, highlighting the role's importance. CCTV Operators must stay vigilant against potential terrorist threats, coordinating with internal and external experts. They play a key role in ongoing situations, ensuring public and officer safety, and playing a key role in keeping our communities safe.
What you’ll do
Patrol cameras to ensure public safety and search for wanted or missing persons.
Monitor ANPR and respond to alerts, liaising with relevant parties.
Provide high-quality CCTV footage and prepare accurate statements for court cases.
Support large-scale events like football matches and demonstrations.
Perform administrative duties using MS Office and CCTV systems.
Use radios to coordinate during incidents and communicate clearly with all parties.
Sound interesting? For further information, and to support your application, please view the job description.
What you’ll bring
SIA CCTV Licence (Desirable)
Resilience and attention to detail to investigate and interrogate systems.
Ability to work in a pressurised environment.
Need to have good recall and ability to communicate what you see.
Must be able to work unsupervised and available and flexible to work shifts including weekends and bank holidays.
Professionally curious, initiative to investigate the less obvious.
Please note if you are successful at sift and invited to interview you will be asked to complete the Greenwich University Super Recogniser Course prior to attending the interview and to bring your result with you.
To complete this free online course you will need to register online https://www.superrecognisers.com/take-part. Please note this course takes only 5-10 minutes and is free to complete. Please take a screenshot/print out or photo of your score to show at interview. If you encounter any problems accessing this resource, please contact careers@northumbria.police.uk.
Just so you know
The recruitment process will consist of the initial application form followed by a face-to-face interview and an observation exercise. Please remember to bring a copy of your pre-completed Greenwich University Super-Recogniser Course score. Just so you know, you can save your application and come back to it any time prior to the closing date on the advert.
If your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a Recruitment Vetting (RV) form, therefore you must be a resident of the UK for a minimum period of 3 years to ensure vetting checks can be successfully performed. A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance, medical information, and references.
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