Messaging Engineering Specialist

A Messaging Engineering Specialist is required for a 6 Month Fixed Term Contract role paying up to £46,737.81 (inclusive of London Allowance and SFIA Supplement) per annum with British Transport Police (BTP) based in Force Headquarters, Camden, London.

BTP is the national police force for the rail network throughout Great Britain, including London Underground, across which we ensure the safety and security of nearly 3 billion passenger journeys and over 100 million tons of freight every year. The world in which we work is fast-paced, operationally and commercially demanding, and constantly changing. As Messaging Engineering Specialist with BTP you will provide specialist mobile engineering knowledge and expertise to be lead technically on projects to upgrade BTP mobility platform (based on BES's UEM platform and Android). its functionality and to build and implement projects to support front-line officers, working with suppliers to integrate the secure mobile platform with BTP's backend command and despatch and crime recording systems and geo-spatial aspects thereof.

As Messaging Engineering Specialist you will be required to:

• Implement and integrate secure mobile services and solutions
• Improve BTP mobility platform functionality
• Build and implement projects to support front-line officers, working with suppliers to integrate the secure mobile platform with BTP's backend command and despatch and crime recording systems and geo-spatial aspects thereof.

Further information about this vacancy can be found in the attached job description.

The successful Messaging Engineering Specialist will be Educated to Degree Level ideally in a STEM subject or equivalent professional/ industry qualification or membership of a relevant professional body (eg MBCS, APM, CCN)

If you are interested in applying to this Messaging Engineering Specialist role then please do not delay as interviews will be held as soon as appropriate candidates are highlighted. In return for your experience, we can offer you:

• Salary up to £46,737.81 (inclusive of London Allowance and SFIA Supplement) per annum
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Final Salary Pension
• Other benefits include a bespoke BTP rewards platform and various salary sacrifice schemes such as cycle to work as well as many high street and online retail discounts

We want our organisation to be as diverse as the community it serves and welcome applicants from all sections of the community. In order to apply, you must have the permanent right to live and work in the UK and have been resident in the UK for the previous 3 years. You will be asked these and other questions to determine your eligibility to work for British Transport Police when you start your application and you must answer honestly.

Candidates internal to BTP must confirm that they are not subject to formal action plans for sickness/complaints/discipline or poor performance, that all mandatory training courses have been attended and are in ticket/up to date, that a ‘Competent’ rating, or above, was achieved on the last reporting year PDR and they have completed their tenure period (12 months) for current substantive posting.