Forensic Support Officer

It is our mission to identify and protect vulnerable people, prevent and respond to harm and keep people safe.

In this role you will be providing proffesional support to the Forensic Recovery Unit and the Forensic Digital Media Unit teams.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• General maintenance and organisation of paper and electronic records, including reviewing submission requests received by email, allocating and monitoring data retention periods.
• Logging statistical information by inputting data into spreadsheets and updating the required systems eg Socrates, Microsoft Excel.
• Carrying out completion tasks such as sending results to customers (Forensic Hub and officers/staff across Surrey and Sussex), the physical movement of exhibits and updating case records accordingly.
• Maintaining a 'Cleaning and Maintenance' schedule of equipment and conducting routine safety checks of laboratory equipment, cabinets etc.
• Creating and updating laboratory equipment records, including logging equipment defects.
• Providing quality assurance in the form of initial and second checks of paper and electronic records.
• Carrying out monthly stock maintenance checks and dip checks of equipment.
• To undertake other duties appropriate to the grade and character of work as may be reasonably required, including specific duties of a similar or lesser graded post., * 36 hours per week, comprising of weekday shifts covering 0730-1530 Monday - Friday (not including public holidays). We are open to discuss part-time working for this role.
• The post holder will be required to wear a Police Staff uniform and comply with the dress code as appropriate to the Force employer.
• Requirement to travel to other locations including police premises and training courses.
• Due to the specialist operational nature of this role, post holders must provide finger/palm prints for elimination purposes.
• It is essential that following internal training/mentoring, post holders will be able to fulfil the key accountabilities, work independently and provide a portfolio of evidence demonstrating full competence in all aspects of the role.
• The role may require some manual handling. The post holder must have the ability to undertake relatively physically demanding work under a variety of circumstances and situations.

Qualifications required:

• GCSEs A-C/ 4-9 or equivalent, including maths and English; or have substantial recent evidence of competent performance in a directly relevant equivalent role

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• Must have previous experience in an administrative role including filing and organising records.
• Must be competent in the use of IT systems, particularly Microsoft Office (including Excel, Word, Outlook and Teams).
• Able to evidence excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently without supervision as well as the ability to work well in a team.
• Work in a meticulous and concise manner with patience and excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently without supervision as well as the ability to work well in a team.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Excellent skills in planning, coordination of activities, reporting and proven experience of working methodically with minimal supervision.
• Ability to problem solve with minimum supervision.

The starting salary for this role will usually be at the bottom of the salary range and will be pro-rata if the working hours are less than full time.

Chief Constables' Message

We really welcome your interest in joining our Police Force. It is a privilege to lead the teams in Surrey Police and Sussex Police who continuously work selflessly and tirelessly in order to keep people in our counties safe.

We are looking for talented and inspirational people who put the needs of the public at the heart of everything that they do and who want to make a difference. If you feel you are that person then we want to hear from you.

We wish you all the very best with your application.

Chief Constable Tim De Meyer & Chief Constable Jo Shiner, We take pride in looking after our people and offer a variety of benefits;

• career progression
• contributory pension scheme (LGPS)
• generous annual leave allowance
• discounts for everyday spend
• on-site gyms and a range of sports clubs
• generous and supportive parental leave
• financial and mental wellbeing guidance and support
• discounted contributory healthcare scheme, Following submission of your application you will receive a confirmation email with a copy of your application attached. Occasionally emails from this address can fall into spam/junk folders so please ensure this is checked regularly. You may wish to consider adding noreply@policejobssurreyandsussex.as.recruitmail.com to your address/contact list to ensure you receive all communications.

This post is being advertised in parallel with Force redeployment processes. Any redeployees who are identified will be given preference. This may result in the post being withdrawn at any point during the recruitment process.

Please note that not all jobs are available for internal candidates across both Forces, the current agreed recruitment principles are;

• vacancies in collaborated units are available to all officers and staff across both Forces
• vacancies in non-collaborated units are only available to officers and staff within the Force with the vacancy unless it is advertised externally
• if the vacancy is advertised externally and an officer or member of staff from the other Force is successful it will result in a transfer of employment