Digital Forensic Specialist - Harlow, United Kingdom - Kent Police and Essex Police

Kent Police and Essex Police

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Harlow, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Location of Role:
Harlow

Advert Closing Date: 26/06/2023

Salary Range:
£36,177.00 to £38, pro-rata for part-time vacancies)

Part/Full Time:
Full Time

Contract Type:
Permanent

Working Pattern:
Shift not 24/7

Weekend/Evening Working:
Yes

Kent & Essex Police have recently transformed their digital service to adapt and take advantage of the latest technology and infrastructure available.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for individual(s) to undertake the role of Digital Forensic Specialist within Kent & Essex Digital Services.

Currently we have vacancies within the Harlow Digital Hub.

The new Digital Services' structure has been designed to provide the best possible career progression and CPD framework to ensure you will have the tools and necessary experience to carry out first class digital forensic investigations.

Digital devices and information communication technology are present in almost every investigation the Police Service undertakes. These range from complex computer platforms to mobile phone handsets, games consoles, digital CCTV systems and satellite navigation.

As digital devices continue to evolve it will be critical that you are able to adapt and learn new emerging technologies to meet the requirements of the role.

The role involves the collection, extraction, interpretation and presentation of digital evidence in support of criminal investigations.

This encompasses many technical and non-technical disciplines such as forensic data recovery, analysis of digital evidence and composition of technical reports.

You will also be required to provide early advice to assist in the formation of digital strategies ensuring the Digital Forensic processes taken are justified, proportionate and necessary.

You will have an understanding of the quality standard ISO 17025 and how this affects the role.

You will be required to develop and maintain your competence under these requirements ensuring best practice is shared amongst colleagues.

It is expected that you will update your technical knowledge of specialised Digital Forensic procedures and advancements within the Digital Forensic field.

To balance these technical attributes, you will need to be a highly motivated team player with good interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.

You will have the ability to manage a high caseload and be able to utilise coaching methods to provide an environment that is both supportive and constructive to other members of the team.

In this role you will be dealing with highly sensitive and distressing information which requires you to have a high degree of emotional resilience.

You will also be required to work to tight deadlines and be able to multi-task, dealing with competing demand and court requests.

The Harlow Digital Specialist role is shift based, you will be working a 6-week pattern where you will be required to work 1 weekend in 6.

The shifts are detailed below:

AM shift:

PM shift:

Weekend shift:

This recruitment process consists of 2 stages which involves a technical test & a competency-based interview.

Please complete in full the Reason for Application providing experience of:
Technical ability, knowledge of computer and/or mobile phone, hardware, software and operating systems

An understanding of ISO 17025 and how it affects the role

Experience of writing technical statements for court

Interested applicants are encouraged to contact Chris Crute or Chris Elmore for further information regarding the role on / or /

All of our posts require a level of vetting and security clearance. During the recruitment process you will be sent vetting information forms to complete.

Where appropriate we will make adjustments to the selection process, working arrangements and/or the working environment provided it is reasonable in all the circumstances to do so.

This post is open to British Citizens, members of the EC or other states in the European Economic Area.

If you are a Commonwealth citizen or a foreign national, you must be a resident in the UK free of restrictions and with indefinite leave to remain in the UK.

All applicants must have lived in the UK continuously for the past three years.

Essex Police and Kent Police are an equal opportunities employer. Communications may be recorded for monitoring purposes.

Essex Police is a Disability Condifent Leader, we:
are taking an active leadership role in encouraging and helping other employers on their journey to becoming Disability Confident.

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