Trainee Fingerprint Examiner - Lambeth, United Kingdom - Metropolitan Police

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Job Title:
Trainee Fingerprint Examiner**
Salary: The starting salary is £34,147, which includes allowances totalling £2,841.

The salary is broken down as £31,306 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £35,598 Plus, a location allowance of £1,841 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.

Location:
Lambeth**
Play a vital part in bringing offenders to justice.

Policing a city with nearly nine million residents presents its own unique challenges. The Met's Forensic Services unit helps keep London safer by providing an invaluable response to the capital's complex policing challenges. The first UK Fingerprint Bureau was founded at Scotland Yard in 1901 and today receives over 163,000 cases a year. Join us as a Trainee Fingerprint Examiner and take your place in history, using your skills and experience to help solve even the most complex crimes.


In this role, you'll be working in the UK's largest police force, delivering an efficient, accurate and effective technical fingerprint examination service.

Working as part of a team, you'll conduct analysis, comparison and evaluation of finger, palm, and plantar prints in connection with all levels of crime, including homicide, rape, and Counter Terrorism.

Your insight will bring offenders to justice and support the wider judicial system.


To provide a professional, efficient, and effective fingerprint examination provision to the Metropolitan Police Service and external agencies with the appropriate vetting level.


Key Responsibilities

  • The Trainee Fingerprint Examiner will assist in the delivery of the fingerprint service to the investigation team. They will deliver the agreed fingerprint strategies as directed by the Fingerprint Team Leader and/or the Senior Reporting Fingerprint Examiner and follow service level agreements and relevant procedures.
  • Perform the initial analysis, comparison and evaluation of fingermark, palm and plantar. Use training and experience to analyse, compare and evaluate crime scene marks. Use professional judgment to determine the quality of marks and the most effective method of processing case material to support an investigation.
  • The Trainee Fingerprint Examiner will be required to justify their findings either orally or in writing and they will be held accountable for their technical decisions.
  • Provide accurate and detailed notes describing observations and interpretations of finger mark analysis. Provide a rationale for personal opinions proffered.

Additional Information

  • We are collaborative
  • Detail a time where you have worked with others to achieve a task or goal. (Max 500 words)
  • We support, deliver, and inspire
  • Give an example of where you have motivated, encouraged or inspired others to achieve a goal or overcome an obstacle. How did you do this and what did you have to consider? (Max 500 words)


The successful applicant will work office hours between the hours of 08:00 - 20:00 Mon - Sun, however, Forensic Services provides 24/7 operational support.


After successful completion of the training programme (2 years), the Trainee Fingerprint Examiner will be required to work a 24/7 rotational shift pattern attracting 20% for periods of approximately 4 months at a time and office hours when not on shift between the hours of Mon - Sun.


How to apply

  • Must have a good standard of written and verbal communication for correspondence and reports
  • Good team working skills
  • IT literate in WORD and EXCEL
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines
  • Must provide a DNA sample and fingerprints for inclusion on the Staff Elimination databases
  • The role holder will agree to abide by the Forensic Regulator's Code of Practice and Conduct
  • May be required to have the appropriate inoculations to undertake this role
  • May obtain, on a voluntary basis, friction ridge detail from cadavers.
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