Senior Officer - Tamworth, United Kingdom - National Crime Agency

National Crime Agency
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Tamworth, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Salary:

- £36,742 - £44,912
  • Recruitment and

Retention Allowance:
This is currently set at £3,000 for this post. The RRA is an enhancement to the role and is reviewed annually.


Job grade:


  • Higher Executive Officer
  • NCA Grade 4 / Police Sergeant
    Contract type:
  • Permanent
  • Secondment
    Length of employment:
  • Secondment length 2 years
    Type of role:
  • Investigation
  • Operational Delivery
    Working pattern:
  • Flexible working, Fulltime
    Number of jobs available:
  • 1Contents
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  • TamworthAbout the job

Job summary:


The Identification Bureau conducts fingerprint comparison and searching activity in support of criminal justice outcomes and International fingerprint requirements on behalf of the UK.

The team additionally has responsibility of UK Gatekeeper for Prüm Fingerprint Exchange.


To meet increasing demand for our services a new vacancy for a G4 Senior Officer - Fingerprint Expert (Reporting Officer) has been created to play a crucial role in contributing to the established fingerprint capability, at our highest technical grade.


Learn more about the role


On Tuesday 28th February 2023 from 6pm we are holding a virtual MS teams event where you can hear from NCA officers working within the role.


Job description:


Person specification:

This role is a technical position to perform analysis, comparison and evaluation of friction ridge detail of complex casework. Search fingerprint data against national collections to determine identity, prepare expert evidence and present witness testimony.

Mentoring of trainees to develop their fingerprint skills is incumbent on all qualifed staff and is considered an equally important responsibility of all team members.


In addition to technical responsibilities the post holder will be expected to engage with and implement departmental procedures in line with forensic regulation and accreditation standards.

As a senior post they shall maintain portfolio responsibilities alongside casework duties, including attendance at internal and external meetings to represent NCA at fingerprint forums, Nationally and Internationally, as required.


Qualifications:


  • The following qualifications/skills are essential to the role and proof will be required at interview:
  • Advanced level Fingerprint Training to Expert Status
Please ensure the dates of any accreditations you are relying on, are entered on to the CV.

  • Should you progress to the assessment stage of the process, you will be required to provide a copy of the original certificate.
    Behaviours:We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
  • Making Effective Decisions
  • Managing a Quality Service

Technical skills:

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

  • Experienced in analysis, comparison and evaluation of friction ridge detail.
  • Experienced in processing serious or complex fingerprint casework.
  • Experience in communication and verbal reasoning of fingerprint findings and their implications, including those who may have little or no knowledge of fingerprint methodology.

Benefits:


Whatever your role, we take your career and development seriously, and want to enable you to build a really successful career with the Agency and wider Civil Service.


If you are an active police pension member immediately prior to joining the NCA, you can continue your membership throughout your employment with us as if you were a serving police officer.

If you do remain an active member and subsequently return to a police force, you should be able to continue your membership there too.

All officers in the NCA are members of the UK Civil Service.


You will be eligible for:

  • Civil Service pension scheme
  • 26 days annual leave rising to 31 on completion of 5 years continuous service
  • Training and development opportunities
  • Cycle2work scheme
We take the welfare of NCA officers very seriously. All staff have access to Occupational Health services and there are a number of staff representative groups. We also have a range of sporting and other activities on offer.

We can provide flexible working arrangements if the role in question is suitable. These include flexi-time, job sharing and compressed hours (working contracted hours over a shorter period).

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Selection process details:


  • This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.
  • Advanced Level Fingerprint Training to Expert Status
Sift results are expected to be released w/c 27th March 2023.

The above sift and interview dates are an indicative timeline.


Should you be successful at sift but cannot attend on the interview date(s) listed the recruitment team cannot guarantee an alternative date.

Please contact the recruitment team.

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