QUALITY OFFICER FTC/SECONDMENT

Vacancy Type
Police Staff
Area Command / Department
Forensic Services
Location
Newcastle
Contract Type
Fixed Term
Hours
Full Time
Salary Range
£31,548 - £34,329
Closing Date
06/07/2025
Role:

THE ROLE

Here at Northumbria Police, we think our region is amazing! It takes a great deal of people from different backgrounds, with diverse skills and experience to serve our force area effectively, think you have what it takes to help us make a difference? This could be the perfect time for you to join us in our Forensic Services Department as a Quality Officer.
Join our dynamic Forensic Services department, where we provide a wide array of services to support investigations at crime and incident scenes, as well as within our Traditional and Digital Forensic Units. Our team is dedicated to delivering excellence in forensic science, ensuring that every detail is meticulously handled to uphold justice.
As a Quality Officer, you will play a pivotal role in maintaining our Quality Management Systems (QMS). Your efforts will ensure that our processes and technical standards comply with the Forensic Science Regulator’s Code of Practice and internationally recognised ISO standards (ISO17025 & ISO17020). Your work will be crucial in supporting forensic accreditation activities within Forensic Services and across our organisation.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Maintain quality management system frameworks to ensure compliance to the Forensic Science Regulator’s Code of Practice and International Organisation of Standardisation (ISO) forensic quality standards.
• With support from the Quality Manager, provide guidance and advice on all matters related to forensic quality and accreditation systems, in order to support the Force and ensure quality standards are maintained and mandatory timescales are met.
• Attend quality meetings identifying non-compliance issues and make recommendations in order to identify improvement opportunities and address areas of risk to departmental performance or integrity.
• Produce, control and carry out administration of quality management system policies and procedures in order to ensure compliance with forensic quality standards and other relevant regulatory codes of practice.
• Maintain the audit systems and schedules (internal and external); undertake a variety of audits in both quality standards and technical areas in order to embed best practice and identify risk areas for improvement.
  Sound interesting? For further information, and to support your application, please view the job description.

CANDIDATES WITH PRIORITY STATUS WILL BE GIVEN PRECEDENCE FOR THIS ROLE OVER OTHER APPLICANTS.

Our application form will help us understand how your work, education and life experience has prepared you for the role of a Quality Manager with #TeamNP. To help support your application research what makes us tick here at Northumbria, the role you’re ing for and the values and behaviours that contribute.
The recruitment process will consist of the initial application form followed by a face-to-face interview. Just so you know, you can save your application and come back to it any time prior to the closing date on the advert.
We are proud members of the Business Disability Forum, with whom we collaborate with to improve the lives of disabled employees. We are also a Disability Confident Employer, therefore if you demonstrate that you meet the minimum criteria for this role as stated in the advert, we will progress your application and offer you an interview.
If you tell us that you have a disability, we can make adjustments to support you through the recruitment process (for example we can arrange extra time for tests or provide a sign language interpreter) You can get in touch with us via careers@northumbria.police.uk for any support regarding the application process. Please provide us with plenty of notice so we can ensure your visit goes smoothly.
If your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a Recruitment Vetting (RV) form, therefore you must be a resident of the UK for a minimum period of 3 years to ensure vetting checks can be successfully performed. A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance, medical information and references.