Senior Digital Forensic Investigator

at  Northumbria Police

SENIOR DIGITAL FORENSIC INVESTIGATOR

Vacancy Type
Police Staff
Area Command / Department
Forensic Services
Location
Newcastle
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Salary Range
£39,267 - £45,546
Closing Date
21/07/2024
Role:
Job title: Senior Digital Forensic Investigator JRN20627

JUST SO YOU KNOW

Our application form will help us understand how your work, education and life experience has prepared you for the role of a Senior Digital Forensic Unit Investigator 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.

Manage, motivate, and develop your team, ensuring they have the right knowledge, skills, and standards to deliver exceptional results.

• Act as primary point of contact for issues and concerns that arise within the unit.
• Provide specialist technical and professional advice and guidance to colleagues, other departments, and partners.
• Review digital forensic submissions, authorising or rejecting submissions, allocating work, and managing ongoing examinations.
• Resolve any issues relating to investigations, including liaison with Officers in Charge / Senior Investigating Officers and management of Crown Prosecuting Service actions and Judicial Orders.
• Attend strategy meetings to determine investigative requirements, providing advice and support to guide investigations.
• Cascade knowledge to officers during awareness/CPD events to increase forensic knowledge throughout the organisation.
• Actively participate and coordinate the continuous development of relevant systems and projects.
• Use, develop and maintain key service delivery systems, databases and infrastructure critical to digital forensic investigations using forensically safe techniques and in accordance with national guidelines and ISO accreditation standards.
• Review and categorise indecent images for inclusion in the National Child Abuse Image Database to support victim identification and investigations.
• Present fact and procedural based evidence at Court and attend Case Conferences with the CPS.
• Attend crime scenes, search premises, secure evidence from digital equipment, providing technical expertise and guidance

THE ROLE

Our Digital Forensic Unit is responsible for extracting and analysing data from more than 2,000 electronic devices each year, securing evidence for some of the North East’s most high-profile court cases. Not an easy feat, so we’re looking to grow our team to help us on our journey to become an Outstanding Police Force.
This is a fantastic time to join us as a Senior Digital Forensic Investigator. You’ll direct and support your team of 8 staff, ensuring all types of crime are investigated thoroughly and provide them with technical expertise and assistance. This is an extremely rewarding role where you’ll play an important part in keeping people safe whilst adhering to quality standards, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice and Conduct.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Manage, motivate, and develop your team, ensuring they have the right knowledge, skills, and standards to deliver exceptional results.

• Act as primary point of contact for issues and concerns that arise within the unit.

• Provide specialist technical and professional advice and guidance to colleagues, other departments, and partners.
• Review digital forensic submissions, authorising or rejecting submissions, allocating work, and managing ongoing examinations.
• Resolve any issues relating to investigations, including liaison with Officers in Charge / Senior Investigating Officers and management of Crown Prosecuting Service actions and Judicial Orders.
• Attend strategy meetings to determine investigative requirements, providing advice and support to guide investigations.
• Cascade knowledge to officers during awareness/CPD events to increase forensic knowledge throughout the organisation.
• Actively participate and coordinate the continuous development of relevant systems and projects.
• Use, develop and maintain key service delivery systems, databases and infrastructure critical to digital forensic investigations using forensically safe techniques and in accordance with national guidelines and ISO accreditation standards.
• Review and categorise indecent images for inclusion in the National Child Abuse Image Database to support victim identification and investigations.
• Present fact and procedural based evidence at Court and attend Case Conferences with the CPS.
• Attend crime scenes, search premises, secure evidence from digital equipment, providing technical expertise and guidance.

OUR VISION AND VALUES ARE DRIVEN BY OUR PURPOSE TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE AND FIGHT CRIME. WE’D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT YOUR VALUES, AND HOW YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE ALIGN WITH THE ROLE SO IN ORDER TO ENSURE WE GET THE BEST OUT OF YOUR APPLICATION WE WOULD RECOMMEND AVOIDING THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SUCH AS CHAT GPT.

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 Leader, 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 Management Vetting (MV) form, therefore you must be a resident of the UK for a minimum period of 5 years to ensure vetting checks can be successfully performed. A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance, medical information, and references.

It is essential that you have previous working experience in a digital forensic investigation role.

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent level academic qualification in a relevant discipline (e.g. computer science, digital forensic investigation, policing/investigation) or significant experience in a related field.
• You must have current and extensive knowledge of digital forensic tools and techniques for all digital devices.
• The ability to plan and prioritise effectively as well as the organisation skills to allocate tasks to others.
• Strong accuracy and attention to detail when recording and relaying information.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically when gathering information.
• The ability to work well within a team