Forensic Administrations Officer

The East Midlands Special Operations Unit (EMSOU) is looking to appoint a Forensic Administration Officer on a two-year fixed-term basis, based at the Arrow Centre in Nottingham to provide specialised solutions and capabilities to the East Midlands Special Operations Unit which investigates serious and organised crime within the five forces in the East Midlands region.  (Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire).

What you’ll be doing

•  Providing administrative support across all areas of the EMSOU-FS units including: Forensic Case Management, Exhibit Handling, Regional Fingerprint Bureau, Imaging, FAS Laboratory, Drug Laboratory and Quality and Performance including but not exclusive to data entry, exhibit handling / tracking, conference room bookings and associated clerical duties as required.
•  To deal efficiently with telephone and written enquiries as well as e-mails, assisting officers to 
  interrogate the case management system, identifying any of their training needs. Giving guidance 
  with the Forensic results. Redirecting calls to relevant person/department.

The must haves

• GCSE English at Grade C (now Level 4) or above, or equivalent qualification or experience of producing written reports and correspondence at that level or above.
• GCSE Maths at Grade C (now Level 4) or above, or equivalent qualification or experience of producing statistical data.
• Able to demonstrate attention to detail and able to plan and organise time, prioritising work effectively.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skill having the ability to deliver information to a wide variety of audiences utilising a variety of formats.

What’s in it for you?

At Derbyshire Constabulary, we aim to create an environment that puts people first. We want you to feel supported in everything you do, so you can give your very best. What’s more, we have a range of reward and benefits that if you join us you could enjoy.

Salary: - £22,671 - £27,351

As part of the role, there is an out of hours on call element and as such the expectation is that you will live within a reasonable travelling distance of your base station.

For part time hours the salary will be calculated on a pro-rata basis, this is based on the number of hours for the vacancy.

What’s next.

If you feel like this is a place where you can belong, we'd love to learn more about you. 

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Who we are.

Working at Derbyshire Constabulary doesn't have to mean patrolling the streets. Just as important as our uniformed officers is our strong team of professional and support staff working behind the scenes. It’s these skilled people, people like you who contribute to the policing of Derbyshire.

To understand how you can make Derbyshire safer together visit our careers website.

We value diversity and inclusion and encourage applications from underrepresented and neurodiverse backgrounds, so that we can truly reflect the communities that we serve in.

We welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds and encourage anyone who has considered a career in policing to apply. We are particularly keen to increase the number of females and candidates from black and minority ethnic communities and candidates from the LGBT community, so that we can truly reflect the communities that we serve in.

EMSOU’s commitment to inclusion, diversity, and equality

At EMSOU we celebrate difference, encourage diversity of thought, and continually review our processes to maintain fairness, equality, and transparency.  We aim to attract and retain the most talented people and we actively encourage applications from under-represented groups.

Encouraging a healthy work-life balance and flexibility is central to our success and wherever possible we will consider job-share, part-time, agile working, and flexible working arrangements.

We want to create an environment where everyone can achieve their full potential, and this applies equally during our recruitment process.  EMSOU are Disability Confident Committed and are proud to be part of the movement of change encouraging organisations to think differently about disability and neurodiversity in the workplace.