Address
Form of work
SalaryNumber of Posts
8
Advertised
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL APPLICANTS
Branch/Division
Serious Crime Division, Public Protection Division and Force Intelligence
Location
Vestigo House
Grade
Grade E
Rank
Not applicable
Leadership Level
Peer Leader
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
18.125
Hours
Part time (including job share)
Advertised Salary
£27,789 pro rata
Advert
Are you passionate about safeguarding children and ensuring those who pose a risk to them face justice? Do you have the resilience and determination to confront the most distressing and challenging situations? If so, we have an opportunity for you to join our dedicated team as an Image Classification Assessor.
We are a leading law enforcement agency in the UK, committed to protecting and serving our communities, especially our most vulnerable members - our children. As an Image Classification Assessor, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the safety and well-being of children not only across our region but also in the UK and Internationally, and the apprehension of predators.
It’s an extremely challenging role, with over the shoulder support. You will work closely with specialist digital forensic practitioners and victim identification officers, who have a mutual commitment to law enforcement, to analyse child sexual abuse material in order to safeguard children and build cases against their abusers.
We utilise advanced cutting-edge technology within our Digital Forensic Investigation Unit, designed to assist with the location of child sexual abuse material and the identification of the young victims subjected to these horrific crimes. Further to the use of technology, the detection of such material requires the human expertise of extraordinary individuals who are committed to protecting children.
Experience in policing and/or child safeguarding would be beneficial but is not essential as training will be provided.
Application Process
You must upload your CV and at the end please include your responses to the below questions. (Please keep your answers limited to a maximum of 300 words per question). If you fail to answer these 3 questions your application will not be considered.
1. What is your motivation to do this role?
2. When have you had to manage your own feelings in a difficult situation? What mechanisms did you use to do this?
3. Tell me about a time when you have had to support an individual using empathy and compassion?
Job Summary
Following a full programme of induction and accredited training, successful applicants will follow specific guidance for the grading/categorisation of images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children. Image Classification Assessors will undertake the review and categorisation of potentially criminal media obtained throughout police investigations.
We will provide training to a national standard on the grading of images, and the use of relevant computer software. The classified images will then be used in the digital forensic examination to support the police investigations, along with external partners in the fight against the production and dissemination of child sexual abuse material.
Main Responsibilities
- The role will involve the viewing of disturbing and distressing material, including images showing the sexual abuse of children.
- Support digital forensic examinations by accurately and consistently categorising images and videos portraying child sexual abuse.
- Apply informational tags and generate hashes to categorised images to support police investigations and the safeguarding of victims.
- Identify opportunities in online child sexual abuse investigations to identify first-generation imagery of contact abuse.
- Utilise analytical software products, databases and approved artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist with Image Classification.
- Analyse digital forensic and intelligence reports including but not limited to media files, social media information, and Internet-based communication logs.
The job hours and part time nature is based on the national guidance and risk assessment in place locally to how much time the role can utilise to Review and grade imagery which is what the role entails so cannot be approved to a full-time position.
As the roles are all job share (18.125 hours per week) please be aware that the actual salary will be approximately £13, 894 per anum.
Closing Date
8 Apr 2024
Recruitment Team Contact
Louise Roberts
Other Information
To be eligible for appointment as a member of police staff, you must be a British citizen or a citizen of a country that is a member of the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland. Commonwealth citizens and foreign nationals are also eligible but only if they are resident in the UK free of restrictions.
After 30 June 2021, nationals of the EEA or Switzerland will also need to provide evidence that their stay is free from restrictions.
In the context of EEA nationals, we are content that pre-settled status counts as free from restrictions.
Apprentices; you must be in the second half of your apprenticeship to be eligible to apply for this role.
Please refer to the attached Job Description for further details regarding the skills required to do this role. The Job Description has been signposted to indicate at which stage of the process each criteria will be tested.
This is a designated post under the Force Vetting Strategy and the post will therefore attract an enhanced level of vetting.
Please note for applications which carry enhanced vetting you should have resided in the UK for the last 5 years.
Due to the Equality Act (2010) the sickness will not be checked until the conditional offer stage of the recruitment process and therefore candidates need to ensure that they have a good attendance record for the last 2 years for Staff and officers and for 12 months for apprentices.
The Equality Act 2010 makes it unlawful to discriminate against a disabled person in all areas of employment, including recruitment. The Police Service welcomes people with disabilities and will do its best to make reasonable adjustments to the working arrangements and/ or the working environment providing it is possible to do so.
If you have a disability and you require support with your application, please let us know so we can consider and support you with any reasonable adjustments you may require. If you need any support completing this application please contact gmprecruitment@gmp.police.uk and the recruitment team will be happy to assist .
Should you require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know during the selection process.
Please note that you will be required to provide an educational psychologist report in support of any adjustments.
Policing values are enshrined in the Code of Ethics (a copy of which can be found at https://www.college.police.uk/What-we-do/Ethics/Ethics-home/Documents/Code_of_Ethics.pdf
Every person serving with the police service needs to adhere to these standards of professional behaviour. As an applicant to Greater Manchester Police, we expect that you will hold views and attitudes in line with the Code; that if you are successful in your application you will uphold the Code of Ethics by displaying the behaviours that the Code sets out; and that you will report any conduct of others that falls short of those standards. Any failure or apparent failure to uphold the Code of Ethics will be taken seriously. It will be looked into and in cases involving serious and/or repeated failings, criminal and/or misconduct proceedings may follow. With that in mind, you are reminded that you must not share any information relating to the recruitment and assessment process. Sharing of such information could result in criminal and/or misconduct proceedings.
Greater Manchester Police have been informed of potential personal tax implications for members of the 1987 Police Pension Scheme, who retire and take a pension between the ages of 50 and 54 inclusive and then take up employment as a Police Staff member. Members of the police pension scheme whose age is between 50 and 54 who are re-employed as a Police Staff member have to meet certain conditions to keep their PPA and to protect against personal tax liability charges on any payments paid before the age of 55. One of those conditions is that a break of at least 1 month is required where the re-employment is ‘materially different’. However, if the role is not deemed to be ‘materially different’ then a 6 month break is required.
Please note, all of our communication will be sent to you via the e-mail address you provide on your application form, therefore please ensure noreply@gmp-recruitment.co.uk is in your mail safe senders / safe recipients list to prevent our e-mails going into your junk mail.
The portal to upload Tattoos should not be used to upload CV’s or Expressions of Interest, if you do this your application will not be included in the recruitment process.
As well as offering the chance of a rewarding career, there are other benefits to working for GMP.
Pay
Annual leave
Car Parking
Shift work and work-life balance
Pension scheme
GMP’s Sports and Social Club
Eligibility for Blue Light Card
Access to a Credit Union
Wellbeing support
Car lease scheme
Minimum Age for Applications
18
