SYP - Digital Forensics Submission Manager

Role: Digital Forensic Submission Manager

Department: Crime Services

Location: Churchill Way, Sheffield

Salary: £34,968 - £40,005

Hours: 37hrs per week (with some weekend working)

Contract Type: Permanent

Role Purpose:

This role relates to the supervision of officers and staff, within the Digital Forensics Unit and the development and delivery of digital investigations across the Force. This includes management of the DFU submissions team, providing advice and guidance to officers and risk assessment of cases coming into DFU.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supervise, advise, and guide a team of Police Staff / Officers to ensure that digital investigations are carried out thoroughly, expeditiously, and ethically in accordance with relevant legal requirements and investigation and partnership policies.
• Advise Senior Investigating Officers on the most effective techniques to harness digital evidence and intelligence. Develop digital forensic strategies to support investigations into serious crime in conjunction with other specialist departments, i.e SPOC, RF.
• Review case submissions of digital forensic cases through priority basis and risk assessment
• Encourage and promote the development and delivery of the DFU to embed improvements and contribute to the organisational development of the Force, effectively and efficiently.
• Identify opportunities through emerging or existing technologies developing processes to ensure they become investigative techniques, supporting South Yorkshire Police to meets its objectives.
• Supervise and support all levels of investigations to maximise digital opportunities and provide tactical advice to investigators. Ensure efficiency and consistency and effective use of resources.
• Assess threat, harm, and risk in order to develop and implement investigation plans and strategies.
• Encourage, foster, and maintain a safe, inclusive, and effective learning environment to enable digital investigative improvements in line with our organisational values of fairness, integrity, and trust.
• Collaborate with internal colleagues and external partners/agencies to improve standards, and to share innovation and best practice.
• Maintain a commitment to continuous professional development (CPD) within the DFU to ensure knowledge, skills and behaviours are maintained and enhanced amongst staff and officers.
• Keep up to date with legislation, policy, and procedure, and liaise with colleagues in other Law Enforcement Agencies in order to share and learn from best practice. Ensure effective knowledge sharing across the department and Force to aid continuous improvement.
• Manage and coordinate new and existing digital forensic methods that are subsequently brought under the accreditation of the digital forensic umbrella.
• Promote the use of DFU as a significant source of intelligence and investigation, ensuring that operational officers and staff understand and are aware of the benefits, by:
• Utilising the intranet to share news, updates, and practical guidance.
• Supporting Crime Training to deliver DMI training.
• Delivering bespoke presentations, briefings and training as required.

Perform any other duties commensurate with the grade of the post and where necessary, given the rapid changes in technology and practices.

Skills and experience:

For further information relating to the role and tasks of this position, please refer to the attached role profile.

Benefits:

We offer generous entitlements and supportive policies to enable a better work-life balance, some of which are listed below:

• Generous annual leave allowance
• Flexible and hybrid working
• Generous ‘family’ leave
• Voluntary CPD Events for all staff to allow continuous development.
• Mentoring & Coaching Scheme
• Access to a range of occupational health facilities
• Generous pension scheme
• Employee assistance service (accessible 24/7)
• Additional benefits for Westfield Health members
• Cycle to work scheme
• Sports and Social Club

Eligibility:

Applicants must meet the minimum requirement checkable history criteria, which must be taken into account for individuals applying to work with South Yorkshire Police in any capacity.  A minimum checkable history of 5 years is required for this role and successfully undergoing recruitment vetting procedure is a pre-requisite of employment with South Yorkshire Police.

Appearance & Standards:

SYP is committed to striking a proportionate balance between self-expression and the need to maintain role sensitive professional standards in dress and appearance. Officers, staff, and volunteers of South Yorkshire Police are permitted to have tattoos visible whilst on duty provided the tattoo is not considered to be unacceptable or otherwise inappropriate. Tattoos will be reviewed as part of the recruitment and selection process.  

South Yorkshire Police’s Key Values:

Please find attached information sheet on South Yorkshire Police’s Key Values. The force has a particular focus on three areas, Fairness, Integrity and Trust. Under each of these three headings there are key behaviours we expect all employees to adhere to.

Smarter ways of Working:

South Yorkshire Police is committed to developing working practices which assist staff to balance their personal and professional lives, whilst meeting the needs of the organisation. This in turn enables SYP to provide an outstanding service to the community.

There are 3 different categories as part of this which are: Fixed, Field and Hybrid.

This role has been evaluated as a Fixed role.

Fixed: This is a traditional arrangement, applicable when the work is mostly required to be undertaken at a fixed single place of work (on police premises) for most of the time.  The work can only or is more effectively delivered from a police premises or other agreed organisational/partner premises.

Field: This applies to roles that do have a base, however, due to the nature of their duties is required to travel to other locations. Due to the nature of these roles, they cannot accommodate flexible working from home on a permanent basis.

Hybrid: Applicable when the work can be undertaken at any location, whether that be a SYP building or from home.

Closing Date: Sunday 14th July 2024

Closing dates are not normally extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and agreement is made between the Talent Acquisition Manager and the Line Manager for the role.

Contact point for applicants:

For further information about the role, please contact Detective Inspector Mike Shaw on 0114 2921723.  Please do not contact this number for an application form.

Diversity & Inclusion:

Expressions of interest are particularly welcome from female and ethnic minority candidates.

It’s really important to us that the department represents the community we serve, in order for us to provide the best service, utilising a range of backgrounds, experience and skills.  We support and value all officers and staff and the unique experiences they bring to the role.  We strongly encourage and welcome expressions of interest from these valuable underrepresented groups.

If you are from an underrepresented group and want to find out more about the support we can offer, please contact our dedicated team on positiveaction@southyorks.pnn.police.uk

In addition, we will look to support anyone who requires Part Time/Job share working hours.

Note to candidates:

Please note that, should you be successful at the interview stage, the relevant internal or external pre-employment checks are required.  These include vetting clearance or review, prior to being appointed to the new role and start date being agreed.

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