SYP - Investigation Officer (Entry Level) - March 2023

Role:                   Investigation Officer (Entry Level)

Department:     Crime Services & Districts (Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and Sheffield)

Location:            Various locations throughout the South Yorkshire Police Force Area

Salary:                Band C (£24,552 - £26,958), progressing to Band D (£27,690 - £31,434) after completion of PIP2 qualification.

Hours:                 37 hours per week – This will be on a shift pattern and cover weekends and late        

                             shifts. Full shift patterns will be confirmed at the time of appointment.

Contract Type: Permanent

We have exciting opportunities for Investigation Officers within South Yorkshire Police. 

As a key member of our investigation team, you will be involved in supporting investigations into criminality across various investigative portfolios within force departments and local policing districts.  This includes the areas of Vulnerability, Major Crime and District CID.   

This is an excellent opportunity to develop into a fully accredited Investigator through a force-wide programme.  You will be provided with 13 week’s training at our dedicated Training centre and then following this you will commence your role within South Yorkshire Police and continue your career pathway towards achieving competence in PIP (Professionalising Investigations Programme) Level 1.

Subject to a suitability assessment and subsequent attainment of the national investigators exam, candidates will progress towards Professionalising Investigations Programme (PIP) Level 2 accreditation and would be eligible to progress to the next band (Band D) £26,565 - £30,420 with involvement in PIP 2 serious and complex investigations.

Role Purpose:

Investigation Officers work in a number of areas across the force to conduct/manage investigations and submit case files to enable prosecutions. They also provide support and ongoing victim care throughout the investigative process. 

Investigation Officers work across a diverse area of the force including Vulnerability, Major Crime, Specialist Crime Operations, and district policing teams.  Therefore, adaptability in respect of nature of work and work environment is essential.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage routine investigations into criminality.
• Interview and obtain statements from complainants, witnesses and ‘routine investigation’ suspects.
• Conduct investigations at the scene, make house-to-house enquiries.
• Gather and present evidence as part of investigations including cyber digital investigation.
• Search premises.

Skills and experience:

Essential Criteria:

• Must be over 18.
• Must hold a full manual driving licence.
• Must be able to physically undertake personal safety training.
• Good communication skills with the ability to listen, empathise, provide support, and adapt language, form, and message to meet the needs of different people/audiences.
• Able to break down a complex problem into component parts and determine appropriate action.
• Able to produce clear and concise reports and other documents within best practice procedures.
• Able to work effectively in a team to achieve shared objectives, demonstrating awareness of individual differences and providing support and advice as required.
• Able to undertake training to achieve Professionalising Investigation Programme (PIP) level 1.
• Able to utilise IT packages, systems and/or databases.

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience of complex information gathering and problem solving.
• Knowledge and understanding of College of Police guidance for Investigations
• Able to appropriately prioritise and plan own work.
• Able to proactively develop effective working relationship with colleagues and other stakeholders.
• A detailed understanding of the criminal justice system.

You will need to evidence how you meet these criteria as part of the application form. Please ensure you make reference to each in turn and add evidence/comments to support this.

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 agile working
• Generous ‘family’ leave
• Voluntary CPD Events for all staff to allow continuous development
• Mentoring & Coaching Scheme
• Paid Professional Subscriptions when relevant to role
• 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:

The Force is currently reviewing the Appearance and Standards Policy, with particular focus to Tattoos.  All visible tattoos will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis, pending consultation of the Policy review.  Until such time, please do not be discouraged from applying to the Force as any visible tattoos will be discussed on a case-by-case basis.  Any tattoo which could be deemed inappropriate, or cause offence will not be accepted.  If you have tattoos, you will need to make a declaration at the time of application.

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 Field role.

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.

Closing Date:

Sunday 26th March 2023 at 23:55.

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:

If you have any questions about this role, please contact the Talent Acquisition Team on Recruiting@southyorks.pnn.police.uk

Important information on the Recruitment Process:

Applications forms will be shortlisted after the closing date, all successfully shortlisted candidates, will be invited to complete a proof-reading exercise between the 3rd and 5th April 2023.

All candidates who pass this stage will be invited to an interview for the role. Interview dates are scheduled to take place between 24th April & 5th May 2023.

If you are successful at the interview stage you will then progress through the pre-employment checks including vetting, references etc. The training course start date is scheduled to commence on 11th September 2023 until 8th December 2023.

Diversity & Inclusion:

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

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.

Apply for the role:

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