SYP - Senior Engineer (Network/Telephony)

Role: Senior Engineer (Network / Telephony)

Department: Information Systems         

Location: Nunnery Square / Melton

Term: Fixed Term Contract 12 months

Band: E

Salary: £28,428 - £32,778

Hours per week: 37

See attachments for Summary of Main Duties & Person Specification

Working under the direction of the Technical Team Lead (Telephony) to install, maintain, upgrade and manage the SYP and HP force telephone systems, including VoIP and legacy platforms.

Fault-finding through the system to instrument level, platform management and maintenance, project rollout and design work plus responsibility for any junior staff and the management of their workloads.

Liaise with clients, external third party’s, service providers and suppliers plus others to provide a public service call handling and management system.  This includes emergency call services and internal call handling to staff and officers.

Specialist technical knowledge in Avaya, Unify and other systems is required for this post along with the ability to manage own workload and participate in projects.  Deputising for line manager occasionally required.

This post attracts a salary of £28,428 to £32,778, 32 days annual leave in addition to UK statutory Bank Holidays and flexi-time.  Some out of hours work required for which overtime and/or lieu is available.  On-call working available and ad-hoc, but not a requirement.

Ability to travel within the force areas is essential.

Must be willing and able to pass force vetting to SC level.

For more information regarding the role responsibilities, please see the Summary of Main Duties & for a breakdown of the essential criteria, please refer to the Person Specification.

FOR INTERNAL SECONDMENTS - To apply for this post as a secondment you must have the support of your Line Manager and Head of Department. This should be demonstrated on a GEN 2 that must be sent to Recruiting@southyorks.pnn.police.uk  Please ensure that in the subject of the email you will have the Job title and closing date of the role you are applying for. Without support your application will not be considered any further, therefore please ensure that your support is submitted by the closing date.

For further information about this post please, contact Paul Wordsworth on Tel No. 0114 219 7330.  Please do not contact this number for an application form.

Applicants must meet the minimum checkable history criteria, which must be taken into account for all individuals applying to work with South Yorkshire Police in any capacity.  A minimum checkable history period of 3 Years has been identified for this role and successfully undergoing recruitment vetting procedure is a pre-requisite of employment with South Yorkshire Police.

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Closing dates are not normally extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and an agreement is made with the HR Manager - Recruitment and the Line Manager for the role.

Closing date: Tuesday 27th March 2018

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