SYP - Digital Forensic Admin Assistant - July 2020

Role: Digital Forensic Administration Assistant – July 2020

Department: SCS

Location: Churchill Way, Sheffield

Salary: £18,951 -£20,619

Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

An exciting opportunity has arisen within one of our Scientific Crime Scene Departments that could be right for you.

As a Digital Forensic Administration Assistant, you will provide administrative support to the Digital Forensics Unit. You will be responsible for receiving and recording the movement of exhibits into and out of the unit.

To be considered, you must have experience of maintaining a high level of confidentiality and managing issues of a sensitive nature along with previous administrative experience.

Ideally, you will have some understanding of police systems and processes, including criminal investigations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Quality checking the submission paperwork from officers to ensure compliance with SYP policies and procedures as well as National Guidelines.
• Assisting Forensic examiners where required with administrative duties, printing, creating discs/USBs.
• Maintaining and managing a booking in procedure for the DFU viewing room.
• Responsible for exhibit handling, including receiving exhibits into the unit and preparing exhibits for dispatch.
• Ensuring the correct storage of exhibits and managing the internal DFU property stores.

Skills and experience:

• Previous administrative and computer experience
• Competent in the use of Microsoft Word and Excel, Email and the internet
• Complete relevant level of security vetting clearance

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
• Access to a range of occupational health facilities
• Generous pension scheme
• Employee assistance service ( accessible 24/7)

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 3 years / 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:

All tattoos and piercings must be in line with South Yorkshire Police’s Appearance and Standards policy. Tattoos visible on your face, neck, hands or head are not permitted. Any tattoos which could be deemed inappropriate or cause offence will also not be accepted. If you have tattoos, you will need to make a declaration at the time of application.

Closing Date:

14 August 2020 at 23:55

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

Contact point for applicants:

For further information about the role, please contact Sean Cheney on 0114 2963881. Please do not contact this number for an application form.

Further Information:

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Diversity & Inclusion:

South Yorkshire Police welcome applications from under-represented communities. For further information on diversity and inclusion within South Yorkshire Police, please visit the diversity and inclusion page:

https://www.southyorkshire.police.uk/sign-up/join-team-syp/diversity-in-the-force/

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