SYP - Polygraph Officer

Role: Polygraph Officer

Department: SCS

Location: Maltby

Term: Permanent

Band: D

Salary: £24,273 - £27,795

Hours per week: 37

See attachments for Summary of Main Duties & Person Specification

Polygraph is a growing area of policing which attracts recognition for its use in the identification and ongoing management of risk.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in what is a challenging and diverse role, with the potential to have a real impact. Initially engaged in the management of sex offenders, this role has potential to expand into supporting other areas of policing.

In addition to conducting polygraph examinations, you will provide expert advice to a range of internal and external stakeholders around polygraph capability, limitations, value and handling restrictions, to ensure that the use of polygraph is within legislation and National guidelines.

Full training will be provided in the deployment of polygraph examinations, it is essential that any candidate has experience of conducting interviews with offenders, has an understanding of the legislation governing the management of sex offenders and are experienced in managing risk.

For further information about this post, please contact Supt Melanie Palin on Tel No.07810852750. Please do not contact this number for an application form.

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.

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: Thursday, 9 August 2018 

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