COMPETENCIES  

Essential

• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team alongside Digital Forensic Examiners (this will include Police Officers, Police Staff and Team Leaders).
• Possess good communication skills (both verbal and written).
• Be enthusiastic, hardworking, flexible and have a desire to learn new skills in a unique technical area of business.
• Be conversant with all relevant Force ICT Systems essential to the role such as Intranet, Email, CONNECT, Phone System, MFD Printers, NCALT, Smartcard – List not exhaustive. (Training on other DF specific systems such as Socrates, VERSE, GTG Digital Investigations App and Prism will be provided to the successful candidate upon starting – knowledge of these systems is however desirable, but not essential).
• To have awareness and understanding of Digital Forensics good practice methodologies (ISO 17025, ACPO Principles).
• To understand that, and be able to work within, an environment where material of an obscene, offensive or distressing nature may be present at any given time.

Desirable

• An understanding of the different types of mobile phones, computers and other digital storage media available on the common market and how to identify or differentiate between them.
• An understanding of protracted Forensics extractions and examinations and what impact this timeliness has on different investigations.
• An understanding of various other solutions available to investigating officers for submissions that fail to meet the minimum threshold for examination (NTAC, SSK, DMI, CycComms).
• An understanding of a DPN (Digital Processing Notice), what they are used for, the criteria for their use, the importance of the information contained within them and how an examination may be affected by that content.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS

• Must be prepared to be at a small risk of exposure to material that may be offensive or distressing.
• Appointments to the post are subject to specific vetting and medical clearance.
• Confidentiality and trust are imperative to the role and must be upheld at all times.
• Post holder will be required to work core business hours that may be subject to change and may incorporate working weekends, bank holidays and from time to time, outside of core shift hours.
• Must be aged 18 or over.
• Role may be suitable for restricted members of staff.

Interview will take place week commencing 10th January  2022 

For further information contact Michaela Bradshaw via m.bradshaw@west-midlands.pnn.police.uk

WMP reserved the right to vary the duties and responsibilities of staff under condition prescribed in National Agreement. Thus, it must be appreciated that the aforementioned duties maybe altered as the future changing needs of the service may require. In addition, members of staff are liable to serve at any of the Authority’s places of employment as may be required.

West Midlands Police is a Disability Confident Leader - the highest level an organisation can achieve under the scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions.  As part of our commitment we operate a ‘Disability Confident Interview Scheme’ - all candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview.  

It is important to note that there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people who meet the essential criteria for the job. For example: in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. In these circumstances, the employer could select the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job, as they would do for non-disabled applicants.

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