Forensic Administrator

Working as a Forensic Administrator for Thames Valley Police, you will be working from their Police Headquarters in Kidlington.

Monday to Friday 37 hours a week and this role will be office based.

This is a 6 month assignment initially.

The overall purpose of the role is to: Provide administrative support within the Forensic Investigation Unit (FIU) ensuring the integrity and continuity of forensic/biometric evidence and presenting a professional interface between FIU and its customers in support of the organisational requirement to bring offenders to justice

KEY ACCOUNTABILITY AREAS:

- Input case specific/biometric data onto TVP and National databases/IT systems to ensure accurate data management whilst ensuring compliance with legislation and agreed working practises.
- Carry out quality assurance checks of biometric data, submissions or exhibits (including associated submission documentation), ensuring requests are proportionate and within FIU submissions policies. Refer queries and deficiencies back to the submitting officer or line manager as appropriate.
- Handling and recording forensic exhibits, re-distributing these where necessary to internal and external departments, ensuring exhibit continuity and integrity are maintained. Ensure all samples are kept in accordance with current legislation (e.g. PACE, CPIA, PoFA).
- Provide admin support to the unit which may include filing, maintenance of equipment, ordering of stock, checking delivery notes/invoices from external suppliers and dealing with post.
- Call handling to include dealing with enquiries from investigating officers as to the progression of individual cases. This may include the compilation and distribution of case results to investigators to inform them of the forensic outcome.
- Deal with enquiries of a technical nature relating to specific forensic disciplines to ensure our customers receive accurate and timely information. Where appropriate pass on work requests to the relevant forensic discipline for specialist advice or further forensic examination.
- Monitor TVP Policies and action findings with reference to destruction and disposal of exhibits. Accurately archiving files and exhibits under existing legislation (MOPI/CPIA) for later retrieval or disposal.
- Attendance at meetings and occasional minute taking, managing visitors to the Unit.

Each post holder should show the ability to be flexible and to enhance their knowledge of their own unit and show an interest in learning new skills in other disciplines within FIU. They should also be prepared to move around the force to assist with resilience issues within the FIU.

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ROLE
- Proven computer skills with ability to interrogate and accurately input data from handwritten, typed or dictated sources.
- Good standard of education to GCSE standard or equivalent with proven skills in numeracy and literacy both oral and written. Have the ability to communicate technical information to non technical audience, and deal with customers in a professional manner.
- Proven ability to work as part of a team and have excellent interpersonal skills.
- Recent experience of an administrative role and working to deadlines.
- Be able to recognise sensitive and confidential documents and materials and deal with them in an appropriate manner. This may also include handling images/items of an unpleasant nature.
- Have excellent communication skills to deal with customers in a professional manner.
- Recent experience of working without supervision and managing workloads.
- Working knowledge of MS Microsoft packages Word/Excel and an aptitude and desire to learn and use new packages as technology develops.
- Ability to be mobile and travel around the force area in order to support departmental resilience.

Additional comments:
Post holders will be required to provide fingerprints and DNA for elimination purposes in order to perform the position offered. DNA will be profiled and held on the Contamination Elimination Database (CED) and will be removed 12 months after termination of service. Fingerprints will be held on the Fingerprint Police Elimination Database PEDb and are removed at the termination of service.

After training, the post holder should have the ability to resolve problems with records/demographic data contained on national biometric systems (National Fingerprint and DNA Databases) and ensuring that PNC data is accurate.

If working within the biometrics team you may be required to undertake specific fingerprint training in order to verify persons' identity and take fingerprints from members of the public for emigration purposes

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