Fingerprint Expert

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 322271**Salary**:

- £38,642- Recruitment and Retention Allowance: This is currently set at £3000 for this post. The RRA is an enhancement to the role and is reviewed annually.- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer- NCA Grade 4 / Police Sergeant**Contract type**:

- Permanent
- Loan
- Secondment**Length of employment**:

- Secondment and loan - 2 years**Business area**:

- Forensic Operations, Investigations Directorate**Type of role**:

- Investigation
- Operational Delivery**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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- TamworthAbout the job

**Job summary**:
The Identification Bureau conducts fingerprint comparison and searching activity in support of criminal justice outcomes and International fingerprint requirements on behalf of the UK. The team additionally has responsibility of UK Gatekeeper for Prüm Fingerprint Exchange.

To meet increasing demand for our services a new vacancy for a G4 Senior Officer - Fingerprint Expert (Reporting Officer) has been created to play a crucial role in contributing to the established fingerprint capability, at our highest technical grade.

***To be considered, you will need to successfully complete SC Enhanced clearance before commencing the role.**

**Job description**:
**Person specification**:
**Responsibilities**:

- Conduct analysis, comparison, evaluation and verification of friction ridge detail. Search marks and fingerprints against databases to determine identity.
- Prepare expert evidence and present witness testimony
- Mentor fingerprint trainees and line management of staff, where required.
- Engage with and implement departmental procedures in line with forensic regulation and accreditation standards.
- Perform a range of work activities utilising specialist databases and software in support of NCA Casework and other international functions.
- Create and maintain biometric records using IDENT1 and Specialist Collections and carry out relevant tasks to ensure rapid processing, including compliance activity in relation to the Protection of Freedoms Act.
- Maintain technical portfolio responsibilities alongside casework duties
- Attend internal and external meetings to represent NCA at fingerprint forums, as required.

**Qualifications**:

- The following qualifications/skills are essential to the role and proof will be required at interview:

- Advanced level Fingerprint Training to Expert Status.
- Please ensure the dates of any accreditations you are relying on, are entered on to the CV.
- Should you progress to the assessment stage of the process, you will be required to provide a copy of the original certificate.-
**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Making Effective Decisions
- Managing a Quality Service

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- Experienced in analysis, comparison and evaluation of friction ridge detail including processing serious or complex fingerprint casework.
- Experience in communication and verbal reasoning of fingerprint findings and their implications, including those who may have little or no knowledge of fingerprint methodology.
- Commitment to the improvement of culture in a team, and how you would measure success.

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £38,642, National Crime Agency contributes £10,433 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.Whatever your role, we take your career and development seriously, and want to enable you to build a really successful career with the Agency and wider Civil Service.

**If you are an active police pension member immediately prior to joining the NCA, you can continue your membership throughout your employment with us as if you were a serving police officer. If you do remain an active member and subsequently return to a police force, you should be able to continue your membership there too.**

**All officers in the NCA are members of the UK Civil Service. You will be eligible for**:

- ** Civil Service pension scheme**:

- ** 26 days annual leave rising to 31 on completion of 5 years continuous service**:

- ** Training and development opportunities**:

- ** Cycle2work scheme**

**We take the welfare of NCA officers very seriously. All staff have access to Occupational Health services and there are a number of staff representative groups. We also have a range of sporting and other activities on offer.**

**We can provide flexible working arrangements if the role in question is suitable. These include flexi-time, job sharing and compressed hours (working contracted hours over a shorter period).**

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